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Population

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Table 1 Population
Table 2 Main components of population growth
Table 3 Aboriginal identity population, 2006
Table 4 Mother tongue
Table 5 Population of major census metropolitan areas

Charts

Chart 1 Recent immigrants, by region of origin
Chart 2 Immigrant population
Chart 3 Population growth

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Table 1 Population
	1994	2004	2009^p
	number
Canada	29,000,663	31,940,676	33,739,859
Newfoundland and Labrador	574,466	517,447	508,925
Prince Edward Island	133,437	137,674	140,985
Nova Scotia	926,871	939,376	938,183
New Brunswick	750,185	749,369	749,468
Quebec	7,192,403	7,535,929	7,828,879
Ontario	10,819,146	12,390,599	13,069,182
Manitoba	1,123,230	1,173,566	1,221,964
Saskatchewan	1,009,575	997,447	1,030,129
Alberta	2,700,606	3,239,471	3,687,662
British Columbia	3,676,075	4,155,170	4,455,207
Yukon	29,684	31,473	33,653
Northwest Territories	40,578	43,301	43,439
Nunavut	24,407	29,854	32,183
p preliminary
Note: Population estimates as of July 1.
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 051-0001.

Table 2 Main components of population growth
	1988/1989	1998/1999	2008/2009^p
	number
Births	384,035	338,295	377,703
Deaths	188,408	217,632	242,863
Immigration	177,632	173,194	245,275
Emigration	40,395	48,008	42,924
p preliminary
Note: All figures are for the one-year period ending June 30.
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 051-0004.

Table 3 Aboriginal identity population, 2006
	Total	0 to 24	25 and older
	number
Canada	1,172,785	560,910	611,875
Newfoundland and Labrador	23,455	9,620	13,830
Prince Edward Island	1,730	875	850
Nova Scotia	24,175	10,640	13,535
New Brunswick	17,650	7,385	10,265
Quebec	108,425	45,305	63,120
Ontario	242,495	105,205	137,290
Manitoba	175,395	90,355	85,045
Saskatchewan	141,890	78,685	63,200
Alberta	188,365	94,820	93,540
British Columbia	196,075	90,065	106,010
Yukon	7,580	3,315	4,265
Northwest Territories	20,635	10,045	10,580
Nunavut	24,915	14,600	10,320
Note: Aboriginal identity refers to those persons who reported identifying with at least one Aboriginal group, that is, North American Indian, Métis or Inuit, and/or those who reported being a Treaty Indian or a Registered Indian, as defined by the Indian Act, and/or those who reported they were members of an Indian band or First Nation.
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population.

Table 4 Mother tongue
	1996	2001	2006
	number
Total population	28,528,125	29,639,030	31,241,030
Single responses	28,125,565	29,257,890	30,848,270
English	16,890,620	17,352,315	17,882,775
French	6,636,660	6,703,325	6,817,655
Chinese¹	715,640	853,750	1,012,065
Italian	484,500	469,485	455,040
German	450,140	438,080	450,570
Punjabi	201,780	271,220	367,505
Spanish	212,890	245,500	345,345
Arabic	148,555	199,940	261,640
Tagalog (Pilipino)	133,210	174,060	235,615
Portuguese	211,290	213,810	219,275
Polish	213,415	208,370	211,175
Aboriginal languages	186,935	187,670	210,075
Urdu	39,770	80,890	145,805
Vietnamese	106,515	122,055	141,630
Ukrainian	162,695	148,085	134,500
Persian (Farsi)	60,280	94,090	134,080
Other single responses	1,270,670	1,495,245	1,823,520
Multiple responses	402,560	381,145	392,760
Note: Refers to the first language learned at home in childhood and still understood by the individual at the time of the census.
1. Includes Cantonese, Mandarin, Hakka and other Chinese languages.
Source: Statistics Canada, censuses of population.

Table 5 Population of major census metropolitan areas
	1998	2003	2008^p
	number
Toronto	4,580,001	5,088,331	5,531,263
Montréal	3,440,057	3,601,533	3,750,540
Vancouver	1,985,550	2,114,437	2,271,224
Ottawa–Gatineau	1,048,077	1,137,511	1,198,668
Calgary	900,434	1,028,428	1,182,446
Edmonton	918,912	1,002,091	1,124,163
Québec	691,482	709,608	738,919
Winnipeg	684,747	704,610	732,563
Hamilton	650,655	698,799	731,521
London	442,800	464,961	485,182
Kitchener	407,292	446,530	482,048
St. Catharines–Niagara	383,766	396,116	403,654
Halifax	359,081	377,924	394,565
Oshawa	291,387	324,065	356,555
Victoria	318,676	330,387	348,151
p preliminary
Note: Population estimates as of July 1.
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 051-0046.