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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, Territory	capital	area (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.
Alberta	Edmonton	640,044.57	2,974,807	3,290,350	3,724,832
British Columbia	Victoria	924,815.43	3,907,738	4,113,487	4,510,858
Manitoba	Winnipeg	552,369.96	1,119,583	1,148,401	1,232,654
New Brunswick	Fredericton	71,355.12	729,498	729,997	751,273
Newfoundland and Labrador	Saint-John's	370,494.89	512,930	505,469	510,901
Northwest Territories	Yellowknife	1,140,834.90	37,360	41,464	43,529
Nova Scotia	Halifax	52,917.46	908,007	913,462	940,482
Nunavut	Iqaluit	1,932,254.97	26,745	29,474	32,900
Ontario	Toronto	907,573.82	11,410,046	12,160,282	13,167,894
Prince Edward Island	Charlottetown	5,683.91	135,294	135,851	141,551
Quebec	Quebec	1,356,366.78	7,237,479	7,546,131	7,886,108
Saskatchewan	Regina	588,276.09	978,933	968,157	1,041,729
Yukon	Whitehorse	474,711.02	28,674	30,372	34,246
total		9,017,698.92	30,007,094	31,612,897	34,018,957

Agglomerations

name	population 2001-05-15 census	population 2006-05-16 census	population 2010-04-01 estimate
Toronto	4,682,897	5,113,149	5,623,500
Montréal	3,451,027	3,635,571	3,814,700
Vancouver	1,986,965	2,116,581	2,328,000
Calgary	951,494	1,079,310	1,230,200
Ottawa - Gatineau	1,067,800	1,130,761	1,220,700
Edmonton	937,845	1,034,945	1,155,400
Québec	686,569	715,515	746,300
Winnipeg	676,594	694,668	742,400
Hamilton	662,401	692,911	739,400
London	435,600	457,720	489,300
Kitchener	414,284	451,235	489,100
St. Catharines - Niagara	377,009	390,317	404,400
Halifax	359,183	372,858	398,000
Oshawa	296,298	330,594	361,400
Victoria	311,902	330,088	352,400
Windsor	307,877	323,342	331,500
Saskatoon	225,927	233,923	257,300
Regina	192,800	194,971	210,000
Sherbrooke	175,950	186,952	194,600
Barrie	148,480	177,061	190,400
St. John's	172,918	181,113	187,600
Kelowna	147,739	162,276	178,400
Abbotsford-Mission	147,370	159,020	173,700
Greater Sudbury	155,601	158,258	165,300
Kingston	146,838	152,358	160,700
Saguenay	154,938	151,643	151,700
Trois-Rivières	137,507	141,529	145,100
Brantford	118,086	124,607	137,700
Guelph	117,344	127,009	135,900
Moncton	118,678	126,424	133,900
Saint John	122,678	122,389	126,600
Thunder Bay	121,986	122,907	124,800
Peterborough	110,876	116,570	121,400
Chatham-Kent	107,709	108,589	..
Cape Breton	109,330	105,928	..
source: Statistics Canada.

Main cities

name	population 2001-05-15 census	population 2006-05-16 census
Toronto	2,481,494	2,503,281
Montréal	1,583,590	1,620,693
Calgary	879,003	988,193
Ottawa	774,072	812,129
Edmonton	666,104	730,372
Mississauga	612,925	668,549
Winnipeg	619,544	633,451
Vancouver	545,671	578,041
Hamilton	490,268	504,559
Quebec City	476,330	491,142
Brampton	325,428	433,806
Surrey	347,820	394,976
Halifax	359,111	372,679
Laval	343,005	368,709
London	336,539	352,395
Markham	208,615	261,573
Gatineau	226,696	242,124
Vaughan	182,022	238,866
Longueuil	225,761	229,330
Windsor	209,218	216,473
Kitchener	190,399	204,668
Burnaby	193,954	202,799
Saskatoon	196,861	202,340
Regina	178,225	179,246
Richmond	164,345	174,461
Oakville	144,738	165,613
Burlington	150,836	164,415
Richmond Hill	132,030	162,704
Greater Sudbury	155,219	157,857
Sherbrooke	138,785	147,427
Saguenay	147,133	143,692
Oshawa	139,051	141,590
Saint Catharines	129,170	131,989
Lévis	121,999	130,006
Barrie	103,710	128,430
Trois-Rivières	122,395	126,323
Abbotsford	115,494	123,864
Cambridge	110,372	120,371
Kingston	114,195	117,207
Guelph	106,170	114,943
Coquitlam	112,890	114,565
Whitby	87,413	111,184
Thunder Bay	109,016	109,140
Saanich	103,654	108,265
Chatham-Kent	107,341	108,177
Kelowna	96,288	106,707
Cape Breton	105,968	102,250
St.John's	99,182	100,646
source: Statistics Canada.