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Population and occupied dwelling counts and intercensal growth for Canada, 1971 to 2006

  1971 1976 1981 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
… not applicable
Sources: Statistics Canada, censuses of population, 1971, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001 and 2006.
Counts
Population 21,568,311 22,992,604 24,343,181 25,309,331 27,296,859 28,846,761 30,007,094 31,612,897
Occupied dwellings 6,034,508 7,166,095 8,281,531 8,991,672 10,018,267 10,820,055 11,562,976 12,435,520
Intercensal growth (in percent)
Population 6.6 5.9 4.0 7.9 5.7 4.0 5.4
Occupied dwellings 18.8 15.6 8.6 11.4 8.0 6.9 7.5