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
Quebec^{Footnote 2}			8,164,361	7,903,001	3.3	3,858,943	3,531,663	1,356,625.27	6.0
Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine	TÉ	Que.	12,475	12,781	-2.4	6,477	5,534	210.30	59.3	262	92
Québec	TÉ	Que.	569,717	551,856 Revised ^r	3.2	282,180	267,144	548.72	1,038.3	11	2
Lévis	TÉ	Que.	143,414	138,769	3.3	62,585	60,779	449.05	319.4	44	13
Sherbrooke	TÉ	Que.	161,323	154,601	4.3	80,341	73,506	353.76	456.0	35	8
Longueuil	TÉ	Que.	415,347	399,097	4.1	183,008	175,735	282.21	1,471.8	19	4
Laval	TÉ	Que.	422,993	401,553	5.3	165,686	160,328	247.23	1,710.9	18	3
Montréal	TÉ	Que.	1,942,044	1,886,481	2.9	939,112	870,373	499.26	3,889.8	3	1
Mirabel	TÉ	Que.	50,513	41,957	20.4	20,395	19,631	485.07	104.1	120	33
Gatineau	TÉ	Que.	276,245	265,349	4.1	125,608	118,385	342.80	805.8	25	5
Rouyn-Noranda	TÉ	Que.	42,334	41,012	3.2	20,568	18,851	6,009.86	7.0	142	43
La Tuque	TÉ	Que.	15,059	15,130	-0.5	8,360	6,377	26,356.13	0.6	251	87
Shawinigan	TÉ	Que.	49,349	50,060	-1.4	26,953	24,410	734.84	67.2	123	36
La Haute-Côte-Nord	MRC	Que.	10,846	11,546	-6.1	5,708	4,982	11,612.68	0.9	269	96
Manicouagan	MRC	Que.	31,027	32,012	-3.1	14,844	13,738	35,705.48	0.9	175	56
Le Domaine-du-Roy	MRC	Que.	31,285	31,870	-1.8	16,549	13,729	17,803.47	1.8	174	55
Maria-Chapdelaine	MRC	Que.	24,793	25,279	-1.9	11,916	10,805	36,768.21	0.7	190	60
Lac-Saint-Jean-Est	MRC	Que.	52,741	52,520	0.4	25,450	22,909	2,779.97	19.0	114	29
Abitibi-Ouest	MRC	Que.	20,538	21,003	-2.2	10,053	9,026	3,334.92	6.2	216	71
Abitibi	MRC	Que.	24,639	24,354	1.2	11,374	10,529	7,679.36	3.2	192	61
La Vallée-de-l'Or	MRC	Que.	43,226	42,896	0.8	20,224	19,040	24,292.04	1.8	136	41
Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais	MRC	Que.	49,094	46,393	5.8	23,164	18,756	2,051.77	23.9	124	37
La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau^{Footnote 2}	MRC	Que.	20,182	20,530	-1.7	15,363	9,392	12,480.50	1.6	220	73
Pontiac	MRC	Que.	14,251	14,358	-0.7	10,208	6,203	12,991.82	1.1	255	90
Témiscamingue	MRC	Que.	15,980	16,425	-2.7	8,992	7,129	16,420.32	1.0	246	84
La Rivière-du-Nord	MRC	Que.	128,170	115,165	11.3	58,580	55,009	451.02	284.2	49	14
Argenteuil	MRC	Que.	32,389	32,117	0.8	19,081	14,789	1,252.97	25.8	168	53
Les Pays-d'en-Haut	MRC	Que.	41,877	40,331	3.8	29,723	20,698	683.46	61.3	146	45
Les Laurentides^{Footnote 2}	MRC	Que.	45,902	45,157	1.6	36,150	21,972	2,479.05	18.5	129	38
Antoine-Labelle	MRC	Que.	35,243	35,159	0.2	23,399	16,474	14,976.99	2.4	164	51
Papineau	MRC	Que.	22,832	22,541	1.3	15,893	10,401	2,941.79	7.8	202	64
Roussillon^{Footnote 2}	MRC	Que.	171,443	162,187	5.7	67,868	66,264	423.82	404.5	31	6
