Population and Dwelling Count Highlight Tables, 2016 Census

Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census divisions, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data

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This table presents the 2016 and 2011 population counts and the 2016 dwelling counts, land area, population density and population ranking for all census divisions by the selected province or territory. It also shows the percentage change in the population counts between 2011 and 2016.

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Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census divisions, 2016 and 2011 censuses. This table presents the 2016 and 2011 population counts and the 2016 dwelling counts, land area, population density and population ranking for all census divisions by the selected province or territory. It also shows the percentage change in the population counts between 2011 and 2016. Same-page links within the first column 'Geographic name' will move focus to the map beneath the table. When sorting the table headers (ascending or descending), the page reloads and focus moves to the top of the table.
Geographic name	Type^{Footnote 1}	Prov. / Terr.	Population			Private dwellings, 2016		Land area in square kilometres, 2016	Population density per square kilometre, 2016	CD population rank, 2016
Geographic name	Type^{Footnote 1}	Prov. / Terr.	2016	2011	% change	Total	Occupied by usual residents	Land area in square kilometres, 2016	Population density per square kilometre, 2016	National	Prov. / Terr.

Canada^{Footnote 2}			35,151,728	33,476,688	5.0	15,412,443	14,072,079	8,965,588.85	3.9
British Columbia^{Footnote 2}			4,648,055	4,400,057	5.6	2,063,417	1,881,969	922,503.01	5.0
Greater Vancouver	RD	B.C.	2,463,431	2,313,328	6.5	1,027,613	960,894	2,882.68	854.6	2	1
Capital^{Footnote 2}	RD	B.C.	383,360	359,991	6.5	183,562	170,157	2,340.49	163.8	22	2
Fraser Valley	RD	B.C.	295,934	277,593	6.6	116,080	108,393	13,335.28	22.2	24	3
Central Okanagan	RD	B.C.	194,882	179,839	8.4	88,374	81,383	2,904.86	67.1	30	4
Nanaimo	RD	B.C.	155,698	146,574	6.2	73,622	68,904	2,038.04	76.4	38	5
Thompson-Nicola	RD	B.C.	132,663	128,471 Revised ^r	3.3	62,157	55,504	44,449.42	3.0	48	6
Fraser-Fort George	RD	B.C.	94,506	91,879	2.9	41,666	38,600	50,676.10	1.9	67	7
North Okanagan	RD	B.C.	84,354	81,237	3.8	39,970	35,875	7,502.60	11.2	75	8
Cowichan Valley	RD	B.C.	83,739	80,332	4.2	37,919	35,272	3,474.52	24.1	76	9
Okanagan-Similkameen	RD	B.C.	83,022	80,742	2.8	42,894	37,673	10,411.68	8.0	78	10
Comox Valley	RD	B.C.	66,527	63,538	4.7	32,076	29,573	1,699.90	39.1	97	11
Peace River	RD	B.C.	62,942	60,082	4.8	28,746	24,264	117,387.55	0.5	100	12
Cariboo	RD	B.C.	61,988	62,392	-0.6	31,680	26,699	80,609.75	0.8	101	13
East Kootenay	RD	B.C.	60,439	56,685	6.6	34,197	25,863	27,541.84	2.2	106	14
Central Kootenay	RD	B.C.	59,517	58,441	1.8	30,726	27,016	22,094.94	2.7	107	15
Columbia-Shuswap	RD	B.C.	51,366	50,512	1.7	29,798	22,454	28,929.19	1.8	117	16
Strathcona	RD	B.C.	44,671	43,252	3.3	21,681	19,610	18,278.06	2.4	131	17
Squamish-Lillooet	RD	B.C.	42,665	38,173 Revised ^r	11.8	23,965	16,416	16,311.62	2.6	139	18
Bulkley-Nechako	RD	B.C.	37,896	39,208	-3.3	17,564	15,101	73,361.00	0.5	153	19
Kitimat-Stikine	RD	B.C.	37,367	37,361	0.0	16,922	14,822	104,464.61	0.4	154	20
Kootenay Boundary	RD	B.C.	31,447	31,138	1.0	18,321	14,339	8,084.52	3.9	173	21
Alberni-Clayoquot	RD	B.C.	30,981	31,061	-0.3	15,490	13,654	6,589.15	4.7	176	22
Sunshine Coast	RD	B.C.	29,970	28,619	4.7	17,379	13,995	3,773.73	7.9	182	23
Powell River	RD	B.C.	20,070	19,906	0.8	11,400	9,412	5,075.33	4.0	223	24
Skeena-Queen Charlotte	RD	B.C.	18,133	18,784	-3.5	8,911	7,413	19,775.41	0.9	233	25
Mount Waddington	RD	B.C.	11,035	11,506	-4.1	5,963	4,850	20,244.27	0.5	267	26
Northern Rockies	RD	B.C.	5,393	5,578	-3.3	2,593	2,182	85,111.07	0.1	287	27
Central Coast	RD	B.C.	3,319	3,206	3.5	1,531	1,284	24,491.85	0.1	288	28
Stikine	REG	B.C.	740	629	17.6	617	367	118,663.53	0.0	293	29

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Symbol(s):

Symbol R

revised. The 2011 count for this area has been revised

Note(s):

Footnote 1

Census divisions are classified into 12 types according to official designations adopted by provincial or territorial authorities. Two exceptions are 'census division / division de recensement' (CDR) and 'territory / territoire' (TER), which are geographic units created as equivalents by Statistics Canada, in cooperation with the provinces and territories, for the purpose of disseminating statistical data.

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Footnote 2

Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements

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