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Selected geographical area:Canada

Quarterly population estimate - Canada
(April 1, 2026)

41,417,056

-0.1%

(quarterly change)
Estimate of the number of non-permanent residents - Canada
(April 1, 2026)

2,558,562

-4.4%

(quarterly change)

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Selected geographical area:Canada

Estimated quarterly flow of immigrants - Canada
(First quarter 2026)

83,149

-20.2%

(year-over-year change)
Census metropolitan areas population estimate - Canada
(July 1, 2025)

31,169,100

+1.0%

(annual change)
Proportion of population living in a census metropolitan area - Canada
(July 1, 2025)

74.8%

+0.0 pt

(annual change)
Population living in rural areas - Canada
(July 1, 2025)

6,379,648

+0.7%

(annual change)
Proportion of people aged 0 to 14 years - Canada
(July 1, 2025)

15.0%

-0.1 pts

(year-over-year change)
Proportion of people aged 65 years and older - Canada
(July 1, 2025)

19.5%

0.5 pts

(year-over-year change)
Median age (years) - Canada
(July 1, 2025)

40.6 years

0.3 years

(year-over-year change)
Average age (years) - Canada
(July 1, 2025)

41.8 years

0.2 years

(year-over-year change)
Total population estimate - Canada
(July 1, 2023)

40,097,761

2.9%

(annual change)

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1. Population estimates, quarterly
Table: 17-10-0009-01
Geography: Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Occasional
Description: Estimated number of persons by quarter of a year and by year, Canada, provinces and territories.
Release date: 2026-06-17
2. Estimates of the components of interprovincial migration, quarterly
Table: 17-10-0020-01
Geography: Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Quarterly
Description: Components of interprovincial migratory increase, quarterly: in- and out- interprovincial migrants./Subjects modified by client request - ME 37/2019
Release date: 2026-06-17
3. Estimates of the components of international migration, quarterly
Table: 17-10-0040-01
Geography: Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Quarterly
Description: Components of international migratory increase, quarterly: immigrants, emigrants, returning emigrants, net temporary emigrants, net non-permanent residents.
Release date: 2026-06-17
4. Estimates of the components of natural increase, quarterly
Table: 17-10-0059-01
Geography: Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Quarterly
Description: Components of natural increase, quarterly: births and deaths.
Release date: 2026-06-17
5. Estimates of the number of non-permanent residents by type, quarterly
Table: 17-10-0121-01
Geography: Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Occasional
Description: This table provides quarterly estimates of the number of non-permanent residents by type for Canada, provinces and territories.
Release date: 2026-06-17
6. Demographic dependency ratio, July 1, by health region and peer group, 2023 boundaries
Table: 17-10-0156-01
Geography: Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Annual
Description: The ratio of the combined population aged between 0 to 14 years old and the population aged of 65 years and older to the population aged between 15 to 64 years old. This ratio is presented as the number of dependents for every 100 people in the working age population.
Release date: 2026-02-18
7. Population estimates, July 1, by health region and peer group, 2023 boundaries
Table: 17-10-0157-01
Geography: Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Annual
Description: Estimated number of persons on July 1st, by age group and gender, for Canada, provinces and territories, health regions and peer groups.
Release date: 2026-02-18
8. Population estimates, July 1, by census metropolitan area and census agglomeration, 2021 boundaries
Table: 17-10-0148-01
Geography: Canada, Census metropolitan area, Census agglomeration, Census metropolitan area part, Census agglomeration part
Frequency: Annual
Description: Annual population estimates as of July 1st, by census metropolitan area and census agglomeration, single year of age, five-year age group and gender, based on the Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) 2021.
Release date: 2026-01-14
9. Components of population change by census metropolitan area and census agglomeration, 2021 boundaries
Table: 17-10-0149-01
Geography: Canada, Census metropolitan area, Census agglomeration, Census metropolitan area part, Census agglomeration part
Frequency: Annual
Description: Components of population change by census metropolitan area and census agglomeration, single year of age, five-year age group and gender for the period from July 1 to June 30, annual, based on the Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) 2021. The components include births, deaths, immigrants, net emigration, emigrants, returning emigrants, net temporary emigration, net interprovincial migration, net intraprovincial migration, net non-permanent residents and residual deviation.
Release date: 2026-01-14
10. Population estimates, July 1, by economic region, 2021 boundaries
Table: 17-10-0150-01
Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Economic region
Frequency: Annual
Description: Annual population estimates as of July 1st, by economic region, single year of age, five-year age group and gender, based on the Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) 2021.
Release date: 2026-01-14