Les Jardins-de-Napierville	MRC	Que.	27,870	26,234	6.2	11,789	11,205	803.07	34.7	186	59
Le Haut-Saint-Laurent	MRC	Que.	22,454	21,197	5.9	12,016	9,666	1,173.51	19.1	205	66
Beauharnois-Salaberry	MRC	Que.	64,320	61,950	3.8	30,151	28,865	471.26	136.5	99	25
Vaudreuil-Soulanges	MRC	Que.	149,349	139,353	7.2	59,474	57,515	855.56	174.6	42	12
Deux-Montagnes^{Footnote 2}	MRC	Que.	98,203	95,670	2.6	40,728	39,748	243.42	403.4	65	19
Thérèse-De Blainville	MRC	Que.	157,103	154,144	1.9	62,218	60,762	207.20	758.2	37	10
Marguerite-D'Youville	MRC	Que.	77,550	74,416	4.2	30,532	29,942	346.04	224.1	83	22
L'Assomption	MRC	Que.	124,759	119,840	4.1	50,828	49,768	255.65	488.0	51	15
Joliette	MRC	Que.	66,550	63,551	4.7	30,969	29,703	418.12	159.2	96	24
Matawinie	MRC	Que.	50,435	49,516	1.9	35,858	23,139	9,528.17	5.3	121	34
Montcalm	MRC	Que.	52,596	48,378	8.7	23,295	21,608	711.02	74.0	115	30
Les Moulins	MRC	Que.	158,267	148,813	6.4	60,944	59,701	261.13	606.1	36	9
Bécancour	MRC	Que.	20,404	20,081	1.6	9,947	9,041	1,144.67	17.8	217	72
Arthabaska	MRC	Que.	72,014	69,237	4.0	33,483	31,447	1,890.18	38.1	89	23
Les Sources	MRC	Que.	14,286	14,756	-3.2	7,226	6,478	787.13	18.1	254	89
Le Haut-Saint-François	MRC	Que.	22,335	22,065	1.2	11,203	9,581	2,273.39	9.8	206	67
Le Val-Saint-François	MRC	Que.	30,686	29,654	3.5	14,359	13,015	1,403.43	21.9	179	57
Coaticook	MRC	Que.	18,497	18,847	-1.9	8,747	7,817	1,339.80	13.8	231	76
Memphrémagog	MRC	Que.	50,415	48,551	3.8	30,430	22,919	1,319.29	38.2	122	35
Brome-Missisquoi	MRC	Que.	58,314	55,621	4.8	31,470	25,865	1,652.08	35.3	109	26
La Haute-Yamaska	MRC	Que.	88,306	85,042	3.8	40,364	38,826	636.81	138.7	71	20
Acton	MRC	Que.	15,594	15,381	1.4	7,101	6,637	579.80	26.9	248	85
Drummond	MRC	Que.	103,397	98,681	4.8	47,581	45,334	1,600.26	64.6	59	18
Nicolet-Yamaska	MRC	Que.	23,159	22,798	1.6	11,045	10,085	1,007.09	23.0	201	63
Maskinongé	MRC	Que.	36,316	36,286	0.1	19,075	16,452	2,384.76	15.2	159	50
D'Autray	MRC	Que.	42,189	41,650	1.3	20,768	18,223	1,249.30	33.8	143	44
Pierre-De Saurel	MRC	Que.	51,025	50,900	0.2	25,425	23,793	597.55	85.4	118	32
Les Maskoutains	MRC	Que.	87,099	84,248	3.4	40,244	38,016	1,302.90	66.9	72	21
Rouville	MRC	Que.	36,536	35,690	2.4	15,470	14,939	483.12	75.6	158	49
Le Haut-Richelieu	MRC	Que.	117,443	114,344	2.7	52,461	50,061	936.02	125.5	54	17
La Vallée-du-Richelieu	MRC	Que.	124,420	116,773	6.5	49,971	48,748	588.60	211.4	52	16
La Nouvelle-Beauce	MRC	Que.	36,785	35,107	4.8	15,501	14,791	905.58	40.6	157	48
Robert-Cliche	MRC	Que.	19,125	19,288	-0.8	8,698	8,002	840.10	22.8	226	75
Les Etchemins	MRC	Que.	16,536	17,254	-4.2	8,764	7,322	1,810.05	9.1	244	83
Beauce-Sartigan	MRC	Que.	52,406	51,011 Revised ^r	2.7	24,195	22,861	1,954.50	26.8	116	31
