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Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations, 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data

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Geographic name Type Population Private dwellings, 2006 Land area in square kilometres, 2006 Population density per square kilometre, 2006 Population national rank, 2006
2006 2001 % change Total Occupied by usual residents National Prov. / Terr.
Geographic name: alpha sort Z to A Geographic name: alpha sort A to Z   Population, 2006 - total: sort highest to lowest Population, 2006 - total: sort lowest to highest Population, 2001 - total: sort highest to lowest Population, 2001 - total: sort lowest to highest Population, % change: sort highest to lowest Population, % change: sort lowest to highest Private dwellings, 2006 - total: sort highest to lowest Private dwellings, 2006 - total: sort lowest to highest Private dwellings, 2006 - occupied by usual residents: sort highest to lowest Private dwellings, 2006 - occupied by usual residents: sort lowest to highest Land area in square kilometres, 2006: sort highest to lowest Land area in square kilometres, 2006: sort lowest to highest Population density per square kilometre, 2006: sort highest to lowest Population density per square kilometre, 2006: sort lowest to highest Population rank, 2006 - national: sort highest to lowest Population rank, 2006 - national: sort lowest to highest Population rank, 2006 - provinces and territories: sort highest to lowest Population rank, 2006 - provinces and territories: sort lowest to highest
Canada    31,612,897 30,007,094 5.4 13,576,855 12,435,520 9,017,698.92 3.5    
British Columbia    4,113,487 3,907,738 5.3 1,788,474 1,642,715 924,815.43 4.4    
Vancouver CMA 2,116,581 1,986,965 6.5 870,992 817,033 2,877.36 735.6 3 1
Victoria  CMA 330,088 311,902 5.8 155,224 145,388 695.35 474.7 15 2
Kelowna CMA 162,276 147,739 9.8 71,889 66,925 2,904.01 55.9 22 3
Abbotsford CMA 159,020 147,370 7.9 58,099 55,948 625.94 254.1 23 4
Kamloops CA 92,882 88,951 A 4.4 41,087 38,101 5,686.19 16.3 37 5
Nanaimo CA 92,361 85,664 7.8 40,534 38,801 1,279.02 72.2 38 6
Prince George CA 83,225 85,035 -2.1 35,019 32,808 17,729.70 4.7 43 7
Chilliwack CA 80,892 74,003 A 9.3 33,247 31,645 1,211.50 66.8 45 8
Vernon CA 55,418 51,530 7.5 25,567 23,043 1,041.97 53.2 58 9
Courtenay CA 49,214 45,205 A 8.9 22,336 21,293 542.86 90.7 61 10
Penticton CA 43,313 41,564 A 4.2 20,516 19,408 2,212.76 19.6 68 11
Duncan CA 41,387 38,813 6.6 17,340 16,825 371.75 111.3 70 12
Campbell River CA 36,461 35,036 A 4.1 15,799 14,956 3,787.48 9.6 76 13
Parksville CA 26,518 24,285 9.2 12,851 12,193 81.48 325.5 91 14
Port Alberni CA 25,297 25,299 A 0.0 11,850 10,818 3,271.43 7.7 95 15
Fort St. John CA 25,136 23,007 A 9.3 10,082 9,711 621.84 40.4 96 16
Cranbrook CA 24,138 24,275 -0.6 10,424 9,946 4,547.65 5.3 99 17
Quesnel CA 22,449 24,426 -8.1 10,156 9,138 21,765.74 1.0 103 18
Williams Lake CA 18,760 19,768 A -5.1 7,971 7,548 2,656.00 7.1 106 19
Terrace CA 18,581 19,980 -7.0 7,903 7,189 9,748.95 1.9 108 20
Powell River CA 16,537 16,604 A -0.4 7,803 7,274 802.87 20.6 116 21
Salmon Arm CA 16,205 15,388 A 5.3 6,933 6,602 165.59 97.9 120 22
Squamish CA 15,256 14,435 5.7 6,123 5,714 106.85 142.8 124 23
Prince Rupert CA 13,392 15,302 -12.5 6,201 5,289 223.02 60.0 131 24
Dawson Creek CA 10,994 10,754 A 2.2 4,833 4,651 22.32 492.5 142 25
Kitimat CA 8,987 10,285 -12.6 4,256 3,627 242.63 37.0 144 26
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