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1. Population estimates, quarterly
Table: 17-10-0009-01
Geography: Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Occasional
Description: Estimated number of persons by quarter of a year and by year, Canada, provinces and territories.
Release date: 2026-06-17
2. Estimates of the components of interprovincial migration, quarterly
Table: 17-10-0020-01
Geography: Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Quarterly
Description: Components of interprovincial migratory increase, quarterly: in- and out- interprovincial migrants./Subjects modified by client request - ME 37/2019
Release date: 2026-06-17
3. Estimates of the components of international migration, quarterly
Table: 17-10-0040-01
Geography: Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Quarterly
Description: Components of international migratory increase, quarterly: immigrants, emigrants, returning emigrants, net temporary emigrants, net non-permanent residents.
Release date: 2026-06-17
4. Estimates of the components of natural increase, quarterly
Table: 17-10-0059-01
Geography: Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Quarterly
Description: Components of natural increase, quarterly: births and deaths.
Release date: 2026-06-17
5. Estimates of the number of non-permanent residents by type, quarterly
Table: 17-10-0121-01
Geography: Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Occasional
Description: This table provides quarterly estimates of the number of non-permanent residents by type for Canada, provinces and territories.
Release date: 2026-06-17
6. Demographic dependency ratio, July 1, by health region and peer group, 2023 boundaries
Table: 17-10-0156-01
Geography: Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Annual
Description: The ratio of the combined population aged between 0 to 14 years old and the population aged of 65 years and older to the population aged between 15 to 64 years old. This ratio is presented as the number of dependents for every 100 people in the working age population.
Release date: 2026-02-18
7. Population estimates, July 1, by health region and peer group, 2023 boundaries
Table: 17-10-0157-01
Geography: Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Annual
Description: Estimated number of persons on July 1st, by age group and gender, for Canada, provinces and territories, health regions and peer groups.
Release date: 2026-02-18
8. Population estimates, July 1, by census metropolitan area and census agglomeration, 2021 boundaries
Table: 17-10-0148-01
Geography: Canada, Census metropolitan area, Census agglomeration, Census metropolitan area part, Census agglomeration part
Frequency: Annual
Description: Annual population estimates as of July 1st, by census metropolitan area and census agglomeration, single year of age, five-year age group and gender, based on the Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) 2021.
Release date: 2026-01-14
9. Components of population change by census metropolitan area and census agglomeration, 2021 boundaries
Table: 17-10-0149-01
Geography: Canada, Census metropolitan area, Census agglomeration, Census metropolitan area part, Census agglomeration part
Frequency: Annual
Description: Components of population change by census metropolitan area and census agglomeration, single year of age, five-year age group and gender for the period from July 1 to June 30, annual, based on the Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) 2021. The components include births, deaths, immigrants, net emigration, emigrants, returning emigrants, net temporary emigration, net interprovincial migration, net intraprovincial migration, net non-permanent residents and residual deviation.
Release date: 2026-01-14
10. Population estimates, July 1, by economic region, 2021 boundaries
Table: 17-10-0150-01
Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Economic region
Frequency: Annual
Description: Annual population estimates as of July 1st, by economic region, single year of age, five-year age group and gender, based on the Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) 2021.
Release date: 2026-01-14

Analysis (5)

Analysis (5) ((5 results))

1. Age and sex structure: Canada, provinces and territories, 2010 Archived
Articles and reports: 91-209-X201100111511
Geography: Canada, Province or territory
Description:
This article examines the age and sex structure within Canada's provinces and territories as of July 1st, 2010. As population aging is observed, a few themes are discussed: the senior population continues to grow, the population of older working-age increases and the share of children decreases. The author also examines the provincial and territorial variations of aging within Canada.
Release date: 2011-07-20
2. Age and sex structure: Sub-provincial, 2010 Archived
Articles and reports: 91-209-X201100111512
Geography: Canada
Description: This article on the age and sex structure of the different regions of Canada, (subprovincial level) examines the indicators of median age- the age at which half the population is older and half is younger- as well as the distribution of the population at particular age groups, especially seniors aged 65 years and over and children aged 14 years and under. It also includes a section on aging in census metropolitan areas, which occurs more slowly than the rest of Canada.
Release date: 2011-07-20
3. Research on Modifications to the Method of Preliminary Estimates of Interprovincial Migration Archived
Articles and reports: 91F0015M2005007
Geography: Canada
Description:
The Population Estimates Program at Statistics Canada is using internal migration estimates derived from administrative sources of data. There are two versions of migration estimates currently available, preliminary (P), based on Child Tax Credit information and final (F), produced using information from income tax reports. For some reference dates they could be significantly different. This paper summarises the research undertaken in Demography Division to modify the current method for preliminary estimates in order to decrease those differences. After a brief analysis of the differences, six methods are tested: 1) regression of out-migration; 2) regression of in- and out-migration separately; 3) regression of net migration; 4) the exponentially weighted moving average; 5) the U.S. Bureau of Census approach; and 6) method of using the first difference regression. It seems that the methods in which final and preliminary migration data are combined to estimate preliminary net migration (Method 3) are the best approach to improve convergence between preliminary and final estimates of internal migration for the Population Estimation Program. This approach allows for "smoothing" of some erratic patterns displayed by the former method while preserving CTB data's ability to capture current shifts in migration patterns.
Release date: 2005-06-20
4. Estimates of Internal Migration Based on New and Old Methods for Combined Annual Periods 1996-1997 to 2000-2201 Archived
Articles and reports: 91F0015M2004006
Geography: Canada
Description:
The paper assesses and compares new and old methodologies for official estimates of migration within and among provinces and territories for the period 1996/97 to 2000/01.
Release date: 2004-06-17
5. Impact of new population estimates on health and vital statistics Archived
Articles and reports: 82-003-X19950011662
Geography: Canada
Description:
Changes in Statistics Canada's annual population estimates, introduced in 1993, have an impact on a wide range of social, economic and demographic indicators. Any indicator that relies on population estimates will be affected by the new figures. This article describes the adjustment and examines its impact on health and vital statistics rates. With rare exceptions, all rates decrease as the denominators are adjusted upward. For example, accident rates, suicide rates, and age-specific fertility rates based on the adjustment population are lower than those previously calculated. The extent of the adjustment, however, depends on the geographic and demographic characteristics of the population at risk. Analysts whose work concentrates on special subgroups for whom the adjustment is particularly great (such as young adult men) may wish to pay closer attention to the new population figures. Although the new rates are lower than before, underlying trends and patterns over time or across subcategories are quite similar. The revised series incorporates estimates of net census undercoverage, and for the first time, includes non-permanent residents. In 1991, net census undercoverage and non-permanent residents together amounted to about one million persons, or 3.6% of the revised Canadian population of 28,120,100.
Release date: 1995-07-27

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