POPULATION AND DWELLING COUNTS

CANADA, PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES: 2001 and 1996 

 

1996

2001

% change

Canada 

28,846,761

30,007,094

4.0

Newfoundland and Labrador

551,792

512,930

-7.0

Prince Edward Island

134,557

135,294

0.5

Nova Scotia

909,282

908,007

-0.1

New Brunswick

738,133

729,498

-1.2

Quebec 

7,138,795

7,237,479

1.4

Ontario 

10,753,573

11,410,046

6.1

Manitoba 

1,113,898

1,119,583

0.5

Saskatchewan 

990,237

978,933

-1.1

Alberta 

2,696,826

2,974,807

10.3

British Columbia 

3,724,500

3,907,738

4.9

Yukon Territory

30,766

28,674

-6.8

Northwest Territories

39,672

37,360

-5.8

Nunavut

24,730

26,745

8.1

Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2001

 

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