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Population of Canada, Data of FAO, year 2005 ; Number of inhabitants in thousands.


For other uses of "Canadian", see Canadian (disambiguation).

Population of Canada: (April 2007 est.); 31,612,895 (2006 Census)

Provinces and territories

Rank Name and flag Abbr Population Percentage of national pop. Land area (km²) Population density Seats in House of Commons
1 Ontario ON 12,753,702 38.8% 917,741 13.90 106
2 Quebec QC 7,687,068 23.4% 1,365,128 5.63 75
3 British Columbia BC 4,352,798 13.2% 925,186 4.70 36
4 Alberta AB 3,455,062 10.5% 642,317 5.38 28
5 Manitoba MB 1,182,921 3.6% 553,556 2.14 14
6 Saskatchewan SK 990,212 3.0% 591,670 1.67 14
7 Nova Scotia NS 932,966 2.8% 53,338 17.49 11
8 New Brunswick NB 748,878 2.3% 71,450 10.48 10
9 Newfoundland and Labrador NL 506,548 1.5% 373,872 1.35 7
10 Prince Edward Island PE 138,800 0.4% 5,660 24.41 4
11 Northwest Territories NT 41,795 0.1% 1,183,085 0.037 1
12 Nunavut NU 31,216 0.1% 1,936,113 0.016 1
13 Yukon YT 30,883 0.1% 474,391 0.065 1
Total Canada 32,852,849 100% 9,093,507 3.61 308
Sources: Statistics Canada[1][2]

Age structure

Age structure of Canadian population, 2001

(2006 Census)

  Males Females
Age
Group  		 Number Per cent Number Per cent
0-4 864,600 2.7% 825,940 2.6%
5-9 926,855 2.9% 882,520 2.8%
10-14 1,065,860 3.3% 1,014,060 3.2%
15-19 1,095,285 3.5% 1,045,205 3.3%
20-24 1,047,950 3.3% 1,032,435 3.3%
25-29 975,945 3.1% 1,009,635 3.2%
30-34 987,730 3.1% 1,032,515 3.3%
35-39 1,083,495 3.4% 1,124,780 3.6%
40-44 1,285,535 4.1% 1,324,925 4.2%
45-49 1,290,125 4.1% 1,330,470 4.2%
50-54 1,158,970 3.7% 1,198,330 3.8%
55-59 1,026,395 3.2% 1,058,230 3.3%
60-64 780,135 2.5% 809,730 2.6%
65-69 593,810 1.9% 640,770 2.0%
70-74 493,460 1.6% 560,320 1.8%
75-79 386,485 1.2% 493,095 1.6%
80-84 251,420 0.8% 395,285 1.3%
85+ 161,930 0.5% 358,680 1.1%
Totals 15,475,970 49.0% 16,136,930 51.0%

Median age

  • total: 39.5 years
    • male: 38.6 years
    • female: 40.4 years (2006)

Median age by province and territory, 2006 Census

  1. Nova Scotia: 41.8
  2. Newfoundland and Labrador: 41.7
  3. New Brunswick: 41.5
  4. Quebec: 41.0
  5. British Columbia: 40.8
  6. Prince Edward Island: 40.8
  7. Ontario: 39.0
  8. Saskatchewan: 38.7
  9. Yukon: 38.4
  10. Manitoba: 38.1
  11. Alberta: 36.0
  12. Northwest Territories: 31.2
  13. Nunavut: 23.1

Total: 39.5

Sources: Statistics Canada[3]

Population growth rates

Population by province and territory, 2006 and 2001 censuses, 5 year real population growth/decline, percentage population change from 2001 to 2006 and each jurisdiction's percent population of the total population of Canada as of the 2006 Census
(sorted by real population growth (or decline) descending)

Jurisdiction 2006 2001 Growth % Change % TOTAL
Ontario 12,160,282 11,410,046 750,236 6.6 38.47
Alberta 3,290,350 2,974,807 315,543 10.6 10.40
Quebec 7,546,131 7,237,479 308,652 4.3 23.87
British Columbia 4,113,487 3,907,738 205,749 5.3 13.01
Manitoba 1,148,401 1,119,583 28,818 2.6 3.63
Nova Scotia 913,462 908,007 5,455 0.6 2.89
Northwest Territories 41,464 37,360 4,104 11.0 0.13
Nunavut 29,474 26,745 2,729 10.2 0.09
Yukon 30,372 28,674 1,698 5.9 0.09
Prince Edward Island 135,851 135,294 557 0.4 0.43
New Brunswick 729,997 729,498 499 0.1 2.31
Newfoundland and Labrador 505,469 512,930 −7,461 -1.5 1.60
Saskatchewan 968,157 978,933 −10,776 -1.1 2.96
TOTAL 31,612,897 30,007,094 1,605,893 5.4 100.00

