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The Census Program provides a statistical portrait of the country every five years. The 2011 Census Program included the Census of Population, the National Household Survey and the Census of Agriculture.
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On May 10, 2011, 33,476,688 people were enumerated in the census. This is almost twice as many as in 1961 and approximately 10 times as many as in the 1861 Census.Between 2006 and 2011, Canada's population grew by 5.9%, up slightly from the previous intercensal period (2001 to 2006), when it grew by 5.4%.Canada's population growth between 2006 and 2011 was the highest among G8countries, as was the case in the previous intercensal period (2001 to 2006).Every province and most territories saw its population increase between 2006 and 2011.Highest population growth among the G8 countries
Canada's population grew by 5.9% between 2006 and 2011, up slightly from 5.4% for the previous intercensal period of 2001 to 2006 (Figure 1). The rate of Canada's population growth between 2006 and 2011 was the highest among the G8 countries,Footnote 1 as was the case between 2001 and 2006 (Figure 1). Only two other G8countries registered an increase in their population growth in recent years: the United Kingdom and Russia. Canada's slightly higher population growth since 2006 is a result of...
33.5 million Canadians enumerated
On May 10, 2011, 33,476,688 people were enumerated in the census (see Box 1 and Figure 2). This is almost twice as many people as in 1961, when Canada was experiencing a major baby boom. It is also about 10 times as many people as in the 1861 Census, a few years before the signing of the British North America Actthat created the Canadian Confederation, when 3.2 million people were enumerated in the census. With 33.5 million inhabitants, Canada is the least populous country in the G8. The Unit...
Higher population growth in all provinces and territories except Ontario, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut
Compared to the previous five-year period (2001 to 2006), the rate of population growth between 2006 and 2011 has increased in all provinces and territories except Ontario, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut (Figure 3). Furthermore, all provinces and most territories saw its population increase between 2006 and 2011. Two provinces had seen their population decline between 2001 and 2006, namely Newfoundland and Labrador and Saskatchewan. The largest increases in population growth rate were...
Strong increase in Saskatchewan's population growth
After negative population growth (-1.1%) between 1996 to 2001 and 2001 to 2006, Saskatchewan saw its growth exceed the national average between 2006 and 2011, at 6.7%. This level was the third largest among Canada's provinces, behind two other Western provinces, Alberta (+10.8%) and British Columbia (+7.0%). With this strong growth, Saskatchewan's population topped 1 million in the 2011 Census, an increase of more than 65,000 people from 2006. Saskatchewan had reached the 1 million mark once...
Population growth doubled in Yukon and Manitoba
In Yukon and Manitoba, population growth since 2006 was double the rate of the previous intercensal period (2001 to 2006), from 5.9% to 11.6% in Yukon, and from 2.6% to 5.2% in Manitoba. In Yukon, the rise is related to the increased number of immigrants and non-permanent residents between 2006 and 2011, as well as gains in Yukon's migratory exchanges with Canada's other provinces and territories. In Manitoba, the increase is mainly due to the fact that the province received twice as many imm...
In metropolitan and non-metropolitan Canada, only census metropolitan areas as a group have experienced a rate of population growth above the national average
Between 2006 and 2011, only census metropolitan areas (CMAs – see Box 2) as a group has grown at a rate above the national average, at 7.4% compared with 5.9% (Table 2). The population living in all other regions of Canada, that is in census agglomerations (CAs) and in regions outside of CMAs and CAs, grew at a rate lower than the national average. In 2011, more than 23.1 million people, or nearly 7 Canadians in 10 (69.1%), were living in one of Canada's 33 CMAs, an increase compared with 200...
Between 2006 and 2011, all census metropolitan areas located in Western Canada have had higher population growth than the national average, except Winnipeg and Victoria
The four Canadian CMAs with the highest rates of population growth since 2006 are located in Western Canada: Calgary (+12.6%), Edmonton (+12.1%), Saskatoon (+11.4%) and Kelowna (+10.8%) (Figure 5). Of all the CMAslocated in the Prairie provinces and British Columbia, only Winnipeg (+5.1%) and Victoria (+4.4%) had population growth below the national average. Among other CMAs with growth exceeding the national average, two were located in the Atlantic provinces (Moncton and St. John's); one wa...
Population growth up substantially in Saskatchewan's two census metropolitan areas, Saskatoon and Regina
Saskatchewan's two CMAs, Saskatoon and Regina, registered strong increases in their population growth in the past five years compared with the previous intercensal period. In Saskatoon, for example, population growth increased from 3.5% between 2001 and 2006 to 11.4% between 2006 and 2011, the third largest increase among all CMAsafter Calgary and Edmonton. Increased internal migration, mainly from other provinces, as well as an increase in the number of immigrants settling in these two CMAs,...
The census is the only data source that provides a statistical portrait of the population of all municipalities in Canada, also called census subdivisions (CSDs). Table 5 shows, by province and territory, the most populous municipalities in 2011. Among these municipalities are the central municipalitiesFootnote 9of census metropolitan areas, such a...
Additional information on specific geographies can be found in the Highlight Tables as well as in the new census product Focus on Geography Series.
Your guide to statistical information from the 2011 Census of Population Program. These products provide statistical information about the population, households, dwellings, families, immigration and ethnocultural diversity, Aboriginal peoples, education and labour, mobility and migration, language of work, income and housing as measured in the ...
2023-06-13. Index to the Census of Population, 2011 National Household Survey (NHS) and the Census of Agriculture conducted by Statistics Canada provide a statistical portrait of Canada and its people.
The Canadian Population in 2011: Population Counts and Growth Population and dwelling counts, 2011 Census . Table of contents. Highlights ........................................................................................................................... 3.
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The 2011 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population on May 10, 2011. Statistics Canada, an agency of the Canadian government, conducts a nationwide census every five years.
Table 1 Population counts for the G8 countries and other selected countries, 2010 or 2011. Table 2 Population (as count and as share of total population) and growth rate of metropolitan and non-metropolitan Canada, 2006 and 2011. Table 3 Census agglomerations with the highest population growth between 2006 and 2011
