Population and dwelling counts, for Canada and economic regions, 2011 and 2006 censuses

About

This table presents the 2011 and 2006 population counts and the 2011 dwelling counts, land area and population density for Canada and economic regions. It also shows the percentage change in the population counts between 2006 and 2011.

Data table

Population and dwelling counts, for Canada and economic regions, 2011 and 2006 censuses
Geographic name Population Private dwellings, 2011 Land area in square kilometres, 2011 Population density per square kilometre, 2011
2011 2006 % change Total Occupied by usual residents
Geographic name: alpha sort Z to A Geographic name: alpha sort A to Z Population, 2011 - total: sort highest to lowest Population, 2011 - total: sort lowest to highest Population, 2006 - total: sort highest to lowest Population, 2006 - total: sort lowest to highest Population, % change: sort highest to lowest Population, % change: sort lowest to highest Private dwellings, 2011 - total: sort highest to lowest Private dwellings, 2011 - total: sort lowest to highest Private dwellings, 2011 - occupied by usual residents: sort highest to lowest Private dwellings, 2011 - occupied by usual residents: sort lowest to highest Land area in square kilometres, 2011: sort highest to lowest Land area in square kilometres, 2011: sort lowest to highest Population density per square kilometre, 2011: sort highest to lowest Population density per square kilometre, 2011: sort lowest to highest
Canada † 33,476,688 31,612,897 5.9 14,569,633 13,320,614 8,965,121.42 3.7
Toronto (Ont.) 5,878,412 5,391,497 9.0 2,192,237 2,098,339 6,941.23 846.9
Lower Mainland--Southwest (B.C.) 2,657,711 2,436,596 9.1 1,099,149 1,020,948 36,304.87 73.2
Montréal (Que.) 1,886,481 1,854,442 1.7 907,393 849,443 499.19 3,779.1
Montérégie (Que.) † 1,442,433 1,357,720 6.2 622,220 594,127 11,131.32 129.6
Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula (Ont.) 1,372,227 1,329,306 3.2 575,903 542,428 7,145.13 192.1
Ottawa (Ont.) † 1,244,909 1,165,703 6.8 530,206 500,295 14,521.24 85.7
Calgary (Alta.) 1,311,022 1,160,936 12.9 527,608 500,103 12,645.88 103.7
Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie (Ont.) 1,218,400 1,155,186 5.5 504,276 460,207 10,374.87 117.4
Edmonton (Alta.) 1,203,115 1,076,103 11.8 500,940 467,064 15,767.99 76.3
Vancouver Island and Coast (B.C.) † 759,366 727,422 4.4 369,462 333,360 84,231.41 9.0
Capitale-Nationale (Que.) † 700,616 661,060 6.0 342,708 320,686 18,796.86 37.3
Winnipeg (Man.) 666,832 636,177 4.8 281,425 269,665 571.06 1,167.7
Northeast (Ont.) † 551,144 551,244 0.0 281,186 234,969 276,357.85 2.0
London (Ont.) 632,331 610,440 3.6 274,394 255,320 7,238.00 87.4
Laurentides (Que.) † 559,700 511,276 9.5 272,372 231,993 20,771.13 26.9
Windsor--Sarnia (Ont.) † 619,056 630,195 -1.8 269,367 248,049 7,323.54 84.5
Thompson--Okanagan (B.C.) 520,803 491,479 6.0 251,530 219,859 94,198.56 5.5
Kingston--Pembroke (Ont.) 453,080 437,922 3.5 216,009 186,923 21,223.62 21.3
Lanaudière (Que.) 471,748 429,053 10.0 210,754 190,476 12,422.23 38.0
Muskoka--Kawarthas (Ont.) † 365,346 362,314 0.8 208,380 149,910 16,845.78 21.7
Chaudière-Appalaches (Que.) 410,829 393,669 4.4 188,261 173,409 15,080.30 27.2
Outaouais (Que.) † 369,171 341,096 8.2 177,912 155,592 30,802.91 12.0
Halifax (N.S.) 390,328 372,858 4.7 177,295 165,153 5,495.71 71.0
Laval (Que.) 401,553 368,709 8.9 159,509 154,456 247.09 1,625.1
Estrie (Que.) 310,733 298,779 4.0 156,970 137,879 10,214.34 30.4
Stratford--Bruce Peninsula (Ont.) 292,882 291,429 0.5 145,194 118,526 14,219.06 20.6
Saskatoon--Biggar (Sask.) 317,487 289,067 9.8 136,106 127,016 47,833.67 6.6
Mauricie (Que.) 263,603 258,928 1.8 135,983 121,912 35,864.93 7.3
Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean (Que.) 274,880 272,610 0.8 132,062 119,275 98,710.11 2.8
Regina--Moose Mountain (Sask.) 291,345 270,219 7.8 129,462 118,130 49,404.00 5.9
