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| Census year | Canada | N.L. | P.E.I. | N.S. | N.B. | Que. | Ont. | Man. | Sask. | Alta. | B.C. | Y.T. | N.W.T. | Nvt. |
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| … not applicable Note: In this table, Nunavut is included in the Northwest Territories until 1986. Sources: Statistics Canada, censuses of population, 1956 to 2006. |
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| 1956 | 7.7 | 6.0 | 10.4 | 8.5 | 7.8 | 5.7 | 8.4 | 9.0 | 8.9 | 7.2 | 10.8 | 4.9 | 2.6 | … |
| 1961 | 7.6 | 5.9 | 10.4 | 8.6 | 7.8 | 5.8 | 8.1 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 7.0 | 10.2 | 3.2 | 2.6 | … |
| 1966 | 7.7 | 5.9 | 10.8 | 8.9 | 8.2 | 6.1 | 8.2 | 9.2 | 9.3 | 7.1 | 9.5 | 3.6 | 2.7 | … |
| 1971 | 8.1 | 6.1 | 11.1 | 9.2 | 8.6 | 6.9 | 8.4 | 9.7 | 10.2 | 7.3 | 9.4 | 2.8 | 2.2 | … |
| 1976 | 8.7 | 6.6 | 11.2 | 9.7 | 9.0 | 7.7 | 8.9 | 10.4 | 11.1 | 7.5 | 9.8 | 2.9 | 2.7 | … |
| 1981 | 9.7 | 7.7 | 12.2 | 10.9 | 10.1 | 8.8 | 10.1 | 11.9 | 12.0 | 7.3 | 10.9 | 3.2 | 2.9 | … |
| 1986 | 10.7 | 8.8 | 12.7 | 11.9 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 10.9 | 12.6 | 12.7 | 8.1 | 12.1 | 3.7 | 2.8 | … |
| 1991 | 11.6 | 9.7 | 13.2 | 12.6 | 12.2 | 11.2 | 11.7 | 13.4 | 14.1 | 9.1 | 12.9 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 2.0 |
| 1996 | 12.2 | 10.8 | 13.0 | 13.1 | 12.6 | 12.1 | 12.4 | 13.7 | 14.7 | 9.9 | 12.8 | 4.4 | 3.0 | 2.1 |
| 2001 | 13.0 | 12.3 | 13.7 | 13.9 | 13.6 | 13.3 | 12.9 | 14.0 | 15.1 | 10.4 | 13.6 | 6.0 | 4.4 | 2.2 |
| 2006 | 13.7 | 13.9 | 14.9 | 15.1 | 14.7 | 14.3 | 13.6 | 14.1 | 15.4 | 10.7 | 14.6 | 7.5 | 4.8 | 2.7 |
