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Table 9
Small towns and rural communities with the fastest population growth since 2001
Order	Small towns and rural communities	Proximity to an urban centre	Province	2001	2006	Growth (in percentage)
Sources: Statistics Canada, censuses of population, 2001 and 2006
1	Sylvan Lake	Adjacent	Alberta	7,503	10,208	36.1
2	Strathmore	Remote	Alberta	7,621	10,225	34.2
2	Stanley	Remote	Manitoba	5,122	6,367	24.3
4	Prévost	Remote	Quebec	8,280	10,132	22.4
5	Shelburne	Adjacent	Ontario	4,213	5,149	22.2
6	Chertsey	Adjacent	Quebec	4,112	5,006	21.7
7	Wasaga Beach	Adjacent	Ontario	12,419	15,029	21.0
8	Galway-Cavendish and Harvey	Adjacent	Ontario	4,372	5,284	20.9
9	Nanaimo F	Adjacent	British Columbia	5,546	6,680	20.4
10	Lakeland County	Remote	Alberta	5,306	6,365	20.0
11	Steinbach	Remote	Manitoba	9,227	11,066	19.9
12	Saint-Hippolyte	Adjacent	Quebec	6,039	7,219	19.5
13	Tiny	Adjacent	Ontario	9,035	10,784	19.4
14	Foothills No. 31	Adjacent	Alberta	16,602	19,736	18.9
15	Capital G	Remote	British Columbia	4,307	5,101	18.4
16	Iqaluit	Remote	Nunavut	5,236	6,184	18.1
17	Rawdon	Remote	Quebec	8,648	10,058	16.3
18	Saint-Calixte	Adjacent	Quebec	4,912	5,687	15.8
19	Shefford	Adjacent	Quebec	5,133	5,941	15.7
20	Sainte-Sophie	Adjacent	Quebec	8,966	10,355	15.5
21	Sainte-Adèle	Remote	Quebec	9,215	10,634	15.4
22	Wilmot	Adjacent	Ontario	14,866	17,097	15.0
23	Winkler	Remote	Manitoba	7,943	9,106	14.6
24	Lacombe	Remote	Alberta	9,384	10,742	14.5
25	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	Adjacent	Quebec	12,379	14,159	14.4