Canada

Official name:
Canada
Name in native language:
Canada /
Capital:
Ottawa
ISO country code
CA
Nat. statistical agency:
Statistics Canada
Region:
Northern America

Census Results

1871-xx-xx : 3,689,257
1881-xx-xx : 4,324,810
1891-xx-xx : 4,833,239
1901-xx-xx : 5,371,315
1911-xx-xx : 7,206,643
1921-xx-xx : 8,787,949
1931-xx-xx : 10,376,786
1941-xx-xx : 11,506,655
1951-06-01 : 14,009,429
1956-06-01 : 16,080,791
1961-06-01 : 18,238,247
1966-06-01 : 20,014,900
1971-06-01 : 21,568,310
1976-06-01 : 22,992,605
1981-06-03 : 24,343,185
1986-06-03 : 25,309,330
1991-06-04 : 27,296,860
1996-05-14 : 28,846,761
2001-05-15 : 30,007,094
2006-05-16 : 31,612,897

Canada

Administrative units

Province, Territorycapitalarea (sq.km.)population
2001-05-15
census
population
2006-05-16
census
population
2010-04-01
estimate
source: Statistics Canada.
note: Land area for 2006-01-01 is 9,017,698.92 sq.km., total area is 9,984,670 sq.km.
AlbertaEdmonton640,044.572,974,8073,290,3503,724,832
British ColumbiaVictoria924,815.433,907,7384,113,4874,510,858
ManitobaWinnipeg552,369.961,119,5831,148,4011,232,654
New BrunswickFredericton71,355.12729,498729,997751,273
Newfoundland and LabradorSaint-John's370,494.89512,930505,469510,901
Northwest TerritoriesYellowknife1,140,834.9037,36041,46443,529
Nova ScotiaHalifax52,917.46908,007913,462940,482
NunavutIqaluit1,932,254.9726,74529,47432,900
OntarioToronto907,573.8211,410,04612,160,28213,167,894
Prince Edward IslandCharlottetown5,683.91135,294135,851141,551
QuebecQuebec1,356,366.787,237,4797,546,1317,886,108
SaskatchewanRegina588,276.09978,933968,1571,041,729
YukonWhitehorse474,711.0228,67430,37234,246
total 9,017,698.9230,007,09431,612,89734,018,957

Agglomerations

namepopulation
2001-05-15
census
population
2006-05-16
census
population
2010-04-01
estimate
Toronto4,682,8975,113,1495,623,500
Montréal3,451,0273,635,5713,814,700
Vancouver1,986,9652,116,5812,328,000
Calgary951,4941,079,3101,230,200
Ottawa - Gatineau1,067,8001,130,7611,220,700
Edmonton937,8451,034,9451,155,400
Québec686,569715,515746,300
Winnipeg676,594694,668742,400
Hamilton662,401692,911739,400
London435,600457,720489,300
Kitchener414,284451,235489,100
St. Catharines - Niagara377,009390,317404,400
Halifax359,183372,858398,000
Oshawa296,298330,594361,400
Victoria311,902330,088352,400
Windsor307,877323,342331,500
Saskatoon225,927233,923257,300
Regina192,800194,971210,000
Sherbrooke175,950186,952194,600
Barrie148,480177,061190,400
St. John's172,918181,113187,600
Kelowna147,739162,276178,400
Abbotsford-Mission147,370159,020173,700
Greater Sudbury155,601158,258165,300
Kingston146,838152,358160,700
Saguenay154,938151,643151,700
Trois-Rivières137,507141,529145,100
Brantford118,086124,607137,700
Guelph117,344127,009135,900
Moncton118,678126,424133,900
Saint John122,678122,389126,600
Thunder Bay121,986122,907124,800
Peterborough110,876116,570121,400
Chatham-Kent107,709108,589..
Cape Breton109,330105,928..
source: Statistics Canada.

Main cities

namepopulation
2001-05-15
census
population
2006-05-16
census
Toronto2,481,4942,503,281
Montréal1,583,5901,620,693
Calgary879,003988,193
Ottawa774,072812,129
Edmonton666,104730,372
Mississauga612,925668,549
Winnipeg619,544633,451
Vancouver545,671578,041
Hamilton490,268504,559
Quebec City476,330491,142
Brampton325,428433,806
Surrey347,820394,976
Halifax359,111372,679
Laval343,005368,709
London336,539352,395
Markham208,615261,573
Gatineau226,696242,124
Vaughan182,022238,866
Longueuil225,761229,330
Windsor209,218216,473
Kitchener190,399204,668
Burnaby193,954202,799
Saskatoon196,861202,340
Regina178,225179,246
Richmond164,345174,461
Oakville144,738165,613
Burlington150,836164,415
Richmond Hill132,030162,704
Greater Sudbury155,219157,857
Sherbrooke138,785147,427
Saguenay147,133143,692
Oshawa139,051141,590
Saint Catharines129,170131,989
Lévis121,999130,006
Barrie103,710128,430
Trois-Rivières122,395126,323
Abbotsford115,494123,864
Cambridge110,372120,371
Kingston114,195117,207
Guelph106,170114,943
Coquitlam112,890114,565
Whitby87,413111,184
Thunder Bay109,016109,140
Saanich103,654108,265
Chatham-Kent107,341108,177
Kelowna96,288106,707
Cape Breton105,968102,250
St.John's99,182100,646
source: Statistics Canada.