Population of Canada by region, selected years, 1680 to 2004
Population in thousands of people
|
Year |
Region of Canada |
Canada |
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|
Atlantic |
Québec |
Ontario |
Prairies |
B. C. |
||
|
1680 |
1 |
10 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
11 |
|
1790 |
90 |
160 |
10 |
-- |
-- |
260 |
|
1820 |
230 |
325 |
125 |
-- |
-- |
681 |
|
1851 |
534 |
890 |
952 |
-- |
55 |
2,436 |
|
1871 |
768 |
1,192 |
1,621 |
73 |
36 |
3,689 |
|
1891 |
880 |
1,489 |
2,114 |
252 |
98 |
4,833 |
|
1911 |
938 |
2,006 |
2,527 |
1,327 |
392 |
7,207 |
|
1931 |
1,009 |
2,875 |
3,431 |
2,354 |
694 |
10,377 |
|
1951 |
1,618 |
4,056 |
4,598 |
2,548 |
1,165 |
14,009 |
|
1971 |
2,057 |
6,028 |
7,703 |
3,542 |
2,185 |
21,568 |
|
1991 |
2,378 |
7,081 |
10,472 |
4,720 |
3,380 |
28,120 |
|
2004 |
2,343 |
7,543 |
12,393 |
5,471 |
4,196 |
31,946 |
Notes:
1.
Before 1851,
data do not include the aboriginal population west of Ontario. From the data source, it is uncertain when
aboriginal people are included and whether or not they are included in the
early central and eastern Canada totals.
2.
-- means not
available.
3.
The
population of Newfoundland is not included in the Atlantic region between 1851
and 1931, after which it is included.
The population of Newfoundland in 1951 was 361 thousand.
4.
The
population of the Prairies in 1871 is the total of the population of Manitoba
and the Northwest Territories. It is
not clear how accurately the latter was recorded. Beginning in 1891, the population of the Territories is included with
the Prairies.
Sources:
1.
For the
period prior to 1851, data are from Roderic Beaujot and Kevin McQuillan. 1982. Growth
and Dualism: The Demographic Development of Canadian Society, Toronto,
Gage, Table 1.1.
2.
From 1851
through 1971, data are from M. C. Urquhart and K. A. H. Buckley, Historical Statistics of Canada, second
edition. 1983. Ottawa, Ministry of
Supply and Services Canada, Series A2-14
3.
For 1991, the
figures are from Government of Saskatchewan, Bureau of Statistics, Saskatchewan Economic Statistics
(Regina, 1995), TAB-POPULATION, p. 2.
4.
2004 figures
from http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/040929/d040929d.htm
Immigration, emigration, net international migration, natural increase (births minus deaths), population growth, Canada, 1851 – 2001, thousands of people
|
Period |
Immigration |
Emigration |
Net international
migration |
Natural increase |
Population growth |
|
1851-1861 |
352 |
170 |
182 |
611 |
793 |
|
1861-1871 |
260 |
410 |
-150 |
610 |
459 |
|
1871-1881 |
350 |
404 |
-54 |
690 |
636 |
|
1881-1891 |
680 |
826 |
-146 |
654 |
508 |
|
1891-1901 |
250 |
380 |
-130 |
661 |
538 |
|
1901-1911 |
1,550 |
740 |
810 |
1,025 |
1,836 |
|
1911-1921 |
1,400 |
1,089 |
311 |
1,270 |
1,581 |
|
1921-1931 |
1,200 |
970 |
230 |
1,360 |
1,589 |
|
1931-1941 |
149 |
241 |
-92 |
1,222 |
1,130 |
|
1941-1951 |
548 |
379 |
169 |
1,972 |
2,141 |
|
1951-1961 |
1,543 |
463 |
1,080 |
3,148 |
4,590 |
|
1961-1971 |
1,429 |
707 |
722 |
2,608 |
3,330 |
|
1971-1981 |
1,824 |
636 |
1,188 |
1,913 |
2,859 |
|
1981-1991 |
1,842 |
491 |
1,351 |
1,974 |
3,211 |
|
1991-2001 |
2,335 |
714 |
1,621 |
1,528 |
2,990 |
Source: Adapted from Statistics Canada, Population and growth components, 1851-2001
Censuses. Table from web site http://www.statcan.ca/english/Pgdb/demo03a.htm
Note: The sum of natural increase plus net
international migration should be equal for each period, but sometimes they are
not. This inconsistency is contained in
the Statistics Canada table and may derive from different data sources and
methods.