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Tables

Table 1 Population estimates
Table 2 Components of demographic growth
Table 3 Population by mother tongue
Table 4 Estimates of population, by census metropolitan area

Charts

Chart 1 Population growth
Chart 2 Marital status of Canadians, 2011
Chart 3 Region of birth of immigrants, 2006 to 2011
Chart 4 Regional distribution of the population declaring an Aboriginal identity

Tables

Table 1
Population estimates
Table summary
This table displays the results of Population estimates 2003, 2008, 2013 and 2003 to 2013, calculated using number and % change units of measure (appearing as column headers).
	number			% change
	2003	2008	2013^{Note p: preliminary}	2003 to 2013
Canada	31,641,630	33,245,773	35,158,304	11.1
Newfoundland and Labrador	518,445	511,543	526,702	1.6
Prince Edward Island	137,221	138,764	145,237	5.8
Nova Scotia	937,676	935,865	940,789	0.3
New Brunswick	749,434	746,855	756,050	0.9
Quebec	7,485,491	7,761,504	8,155,334	8.9
Ontario	12,243,758	12,882,625	13,537,994	10.6
Manitoba	1,163,528	1,197,774	1,265,015	8.7
Saskatchewan	996,431	1,017,346	1,108,303	11.2
Alberta	3,182,852	3,595,755	4,025,074	26.5
British Columbia	4,123,937	4,349,412	4,581,978	11.1
Yukon	30,940	33,088	36,700	18.6
Northwest Territories	42,595	43,350	43,537	2.2
Nunavut	29,322	31,892	35,591	21.4
^p preliminary Note: Population estimates as of July 1. Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 051-0005.

Table 2
Components of demographic growth
Table summary
This table displays the results of Components of demographic growth 1992/1993, 2002/2003 and 2012/2013 (appearing as column headers).
	number
	1992/1993	2002/2003	2012/2013
Births	392,181	330,523	383,822
Deaths	201,808	223,905	253,241
Immigrants	266,890	199,170	262,947
Emigrants	43,993	52,171	57,110
Returning emigrants	15,279	29,333	36,645
Net temporary emigrants	19,744	27,655	18,412
Net non-permanent residents	-71,185	36,733	49,341
Note: All figures are for the one-year period ending June 30. Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 051-0004.

Table 3
Population by mother tongue
Table summary
This table displays the results of Population by mother tongue 2006, 2011 and 2006 to 2011 (appearing as column headers).
	number		% change
	2006	2011	2006 to 2011
Total population^Note 1	31,241,030	33,121,175	6.0
English	18,232,200	19,424,085	6.5
French	6,970,405	7,298,180	4.7
Chinese languages^Note 2	1,034,085	1,112,605	7.6
Panjabi (Punjabi)	382,585	459,990	20.2
Spanish	362,120	439,110	21.3
Italian	476,905	437,725	-8.2
German	466,655	430,055	-7.8
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	266,445	384,050	44.1
Other languages	3,453,095	3,799,015	10.0
Note 1. Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2. Chinese languages comprise Cantonese, Chaochow (Teochow), Fukien, Hakka, Mandarin, Shanghainese, Taiwanese and Chinese not otherwise specified. Return to note 2 referrer Notes: Data correspond to total multiple language responses and single language responses received in the census. Because some reported more than one mother tongue, subcategories add up to a total greater than that of the population. Source: 2006 and 2011 censuses.

Table 4
Estimates of population, by census metropolitan area
Table summary
This table displays the results of Estimates of population 2002, 2012 and 2002 to 2012, calculated using number and % change units of measure (appearing as column headers).
	number		% change
	2002	2012	2002 to 2012
Total population	31,353,656	34,880,491	11.2
St. John’s	180,949	200,550	10.8
Halifax	374,299	413,710	10.5
Moncton	124,375	142,966	14.9
Saint John	126,156	128,873	2.2
Saguenay	155,959	152,646	-2.1
Québec	705,794	769,639	9.0
Sherbrooke	181,724	203,454	12.0
Trois-Rivières	140,697	148,302	5.4
Montréal	3,571,272	3,957,715	10.8
Ottawa–Gatineau	1,124,305	1,273,272	13.2
Kingston	154,906	165,472	6.8
Peterborough	116,191	122,439	5.4
Oshawa	316,810	375,639	18.6
Toronto	5,008,747	5,941,488	18.6
Hamilton	689,963	756,630	9.7
St. Catharines–Niagara	393,057	405,768	3.2
Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo	439,452	505,104	14.9
Brantford	129,556	140,507	8.5
Guelph	125,275	142,883	14.1
London	461,625	499,998	8.3
Windsor	326,631	333,417	2.1
Barrie	169,109	196,031	15.9
Greater Sudbury	161,235	163,977	1.7
Thunder Bay	129,035	127,113	-1.5
Winnipeg	700,022	778,397	11.2
Regina	197,568	226,312	14.5
Saskatoon	234,333	284,008	21.2
Calgary	1,005,420	1,309,221	30.2
Edmonton	986,114	1,230,056	24.7
Kelowna	155,888	184,744	18.5
Abbotsford–Mission	154,860	178,055	15.0
Vancouver	2,096,611	2,463,677	17.5
Victoria	327,685	363,113	10.8
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM tables 051-0001 and 051-0046.