Figure 3
Population growth rate (in percentage) of provinces and territories, 2001 to 2006 and 2006 to 2011

Description

This chart shows the growth rates in percentage of Canada's provinces and territories for two periods, 2001 to 2006 and 2006 to 2011. It also shows the population growth rate for Canada as a whole between 2006 and 2011, which was 5.9%. The following are the values for each province and territory, beginning with those for the period 2001 to 2006 followed by those for the period 2006 to 2011: -1.5% and 1.8% in Newfoundland and Labrador, 0.4% and 3.2% in Prince Edward Island, 0.6% and 0.9% in Nova Scotia, 0.1% and 2.9% in New Brunswick, 4.3% and 4.7% in Quebec, 6.6% and 5.7% in Ontario, 2.6% and 5.2% in Manitoba, -1.1% and 6.7% in Saskatchewan, 10.6% and 10.8% in Alberta, 5.3% and 7.0% in British Columbia, 5.9% and 11.6% in Yukon, 11.0% and 0.0% in the Northwest Territories,1 10.2% and 8.3% in Nunavut.

Figure 3

Note:
1. Statistics Canada makes every effort to enumerate Canada's population accurately in the census. Some regions may present greater challenges than others. The population growth rate for the Northwest Territories between 2001 and 2006 must be used with caution, as its net undercoverage in the 2001 Census (8.11%) was higher than the national average (2.99%).
Sources: Statistics Canada, censuses of population, 2001, 2006 and 2011.