Derived from: Statistics Canada - (table) Population and Dwelling Counts, for Canada, Provinces and Territories, 2006 and 2001 Censuses - 100% Data

Last modified (by source): N/A
Compiled/added to Wikipedia: 2007-07-22

Vital statistics

Birth rate: 10.5 births/1,000 population (2005 est.) [4]

Death rate: 7.3 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.) [5]

Net migration rate: 6.01 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.)

Sex ratio:

  • at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
  • under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
  • 15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
  • 65 years and over: 0.74 male(s)/female
  • total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2003 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 4.88 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

  • total population: 79.83 years
  • male: 76.44 years
  • female: 83.38 years (2003 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.61 children born/woman (2003 est.)

Ethnicity

Nationality:

Ethnocultural ancestries

Canadians were able to self-identify one or more ethnocultural ancestries in the 2001 census. It should be noted that respondents were able to identify more than one ethnocultural ancestry, and that percentages may therefore add up to more than 100%. The most common response was 'Canadian', and since the term 'Canadian' is as much an expression of citizenship as of ethnicity, these figures should not be considered an exact record of the relative prevalence of different ethnocultural ancestries.

Single responses: 22.77% of respondents gave a single response of 'Canadian', while a further 16.65% identified with both 'Canadian', and one or more other ancestries. 4.99% of respondents gave a single response of English, about 3% were Black Canadians 3.58% gave a single response of French, 3.16% gave a single response of Chinese, 2.45% gave a single response of Italian, 2.38% gave a single response of German, 2.05% gave a single response of Scottish, 1.96% gave a single response of East Indian, 1.68% gave a single response of Irish, 1.54% gave a single response of North American Indian, 1.10% gave a single response of Ukrainian and 1.07% gave a single response of Dutch (Netherlands).


Multiple responses: Counting both single and multiple responses, the most commonly identified ethnocultural ancestries were:

2006 %
Canadian 32.22%
English 21.03%
French 15.82%
Scottish 15.11%
Irish 13.94%
German 10.18%
Italian 4.63%
Chinese 4.31%
North American Indian 4.01%
Ukrainian 3.87%
Dutch (Netherlands) 3.31%
Polish 3.15%
East Indian 3.08%
Russian 1.60%
Welsh 1.41%
Filipino 1.40%
Norwegian 1.38%
Portuguese 1.32%
Métis 1.31%
Swedish 1.07%
Spanish 1.04%
Hungarian 1.01%
Jewish 1.01%


The same data is also grouped more geographically by Statistics Canada as follows: [1]

2006 % 2001 %
North American 40.21%
British Isles 33.64%
French 15.89%
Western European 12.78%
Eastern European 8.50%
Southern European 7.87%
2006 % 2001 %
East and Southeast Asian 6.03%
Aboriginal 4.45%
South Asian 3.25%
Northern European 3.22%
Caribbean 1.70%
Other European 1.28%
2006 % 2001 %
Arab 1.17%
African 0.99%
Latin, Central and
South American 		0.82%
West Asian 0.69%
Oceania 0.16%


Percentages are calculated as a proportion of the total number of respondents (29,639,035 in 2001) and may total more than 100% due to dual responses.
All ethnocultural ancestries with more than 56,000 responses are listed in the table above according to the exact terminology used by Statistics Canada.[6]

Aboriginal status

The 2006 census counted a total aboriginal population of 1,172,790 (3.75%) which includes 698,025 North American Indians (2.23%), and 389,785 Métis (1.25%), and 50,480 Inuit (0.16%). Percentages are calculated as a proportion of the total number of respondents (31,241,030) [7]

Visible minorities

  Population Per cent of
population
South Asian 1,262,865 4.0%
Chinese 1,216,565 3.9%
Black 783,795 2.6%
Filipino 410,695 1.3%
Latin American 304,245 1.0%
Lebanese 284,800 0.8%
Southeast Asian 239,925 0.8%
West Asian 156,700 0.5%
Korean 141,890 0.5%
Multiple visible minorities 133,120 0.4%
Japanese 81,300 0.3%
Visible minority, n.i.e. 71,420 0.2%
Total visible minority population 5,068,095 16.2%
[8] [2]

