Geographic code Geographic name Geographic type Incompletely enumerated Indian reserves and Indian settlements, 2006 Population, 2006 Population, 2001 2001 adjusted population flag Population, growth or decline Total private dwellings, 2006 Private dwellings occupied by usual residents, 2006 Land area km2, 2006 Population density, 2006 National population rank, 2006 National population rank, 2001 1 Canada T 31612897 30007094 F 5.4 13576855 12435520 9017698.9166 3.5 59 British Columbia T 4113487 3907738 F 5.3 1788474 1642715 924815.4344 4.4 933 Vancouver CMA F 2116581 1986965 F 6.5 870992 817033 2877.3612 735.6 3 1 935 Victoria CMA T 330088 311902 F 5.8 155224 145388 695.3462 474.7 15 2 915 Kelowna CMA F 162276 147739 F 9.8 71889 66925 2904.0086 55.9 22 3 932 Abbotsford CMA F 159020 147370 F 7.9 58099 55948 625.9375 254.1 23 4 925 Kamloops CA F 92882 88951 T 4.4 41087 38101 5686.1856 16.3 37 5 938 Nanaimo CA F 92361 85664 F 7.8 40534 38801 1279.0197 72.2 38 6 970 Prince George CA F 83225 85035 F -2.1 35019 32808 17729.6974 4.7 43 7 930 Chilliwack CA F 80892 74003 T 9.3 33247 31645 1211.5013 66.8 45 8 918 Vernon CA F 55418 51530 F 7.5 25567 23043 1041.9663 53.2 58 9 943 Courtenay CA F 49214 45205 T 8.9 22336 21293 542.8555 90.7 61 10 913 Penticton CA F 43313 41564 T 4.2 20516 19408 2212.7576 19.6 68 11 937 Duncan CA F 41387 38813 F 6.6 17340 16825 371.7467 111.3 70 12 944 Campbell River CA F 36461 35036 T 4.1 15799 14956 3787.4761 9.6 76 13 939 Parksville CA F 26518 24285 F 9.2 12851 12193 81.4794 325.5 91 14 940 Port Alberni CA F 25297 25299 T 0.0 11850 10818 3271.4286 7.7 95 15 977 Fort St. John CA F 25136 23007 T 9.3 10082 9711 621.8397 40.4 96 16 905 Cranbrook CA F 24138 24275 F -0.6 10424 9946 4547.6462 5.3 99 17 952 Quesnel CA F 22449 24426 F -8.1 10156 9138 21765.7419 1.0 103 18 950 Williams Lake CA F 18760 19768 T -5.1 7971 7548 2655.9989 7.1 106 19 965 Terrace CA F 18581 19980 F -7.0 7903 7189 9748.9526 1.9 108 20 945 Powell River CA F 16537 16604 T -0.4 7803 7274 802.8668 20.6 116 21 920 Salmon Arm CA F 16205 15388 T 5.3 6933 6602 165.5917 97.9 120 22 934 Squamish CA F 15256 14435 F 5.7 6123 5714 106.8454 142.8 124 23 955 Prince Rupert CA F 13392 15302 F -12.5 6201 5289 223.0204 60.0 131 24 975 Dawson Creek CA F 10994 10754 T 2.2 4833 4651 22.3237 492.5 142 25 960 Kitimat CA F 8987 10285 F -12.6 4256 3627 242.6283 37.0 144 26 Note: Incompletely enumerated Indian reserves and Indian settlements, 2006 T = excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements. Incompletely enumerated Indian reserves and Indian settlements, 2001 T = excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements. 2001 adjusted population flag T = adjusted figure due to boundary change. 2001 adjusted total private dwellings flag T = adjusted figure due to boundary change. 2001 adjusted private dwellings occupied by usual residents flag T = adjusted figure due to boundary change. For further information, refer to: https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/hlt/97-550/SpecialNotes.cfm. Content considerations: The 2006 Census population counts for a particular area represent the number of Canadians whose usual place of residence is in that area, regardless of where they happened to be on Census Day. Also included are any Canadians who were staying in that area on Census Day and who had no usual place of residence elsewhere in Canada, as well as those considered to be non-permanent residents. For most areas, there is little difference between the number of usual residents and the number of people staying in the area on Census Day. For certain places, however, such as tourist or vacation areas, or those including large work camps, the number of people staying in that area at any particular time could significantly exceed the number of usual residents shown here. The population counts include Canadians living in other countries, but do not include foreign residents living in Canada. Given these differences, users are advised not to interpret population counts as being the number of people living in the reported dwellings. The dwelling counts refer to total private dwellings and private dwellings occupied by usual residents in Canada. The census dwelling counts do not include collective dwellings, which are dwellings of a commercial, institutional or communal nature. The usual residents in collective dwellings are, however, included in the population counts. Changes occur to the names, boundaries, and other characteristics of geographic areas (e.g., census subdivisions may amalgamate, or there may be an annexation or a change of name or status). Since the geographic framework is used for census data collection, the geographic reference date must be set several months before the date of the census in order to have these changes made in time. For the 2006 Census, the geographic reference date was January 1, 2006. Users wishing to compare 2006 Census data with those of other censuses should then take into account that the boundaries of geographic areas may change from one census to another. In order to facilitate comparison, the 2001 Census counts are adjusted as needed to take into account boundary changes between the 2001 and 2006 censuses. This symbol may also refer to corrections to the 2001 counts; however, most of these are the result of boundary changes. This symbol is also used to identify areas that have been created since 2001, such as newly incorporated municipalities (census subdivisions) and new designated places (DPLs). Land area is the area in square kilometres of the land-based portions of standard geographic areas. The data are unofficial, and are provided for the sole purpose of calculating population density. Land area data for the standard geographic areas reflect the boundaries in effect on January 1, 2006 (the geographic reference date for the 2006 Census of Canada). For further information, refer to: https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/hlt/97-550/Content.cfm. Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population. How to cite: Statistics Canada. 2007. Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations, 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data (table). Population and Dwelling Count Highlight Tables. 2006 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 97-550-XWE2006002. Ottawa. Released March 13, 2007. https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/hlt/97-550/Table.cfm?T=202&SR=1&S=3&O=D&RPP=50&PR=59&CMA=0 (accessed March 28, 2024)