Le Granit	MRC	Que.	21,462	22,210 Revised ^r	-3.4	12,478	9,559	2,735.21	7.8	210	68
Les Appalaches	MRC	Que.	42,346	43,120	-1.8	22,714	19,669	1,912.49	22.1	141	42
L'Érable	MRC	Que.	23,425	23,366	0.3	11,315	10,270	1,287.86	18.2	199	62
Lotbinière	MRC	Que.	31,741	29,617	7.2	14,642	13,352	1,662.27	19.1	172	54
Portneuf	MRC	Que.	53,008	49,370	7.4	26,586	23,137	3,923.70	13.5	113	28
Mékinac	MRC	Que.	12,358	12,924	-4.4	8,324	6,013	5,222.10	2.4	263	93
Le Rocher-Percé	MRC	Que.	17,282	17,979	-3.9	8,969	8,022	3,076.80	5.6	239	81
La Côte-de-Gaspé	MRC	Que.	17,117	17,985	-4.8	8,648	7,637	4,098.80	4.2	242	82
La Haute-Gaspésie	MRC	Que.	11,316	12,088	-6.4	6,282	5,270	5,066.06	2.2	266	95
Bonaventure	MRC	Que.	17,660	18,000	-1.9	8,744	7,898	4,379.40	4.0	237	80
Avignon	MRC	Que.	14,461	15,246	-5.1	7,340	6,570	3,487.51	4.1	253	88
La Matapédia	MRC	Que.	17,925	18,573	-3.5	9,142	8,139	5,374.57	3.3	235	78
Matane	MRC	Que.	21,301	21,786	-2.2	11,948	10,178	3,318.34	6.4	212	69
La Mitis	MRC	Que.	18,210	18,942	-3.9	9,692	8,206	2,281.25	8.0	232	77
Rimouski-Neigette	MRC	Que.	56,650	55,095	2.8	28,811	26,113	2,715.17	20.9	110	27
Les Basques	MRC	Que.	8,694	9,142	-4.9	5,185	4,065	1,121.82	7.7	280	97
Rivière-du-Loup	MRC	Que.	33,958	34,375	-1.2	17,019	15,155	1,277.15	26.6	166	52
Témiscouata	MRC	Que.	19,574	20,572	-4.9	10,778	8,827	3,904.03	5.0	224	74
Kamouraska	MRC	Que.	21,073	21,492	-1.9	10,645	9,150	2,244.73	9.4	213	70
Charlevoix-Est	MRC	Que.	15,509	16,240	-4.5	8,707	6,980	2,307.23	6.7	250	86
Charlevoix	MRC	Que.	12,997	13,338	-2.6	7,330	5,781	3,763.22	3.5	260	91
L'Islet	MRC	Que.	17,798	18,517	-3.9	9,924	8,023	2,100.02	8.5	236	79
Montmagny	MRC	Que.	22,698	22,877	-0.8	12,079	10,421	1,698.13	13.4	204	65
Bellechasse	MRC	Que.	37,233	35,318	5.4	17,740	15,625	1,751.06	21.3	155	47
L'Île-d'Orléans	MRC	Que.	7,082	6,711	5.5	3,703	3,040	192.85	36.7	283	98
La Côte-de-Beaupré	MRC	Que.	28,199	26,172	7.7	14,244	11,851	4,865.97	5.8	185	58
La Jacques-Cartier	MRC	Que.	43,485	36,929 Revised ^r	17.8	18,401	16,332	3,195.75	13.6	135	40
Le Saguenay-et-son-Fjord	CDR	Que.	167,549	165,211	1.4	81,769	75,351	41,361.06	4.1	33	7
Sept-Rivières--Caniapiscau	CDR	Que.	39,322	39,500	-0.5	19,307	16,764	100,868.87	0.4	148	46
Minganie--Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent	CDR	Que.	11,323	11,708	-3.3	5,297	4,462	99,468.30	0.1	265	94
Nord-du-Québec	CDR	Que.	44,561	42,579	4.7	16,179	13,673	747,191.93	0.1	132	39
Francheville	CDR	Que.	153,030	149,203	2.6	76,859	71,357	1,162.21	131.7	39	11

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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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