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

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Geographic name Population Private dwellings, 2006 Land area in square kilometres, 2006 Population density per square kilometre, 2006 CD population 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    
Ontario † 12,160,282 11,410,046 6.6 4,972,869 4,554,251 907,573.82 13.4    
Toronto 2,503,281 2,481,494 0.9 1,040,597 979,330 630.18 3972.4 1 1
Peel 1,159,405 988,958 A 17.2 373,455 359,042 1,242.40 933.2 5 2
York 892,712 729,254 22.4 287,320 275,673 1,761.84 506.7 7 3
Ottawa 812,129 774,072 4.9 340,732 320,888 2,778.13 292.3 8 4
Durham 561,258 506,901 10.7 202,155 194,672 2,523.15 222.4 10 5
Hamilton 504,559 490,268 E  ··· 204,962 194,475 1,117.21 451.6 12 6
Waterloo 478,121 438,515 9.0 187,088 177,996 1,368.64 349.3 13 7
Halton 439,256 375,229 17.1 162,346 156,947 967.17 454.2 14 8
Niagara 427,421 410,574 4.1 179,903 169,425 1,854.17 230.5 15 9
Middlesex † 422,333 403,185 4.7 183,091 170,425 3,317.15 127.3 16 10
Simcoe 422,204 377,050 12.0 180,071 156,688 4,840.56 87.2 17 11
Essex 393,402 374,975 4.9 161,049 150,863 1,851.34 212.5 18 12
Wellington 200,425 187,313 7.0 79,864 74,732 2,656.66 75.4 28 13
Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury 157,909 155,268 1.7 69,463 64,961 3,211.19 49.2 32 14
Thunder Bay 149,063 150,860 -1.2 71,635 61,836 103,706.27 1.4 34 15
Frontenac 143,865 138,606 3.8 70,539 59,132 3,672.49 39.2 36 16
Peterborough 133,080 125,856 5.7 67,281 53,561 3,805.71 35.0 41 17
Hastings † 130,474 125,915 3.6 60,021 52,642 5,977.64 21.8 43 18
Lambton 128,204 126,971 1.0 56,919 51,928 3,001.70 42.7 46 19
Brant † 125,099 118,485 5.6 49,655 48,016 1,092.95 114.5 47 20
Algoma 117,461 118,567 -0.9 58,742 50,044 48,734.66 2.4 50 21
Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry † 110,399 109,522 0.8 46,286 44,263 3,306.86 33.4 51 22
Chatham-Kent 108,589 107,709 0.8 46,787 43,708 2,470.66 44.0 54 23
Haldimand-Norfolk † 107,812 104,670 3.0 44,958 40,567 2,894.15 37.3 55 24
Oxford 102,756 99,270 3.5 40,625 39,335 2,039.46 50.4 58 25
Leeds and Grenville 99,206 96,606 2.7 45,822 39,903 3,350.18 29.6 61 26
Renfrew 97,545 95,138 2.5 46,533 39,225 7,403.46 13.2 63 27
Grey 92,411 89,073 3.7 44,387 37,169 4,508.12 20.5 65 28
Elgin 85,351 81,553 4.7 33,634 32,201 1,880.84 45.4 71 29
Nipissing † 84,688 82,910 2.1 40,073 35,074 17,065.07 5.0 72 30
Cochrane † 82,503 85,247 -3.2 37,253 33,328 141,247.30 0.6 73 31
Northumberland 80,963 77,497 4.5 35,069 31,539 1,902.97 42.5 74 32
Prescott and Russell 80,184 76,446 4.9 31,310 30,068 2,001.18 40.1 76 33
Kawartha Lakes 74,561 69,179 7.8 37,986 29,509 3,059.47 24.4 83 34
Perth 74,344 73,675 0.9 29,707 28,545 2,218.41 33.5 85 35
Bruce 65,349 63,892 2.3 38,432 26,327 4,079.17 16.0 91 36
Kenora † 64,419 61,802 4.2 30,940 23,018 407,192.66 0.2 92 37
Lanark 63,785 62,495 2.1 29,338 25,169 2,979.14 21.4 93 38
Huron 59,325 59,701 -0.6 26,922 22,915 3,396.68 17.5 98 39
Muskoka † 57,563 53,106 8.4 44,634 23,151 3,890.24 14.8 103 40
Dufferin 54,436 51,003 A 6.7 19,754 18,797 1,485.58 36.6 107 41
Parry Sound 40,918 39,665 3.2 35,404 17,187 9,222.04 4.4 134 42
Lennox and Addington 40,542 39,461 2.7 17,981 15,527 2,776.48 14.6 136 43
Timiskaming 33,283 34,442 -3.4 16,550 14,235 13,279.88 2.5 164 44
Prince Edward 25,496 24,901 2.4 12,055 10,319 1,050.14 24.3 190 45
Rainy River 21,564 22,109 -2.5 10,823 8,584 15,472.94 1.4 212 46
Sudbury 21,392 22,894 -6.6 12,006 8,865 38,504.53 0.6 215 47
Haliburton 16,147 15,085 7.0 21,257 6,980 4,025.27 4.0 247 48
Manitoulin 13,090 12,679 3.2 9,455 5,467 4,759.74 2.8 261 49

Symbols
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0 true zero or a value rounded to zero
A adjusted figure due to boundary change (For further information, see the 'Content considerations'.)
† excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements (For further information, see the 'Notes'.)
incompletely enumerated Indian reserve or Indian settlement (For further information, see the 'Notes'.)
E use with caution (In 2001, the population and/or dwelling counts for various areas were found to be incorrect. Since it is not possible to make changes to the 2001 Census data presented in these tables, the 2001 data should be used with caution. For further information, please refer to the 'Population and dwelling count amendments'.)
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population.
How to cite: Statistics Canada. 2007. Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census divisions, 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.
http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/english/census06/data/popdwell/Table.cfm?T=702&SR=1&S=3&O=D&RPP=9999&PR=35&CMA=0 (accessed April 18, 2024)

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