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'Population of Canada:' 32,852,849 (April 2007 est.); 31,612,895 (2006 Census)

Contents

Provinces and territories

Age structure

Median age

Population growth rates

Vital statistics

Ethnicity

Ethnic groups

Other nationalities

Visible minorities

Languages

Literacy

Further reading

See also

References

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%	917741	13.90	106
2	Quebec	QC	7687068	23.4%	1365128	5.63	75
3	British Columbia	BC	4352798	13.2%	925186	4.70	36
4	Alberta	AB	3455062	10.5%	642317	5.38	28
5	Manitoba	MB	1182921	3.6%	553556	2.14	14

|- align="center"
| 6
| align="left" | Saskatchewan
| SK
| align="right" | 990212
| 3.0%
| align="right" | 591670
| 1.67
| 14
|- align="center"
| 7
| align="left" |

Nova Scotia
| NS
| align="right" | 932966
| 2.8%
| align="right" | 53338
| 17.49
| 11
|- align="center"
| 8
| align="left" | New Brunswick
| NB
| align="right" | 748878
| 2.3%
| align="right" | 71450
| 10.48
| 10
|- align="center"
| 9
| align="left" nowrap | Newfoundland and Labrador
| NL
| align="right" | 506548
| 1.5%
| align="right" | 373872
| 1.35
| 7
|- align="center"
| 10
| align="left" | Prince Edward Island
| PE
| align="right" | 138800
| 0.4%
| align="right" | 5660
| 24.41
| 4
|- align="center"
| 11
| align="left" | Northwest Territories
| NT
| align="right" | 41795
| 0.1%
| align="right" | 1183085
| 0.037
| 1
|- align="center"
| 12
| align="left" | Nunavut
| NU
| align="right" | 31216
| 0.1%
| align="right" | 1936113
| 0.016
| 1
|- align="center"
| 13
| align="left" | Yukon
| YT
| align="right" | 30,883
| 0.1%
| align="right" | 474391
| 0.065
| 1
|- bgcolor="pink" align="center"
|bgcolor="pink"| 'Total'
|bgcolor="pink" align="left"| 'Canada'
|bgcolor="pink"|
|bgcolor="pink" align="right"| '32852849'
|bgcolor="pink"|'100%'
|bgcolor="pink" align="right"| '9093507'
|bgcolor="pink"| '3.61'
|bgcolor="pink"| '308'
|}

:Sources: Statistics Canada^[1][2]

Age structure

''(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'
#Nova Scotia: 41.8
#Newfoundland and Labrador: 41.7
#New Brunswick: 41.5
#Quebec: 41.0
#British Columbia: 40.8
#Prince Edward Island: 40.8
#Ontario: 39.0
#Saskatchewan: 38.7
#Yukon: 38.4
#Manitoba: 38.1
#Alberta: 36.0
#Northwest Territories: 31.2
#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	12160282	11410046	'750236'	6.6	38.47
Alberta	3290350	2974807	'315543'	10.6	10.40
Quebec	7546131	7237479	'308652'	4.3	23.87
British Columbia	4113487	3907738	'205749'	5.3	13.01
Manitoba	1148401	1119583	'28818'	2.6	3.63
Nova Scotia	913462	908007	'5455'	0.6	2.89
Northwest Territories	41,464	37360	'4104'	11.0	0.13
Nunavut	29474	26745	'2729'	10.2	0.09
Yukon	30372	28674	'1698'	5.9	0.09
Prince Edward Island	135851	135294	'557'	0.4	0.43
New Brunswick	729997	729498	'499'	0.1	2.31
Newfoundland and Labrador	505469	512930	'-7461'	-1.5	1.60
Saskatchewan	968,157	978933	'-10776'	-1.1	2.96
'TOTAL'	31612897	30007094	'1605893'	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:'

★ ''noun:'' Canadian(s)