Religions

Top Self-Identified Religious Affiliations in Canada
1991 2001 % change
(in numbers)
Number % Number %
Christian 81 77
- Roman & Old Catholic 12,203,625 45.2 12,936,905 43.6 +4.8
- Christian Orthodox 387,395 1.4 479,620 1.6 +23.8
- Coptic Orthodox 5,020 0.02 10,285 0.03 +104.9
- Romanian Orthodox 4,570 0.02 4,675 0.02 +2.3
- Total Other Christian 9,427,675 34.9 8,654,850 29.2 -8.2
- United Church of Canada 3,093,120 11.3 2,839,125 9.5 -8.2
- Anglican Church of Canada 2,188,110 8.0 2,035,495 6.8 -7.0
- Baptist 663,360 2.4 729,475 2.4 +10.0
- Lutheran 636,205 2.3 606,590 2.0 -4.7
- Presbyterian 636,295 2.3 409,830 1.4 -35.6
- Pentecostal 436,435 1.6 369,475 1.2 -15.3
- Mennonite 207,970 0.8 191,465 0.6 -7.9
- Jehovah's Witnesses 168,375 0.6 154,745 0.5 -8.1
- Methodist 83,910 0.3 106,545 0.4 +27.0
- Mormon 100,770 0.4 104,750 0.3 +3.9
- Salvation Army 112,345 0.4 87,785 0.3 -21.9
- Christian Reformed Church in North America 84,685 0.3 76,665 0.3 -9.5
- Christian and Missionary Alliance 59,365 0.2 66,280 0.2 +11.9
- Adventists 52,365 0.2 62,875 0.2 +20.1
- Christian, not included elsewhere¹ 353,040 1.3 780,450 2.6 +121.1
No religion 3,397,000 12.6 4,900,095 16.5 +44.2
Other
- Muslim 253,265 0.9 579,640 2.0 +128.9
- Jewish 318,185 1.2 329,995 1.1 +3.7
- Buddhist 163,415 0.6 300,345 1.0 +83.8
- Hindu 157,015 0.6 297,200 1.0 +89.3
- Sikh 147,440 0.5 278,410 0.9 +88.8
¹ Includes persons who report only “Christian”, only "Protestant", and those in denominations less than 60,000
* For comparability purposes, 1991 data are presented according to 2001 boundaries.



Sources: Statistics Canada[9][10][11]

Notes:

Top self-identified religious affiliations in Canada in 2001.


Languages

Main article: Spoken languages of Canada

Literacy

  • definition: age 15 and over can read and write
  • total population: 99% (2003 est.)
  • male: 99%
  • female: 99%

City populations

  • As of 2006, Canada's 13 largest cities (metro areas) have a combined population of 17,885,000
  • Canada has 100 cities with 45,000 inhabitants or more for a combined population of 20,687,000
  • Canada has 230 cities with 15,000 inhabitants or more

Further reading

Roderic Beaujot and Don Kerr, The Changing Face of Canada: Essential Readings in Population, Canadian Scholars' Press, 2007, ISBN 978-1-55130-322-2

See also

Demographics of Canada's provinces and territories

References

  1. ^ Statistics Canada (2007). "Population Estimates (April 2007)". Retrieved 2007-07-22.
  2. ^ Statistics Canada (2005). "Land and freshwater area, by province and territory (2005)". Retrieved 2007-07-22.
  3. ^ Statistics Canada (2006). "Age Groups and Sex for Population of Canada (2006 Census)". Retrieved 2007-07-22.
  4. ^ |Birth rates of Canada and its provinces and territories
  5. ^ |Death rates of Canada and its provinces and territories
  6. ^ Ethnic Origin (232), Sex (3) and Single and Multiple Responses (3) (2001 Census)
  7. ^ Aboriginal Identity (2006 Census)
  8. ^ 2006 Community Profiles
  9. ^ Statistics Canada (2001). "Religions in Canada". Retrieved 2007-02-16.
  10. ^ Statistics Canada (1991). "Religion , Age Groups and Sex for Population of Canada". Retrieved 2007-02-16.
  11. ^ Statistics Canada (2001). "Population by religion, by province and territory (2001 Census)". Retrieved 2007-02-16.


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