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Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories by the Statistical Area Classification, 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data

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Geographic name Population Private dwellings, 2006
2006 2001 % change Total Occupied by usual residents
Canada † 31,612,897 30,007,094 5.4 13,576,855 12,435,520
Alberta † 3,290,350 2,974,807 10.6 1,335,745 1,256,192
Within CMA † 2,114,255 1,889,339 11.9 859,748 820,903
Within CA 478,131 413,178 15.7 195,200 182,654
Outside CMA/CA † 697,964 672,290 3.8 280,797 252,635
Strongly influenced 81,051 71,816 12.9 33,130 29,335
Moderately influenced 224,113 216,703 3.4 90,405 81,958
Weakly influenced 364,978 359,389 1.6 144,740 131,612
Not influenced † 27,822 24,382 14.1 12,522 9,730
Territories 0 0 0.0 0 0
Total - urban † 2,699,851 2,406,059 12.2 1,106,348 1,053,272
Within CMA - urban † 1,988,878 1,771,884 12.2 814,192 778,180
Within CA - urban 427,799 367,833 16.3 176,679 166,058
Outside CMA/CA - urban 283,174 266,342 6.3 115,477 109,034
Strongly influenced - urban 27,445 22,232 23.4 11,107 10,109
Moderately influenced - urban 86,474 79,131 9.3 34,448 32,928
Weakly influenced - urban 167,762 163,686 2.5 69,327 65,434
Not influenced - urban 1,493 1,293 15.5 595 563
Territories - urban 0 0 0.0 0 0
Total - rural † 590,499 568,748 3.8 229,397 202,920
Within CMA - rural † 125,377 117,455 6.7 45,556 42,723
Within CA - rural 50,332 45,345 11.0 18,521 16,596
Outside CMA/CA - rural † 414,790 405,948 2.2 165,320 143,601
Strongly influenced - rural 53,606 49,584 8.1 22,023 19,226
Moderately influenced - rural 137,639 137,572 0.0 55,957 49,030
Weakly influenced - rural 197,216 195,703 0.8 75,413 66,178
Not influenced - rural † 26,329 23,089 14.0 11,927 9,167
Territories - rural 0 0 0.0 0 0

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Date Modified: 2021-07-20

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