★ ''adjective:'' Canadian

Ethnic groups

''Note: Respondents to the 2001 Canadian Survey were free to fill in any ethnic group that applied, thus many people belong to more than one group, and the percentages from each ethnicity do not add up to 100% overall''. However the most popular choice was "Canadian", and this may mean that the other figures are not reliable as a record of the relative prevalence of the various ethnic origins represented by the other choices. When compared with the United States, Canada has a greater English, Scottish, French, Ukrainian, Asian, and Aboriginal presence, equal Scandinavian prescence and a smaller German, Italian, and Black proportion. Source: Statistics Canada 2001 Census
In the Canada 2001 Census, Canadians were able to state their ancestries.
The most frequently stated European ancestries were:

★ Canadian (39.42%) (mostly British, Irish, and French descent)

★ English (20.17%)

★ French (15.75%)

★ Scottish (14.03%)

★ Irish (12.90%)

★ German (9.25%)

★ Italian (4.29%)

★ Ukrainian (3.61%)

★ Dutch (Netherlands) (3.12%)

★ Polish (2.76%)

★ Norwegian (1.23%)

★ Portuguese (1.21%)

★ Welsh (1.18%)

★ Russian (1.14%)

★ Swedish (0.95%)

★ Hungarian (Magyar) (0.90%)

Other nationalities

★ Chinese (5.09%)

★ First Nations (3.38%)

★ East Indian and Indo-Caribbean (3.06%)[1]

★ Black and Afro-Caribbean (2.4%)

★ Jewish (1.18%)

★ Filipino (1.11%)

★ Métis (1.04%)

★ Arab (0.7%)

★ Jamaican (0.7%)

★ Latin American (0.70%)

★ Vietnamese (0.51%)

★ Inuit (0.19%)
''See also'': List of Canadians by ethnicity

Visible minorities

''Note that Aboriginal peoples are not considered visible minorities.''

	'Population'	'Per cent of population'
Chinese	1,029,395	3.5%
South Asian	917,075	3.1%
Black	712,231	3.0%
Filipino	308,575	1.0%
Latin American	216,975	0.7%
Southeast Asian	198,880	0.7%
Arab	194,680	0.7%
West Asian	109,285	0.4%
Korean	100,660	0.3%
Japanese	73,315	0.2%
Visible minority, n.i.e.	98,920	0.3%
Multiple visible minorities	73,875	0.2%
'Total visible minority population'	'3,983,845'	'13.4%'
''Source: Statistics Canada, 2001 Census, 97F0010XCB2001002''

==Religions==

'Top Self-Identified Religious Affiliations in Canada'

	1991		2001		% change (in numbers)
	Number	%	Number	%
Christian		81		77
- 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^[6][7][8]
Notes:

★ Catholic includes Roman Catholic, Eastern Catholic, Polish National Catholic Church, and Old Catholic

★ Other Religions also includes Bahá'í, Eckankar, Jainism, Shinto, Taoism, Zoroastrianism, Aboriginal belief systems, Neo-Paganism, Wicca, Unity - New Thought - Pantheist, Scientology, Rastafari movement, New Age, Gnostic, Satanism, et cetera

★ No Religion includes Atheism, Agnosticism, Humanism, Darwinism, et cetera

Languages

:''Main article: Language in Canada''

★ English 59.3% (official),

★ French 23.2% (official),

★ Italian 1.6%,

★ German 1.5%,

★ Cantonese 1.1%

Literacy

★ ''definition:'' age 15 and over can read and write

★ ''total population:'' 99% (2003 est.)

★ ''male:'' 99%

★ ''female:'' 99%

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

★ Immigration to Canada

★ Coptic Orthodoxy in Canada

★ Canada

★ Aboriginal peoples in Canada

★ Visible minority

★ Demolinguistics of Canada

★ Canada 2001 Census

★ List of Canadian provinces and territories by population

★ Demographics of British Columbia

★ Religion in Canada

★ Demographics of Ontario

References

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