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Demography

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Tables

• Table 1  Population of Canada, provinces and territories
• Table 2  Population of major census metropolitan areas
• Table 3  Census families
• Table 4  Main components of population growth
• Table 5  Aboriginal identity population, by age group, 2006
• Table 6  Religions in Canada, 2001
• Table 7  Mother tongue of Canadians

Charts

• Chart 1  Population, by age group, 2007
• Chart 2  Urban and rural population, Canada
• Chart 3  Immigrant population as a percentage of total population

Tables

Table 1  Population of Canada, provinces and territories

	1992	2002	2007
	number
Canada	28,366,737	31,372,587	32,976,026
Newfoundland and Labrador	580,029	519,449	506,275
Prince Edward Island	130,778	136,934	138,627
Nova Scotia	919,571	934,507	934,147
New Brunswick	748,103	750,327	749,782
Quebec	7,108,000	7,445,745	7,700,807
Ontario	10,569,806	12,102,045	12,803,861
Manitoba	1,112,696	1,155,584	1,186,679
Saskatchewan	1,003,956	995,886	996,869
Alberta	2,632,907	3,116,332	3,473,984
British Columbia	3,468,445	4,115,413	4,380,256
Yukon	30,112	30,137	30,989
Northwest Territories	39,431	41,489	42,637
Nunavut	22,903	28,739	31,113
Note: Population estimates as of July 1.
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 051-0001.

 

Table 2  Population of major census metropolitan areas

	1997	2002	2007
	number
Toronto	4,481,807	5,020,447	5,509,874
Montréal	3,395,142	3,547,112	3,695,790
Vancouver	1,958,228	2,111,305	2,285,893
Ottawa-Gatineau1	1,030,052	1,118,819	1,168,788
Calgary	871,765	1,002,030	1,139,126
Edmonton	896,690	979,907	1,081,275
Québec	686,043	701,564	728,924
Hamilton	651,288	697,891	720,426
Winnipeg	678,020	693,685	712,671
London	431,870	454,514	469,714
Notes: Some figures have been adjusted because of boundary changes.             Population estimates as of July 1, based on 2001 Census boundaries.
1. Formerly Ottawa-Hull.
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 051-0034.

 

Table 3  Census families

	1986	1996	2006
	number
All families	6,733,845	7,837,865	8,896,840
Families of married couples	5,398,220	5,779,720	6,105,910
Families of common law couples	482,330	920,635	1,376,870
Lone-parent families	853,300	1,137,505	1,414,060
Male lone-parent families	151,485	192,275	281,775
Female lone-parent families	701,815	945,235	1,132,290
Note: Historical comparisons for census families, particularly lone-parent families, must be interpreted with caution due to conceptual changes in 2001.
Source: Statistics Canada, Catalogue nos. 93F0022XDB and 97-553-XIE.

 

Table 4  Main components of population growth

	1986/1987	1996/1997	2006/2007p
	number
Births	373,022	357,313	352,848
Deaths	182,599	217,221	237,931
Immigration	130,880	224,857	238,127
Emigration	47,707	52,815	41,349
p preliminary
Note: All figures are for the one-year period ending June 30.
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 051-0004.

 

Table 5  Aboriginal identity population, by age group, 2006

	Total	0 to 24	25 and older
	number
Canada	1,172,785	560,910	611,875
Newfoundland and Labrador	23,455	9,620	13,835
Prince Edward Island	1,730	875	855
Nova Scotia	24,175	10,640	13,535
New Brunswick	17,650	7,385	10,265
Quebec	108,425	45,305	63,120
Ontario	242,495	105,205	137,290
Manitoba	175,395	90,355	85,040
Saskatchewan	141,890	78,685	63,205
Alberta	188,365	94,820	93,545
British Columbia	196,075	90,065	106,010
Yukon	7,580	3,315	4,265
Northwest Territories	20,635	10,045	10,590
Nunavut	24,915	14,600	10,315
Note: Aboriginal identity refers to those persons who reported identifying with at least one Aboriginal group, that is, North American Indian, Métis or Inuit, and/or those who reported being a Treaty Indian or a Registered Indian, as defined by the Indian Act of Canada, and/or those who reported they were members of an Indian band or First Nation.
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population.

 

Table 6  Religions in Canada, 2001

	Number	%
Total population1	29,639,035	100.0
Catholic	12,936,905	43.6
Protestant	8,654,850	29.2
Christian Orthodox	479,620	1.6
Christian not included elsewhere	780,450	2.6
Muslim	579,640	2.0
Jewish	329,995	1.1
Buddhist	300,345	1.0
Hindu	297,200	1.0
Sikh	278,410	0.9
Eastern religions	37,550	0.1
Other religions	63,975	0.2
No religious affiliation	4,900,090	16.5
1. Based on 20% census sample data.
Source: Statistics Canada, 2001 Census of Population.

 

Table 7  Mother tongue of Canadians

	1996	2001	2006
	number
Total population1	28,528,125	29,639,030	31,241,030
Single responses	28,125,565	29,257,890	30,848,270
English	16,890,620	17,352,315	17,882,775
French	6,636,660	6,703,325	6,817,655
Chinese2	715,640	853,750	1,012,065
Italian	484,500	469,485	455,040
German	450,140	438,080	450,570
Punjabi	201,780	271,220	367,505
Spanish	212,890	245,500	345,345
Arabic	148,555	199,940	261,640
Tagalog (Pilipino)	133,210	174,060	235,615
Portuguese	211,290	213,810	219,275
Polish	213,415	208,370	211,175
Aboriginal languages	186,935	187,670	210,075
Urdu	39,770	80,890	145,805
Vietnamese	106,515	122,055	141,630
Ukrainian	162,695	148,085	134,500
Persian (Farsi)	60,280	94,090	134,080
Other single responses	1,270,670	1,495,245	1,823,520
Multiple responses	402,560	381,145	392,760
Note: Refers to the first language learned at home in childhood and still understood by the individual at the time of the census.
1. Based on 20% census sample data.
2. Includes Cantonese, Mandarin, Hakka and other Chinese languages.
Source: Statistics Canada, censuses of population.

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