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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 | 27.2 | 20.4 | 25.7 | 25.7 | 23.3 | 24.6 | 29.5 | 28.6 | 27.2 | 26.5 | 31.0 | 26.7 | 22.3 | … |
| 1961 | 26.3 | 19.1 | 24.5 | 24.9 | 22.3 | 24.0 | 28.4 | 27.7 | 26.6 | 25.5 | 29.8 | 25.6 | 21.4 | … |
| 1966 | 25.4 | 19.3 | 24.0 | 24.7 | 22.2 | 23.9 | 27.2 | 26.7 | 25.6 | 24.5 | 28.2 | 23.6 | 19.4 | … |
| 1971 | 26.2 | 20.7 | 24.8 | 25.4 | 23.9 | 25.6 | 27.2 | 26.8 | 26.7 | 24.9 | 27.9 | 24.1 | 19.1 | … |
| 1976 | 27.8 | 22.6 | 26.6 | 27.1 | 25.7 | 27.7 | 28.6 | 28.0 | 27.6 | 26.1 | 29.1 | 24.9 | 20.6 | … |
| 1981 | 29.6 | 25.2 | 28.8 | 29.3 | 28.1 | 29.7 | 30.6 | 29.9 | 28.7 | 26.9 | 30.9 | 26.6 | 22.0 | … |
| 1986 | 31.6 | 27.9 | 30.6 | 31.2 | 30.5 | 32.0 | 32.3 | 31.4 | 30.1 | 29.2 | 33.1 | 28.9 | 23.7 | … |
| 1991 | 33.5 | 30.8 | 32.8 | 33.4 | 33.2 | 34.2 | 33.6 | 33.0 | 32.6 | 31.3 | 34.7 | 31.0 | 27.1 | 20.8 |
| 1996 | 35.3 | 34.2 | 34.7 | 35.8 | 35.5 | 36.2 | 35.2 | 34.7 | 34.4 | 33.4 | 35.9 | 32.7 | 25.7 | 21.3 |
| 2001 | 37.6 | 38.4 | 37.7 | 38.8 | 38.6 | 38.8 | 37.2 | 36.8 | 36.7 | 35.0 | 38.4 | 36.1 | 30.1 | 22.1 |
| 2006 | 39.5 | 41.7 | 40.8 | 41.8 | 41.5 | 41.0 | 39.0 | 38.1 | 38.7 | 36.0 | 40.8 | 38.4 | 31.2 | 23.1 |