Avalon Peninsula (N.L.) 262,410 248,418 5.6 120,500 105,921 9,218.54 28.5
Lethbridge--Medicine Hat (Alta.) 273,796 254,825 7.4 113,000 103,404 52,054.10 5.3
Northwest (Ont.) † 224,034 235,046 -4.7 111,633 92,542 526,417.35 0.4
Centre-du-Québec (Que.) 234,163 224,200 4.4 108,045 101,323 6,929.73 33.8
Athabasca--Grande Prairie--Peace River (Alta.) 254,669 239,288 6.4 106,389 93,177 270,214.45 0.9
Bas-Saint-Laurent (Que.) 199,977 200,653 -0.3 100,303 88,408 22,234.10 9.0
Moncton--Richibucto (N.B.) 203,837 191,860 6.2 96,445 85,623 10,021.12 20.3
Prince Albert (Sask.) † 202,945 193,057 5.1 93,304 76,871 97,721.61 2.1
Camrose--Drumheller (Alta.) 196,612 188,409 4.4 82,735 74,703 77,901.67 2.5
Kootenay (B.C.) 146,264 142,110 2.9 81,003 63,778 57,719.56 2.5
Red Deer (Alta.) 189,243 175,337 7.9 80,324 72,774 9,909.31 19.1
North Shore (N.S.) 155,696 156,476 -0.5 79,993 66,367 16,248.26 9.6
Saint John--St. Stephen (N.B.) 172,764 167,343 3.2 78,596 71,081 8,372.26 20.6
Campbellton--Miramichi (N.B.) 158,741 162,496 A -2.3 74,028 67,649 26,187.57 6.1
Cariboo (B.C.) 154,271 154,454 -0.1 71,972 63,486 131,285.75 1.2
Abitibi-Témiscamingue (Que.) 145,690 143,872 1.3 68,057 62,574 57,738.95 2.5
Prince Edward Island (P.E.I.) 140,204 135,851 3.2 66,943 56,462 5,685.73 24.7
Cape Breton (N.S.) 135,974 142,298 -4.4 65,434 56,695 10,416.08 13.1
Fredericton--Oromocto (N.B.) 135,467 127,276 A 6.4 62,798 55,908 14,516.10 9.3
Southern (N.S.) 116,080 119,175 -2.6 61,948 50,764 12,413.06 9.4
Notre Dame--Central Bonavista Bay (N.L.) 109,111 110,646 -1.4 59,119 45,161 35,225.60 3.1
Annapolis Valley (N.S.) 123,649 122,655 0.8 57,485 51,300 8,366.32 14.8
Wood Buffalo--Cold Lake (Alta.) † 130,943 113,070 15.8 54,918 46,639 127,301.85 1.0
West Coast--Northern Peninsula--Labrador (N.L.) 105,358 106,421 -1.0 50,662 42,246 300,055.59 0.4
Southwest (Man.) 108,868 103,700 5.0 49,647 44,222 27,243.88 4.0
Swift Current--Moose Jaw (Sask.) 100,180 98,950 1.2 47,904 41,757 80,998.14 1.2
Southeast (Man.) 104,535 93,115 12.3 47,399 37,020 21,136.31 4.9
Gaspésie--Îles-de-la-Madeleine (Que.) 94,079 94,336 -0.3 45,550 40,968 20,308.67 4.6
Côte-Nord (Que.) 94,766 95,911 -1.2 43,312 39,897 247,633.94 0.4
Yorkton--Melville (Sask.) 84,867 82,945 2.3 41,959 36,009 42,285.24 2.0
Interlake (Man.) † 88,854 86,808 2.4 41,682 33,621 15,855.37 5.6
Banff--Jasper--Rocky Mountain House (Alta.) 85,857 82,382 4.2 39,093 32,411 74,286.62 1.2
Edmundston--Woodstock (N.B.) 80,362 81,022 -0.8 36,598 33,746 12,280.13 6.5
North (Man.) † 88,146 84,600 4.2 31,446 25,894 438,847.92 0.2
Northeast (B.C.) 65,660 64,411 1.9 28,349 25,374 202,502.45 0.3
North Coast (B.C.) 56,145 58,140 A -3.4 25,923 22,337 124,242.64 0.5
South Central (Man.) 60,656 54,253 11.8 21,939 21,013 9,791.04 6.2
Parklands (Man.) 42,088 42,708 -1.5 21,292 17,973 28,226.98 1.5
South Coast--Burin Peninsula (N.L.) 37,657 39,984 -5.8 19,994 15,514 26,011.02 1.4
Nechako (B.C.) 39,837 38,875 A 2.5 17,977 15,495 192,024.05 0.2
North Central (Man.) 48,289 47,040 2.7 17,859 16,730 10,656.95 4.5
Northwest Territories (N.W.T.) 41,462 41,464 0.0 17,175 14,700 1,143,793.47 0.0
Yukon (Y.T.) 33,897 30,372 11.6 16,259 14,117 474,712.64 0.1
Nord-du-Québec (Que.) 42,579 39,817 6.9 14,515 12,925 747,161.22 0.1
Northern (Sask.) 36,557 33,919 7.8 11,777 9,862 269,996.55 0.1
Nunavut (Nvt.) 31,906 29,474 8.3 10,077 8,661 1,877,787.62 0.0

Symbols

···
not applicable
†
excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements. For further information, refer to Notes.
incompletely enumerated Indian reserve or Indian settlement. For further information, refer to Notes.
A
adjusted figure due to boundary change. For further information, refer to Content considerations.
E
use with caution. For further information, refer to Cautionary note.

Download

Download data as displayed in the Data table tab

Download entire table