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
Alberta^{Footnote 2}			4,067,175	3,645,257	11.6	1,654,129	1,527,678	640,330.46	6.4
Division No. 6	CDR	Alta.	1,498,778	1,311,022	14.3	586,269	558,912	12,655.32	118.4	4	1
Division No. 11	CDR	Alta.	1,366,050	1,203,115	13.5	557,547	518,951	15,783.77	86.5	6	2
Division No. 8	CDR	Alta.	209,395	189,243	10.6	88,994	80,649	9,939.43	21.1	29	3
Division No. 2	CDR	Alta.	169,729	156,536	8.4	66,991	62,823	17,673.32	9.6	32	4
Division No. 19	CDR	Alta.	120,380	109,712	9.7	49,338	44,549	20,516.90	5.9	53	5
Division No. 10	CDR	Alta.	97,449	93,039	4.7	42,796	38,242	20,466.09	4.8	66	6
Division No. 1	CDR	Alta.	82,627	78,694	5.0	35,331	33,230	20,558.81	4.0	79	7
Division No. 13	CDR	Alta.	71,016	68,919	3.0	34,788	27,840	24,385.17	2.9	90	9
Division No. 16	CDR	Alta.	73,988	67,516	9.6	31,535	26,338	95,348.40	0.8	88	8
Division No. 12^{Footnote 2}	CDR	Alta.	67,120	63,427	5.8	30,281	24,500	31,981.64	2.1	95	10
Division No. 17	CDR	Alta.	61,590	61,504	0.1	23,895	19,747	192,152.54	0.3	103	11
Division No. 5	CDR	Alta.	55,708	53,263	4.6	22,044	20,020	16,795.05	3.3	111	12
Division No. 7	CDR	Alta.	41,574	40,232	3.3	18,246	16,009	19,227.61	2.2	147	13
Division No. 15	CDR	Alta.	38,594	35,983	7.3	17,542	13,900	28,403.35	1.4	150	15
Division No. 3	CDR	Alta.	38,956	38,566	1.0	15,405	13,378	13,887.06	2.8	149	14
Division No. 14	CDR	Alta.	29,291	28,584	2.5	13,153	11,598	26,962.03	1.1	183	16
Division No. 9	CDR	Alta.	20,869	21,290	-2.0	9,210	7,933	18,913.39	1.1	214	17
Division No. 18	CDR	Alta.	14,488	14,534	-0.3	6,590	5,320	33,200.73	0.4	252	18
Division No. 4	CDR	Alta.	9,573	10,078	-5.0	4,174	3,739	21,479.85	0.4	277	19

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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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