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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 | 32.5 | 40.7 | 34.8 | 33.9 | 37.0 | 35.0 | 29.9 | 31.1 | 32.6 | 33.2 | 29.0 | 32.0 | 36.3 | … |
| 1961 | 34.0 | 41.8 | 36.0 | 34.8 | 38.0 | 35.4 | 32.2 | 32.6 | 34.0 | 35.2 | 31.3 | 36.1 | 40.1 | … |
| 1966 | 32.9 | 40.3 | 34.7 | 33.7 | 36.0 | 33.6 | 31.7 | 31.9 | 33.6 | 34.9 | 30.6 | 37.6 | 42.5 | … |
| 1971 | 29.6 | 37.3 | 31.7 | 30.5 | 32.0 | 29.6 | 28.7 | 29.0 | 30.3 | 31.6 | 27.9 | 34.6 | 42.9 | … |
| 1976 | 25.6 | 33.7 | 28.1 | 27.0 | 28.5 | 24.9 | 25.1 | 26.0 | 26.9 | 27.4 | 24.1 | 29.4 | 38.6 | … |
| 1981 | 22.5 | 29.5 | 24.8 | 23.4 | 24.9 | 21.7 | 21.9 | 23.2 | 24.6 | 24.2 | 21.4 | 26.3 | 34.8 | … |
| 1986 | 21.3 | 25.8 | 23.2 | 21.5 | 22.8 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 22.2 | 24.3 | 23.7 | 20.5 | 25.1 | 32.8 | … |
| 1991 | 20.9 | 22.5 | 22.6 | 20.5 | 20.9 | 20.0 | 20.4 | 22.0 | 24.0 | 23.6 | 20.2 | 24.6 | 32.8 | 39.5 |
| 1996 | 20.5 | 19.9 | 21.6 | 19.8 | 19.6 | 19.2 | 20.6 | 22.0 | 23.1 | 22.8 | 19.7 | 24.0 | 32.6 | 38.8 |
| 2001 | 19.1 | 17.3 | 19.7 | 18.2 | 17.8 | 17.8 | 19.6 | 20.9 | 21.2 | 20.8 | 18.1 | 21.0 | 27.0 | 37.1 |
| 2006 | 17.7 | 15.5 | 17.7 | 16.0 | 16.2 | 16.6 | 18.2 | 19.6 | 19.4 | 19.2 | 16.5 | 18.8 | 23.9 | 33.9 |
