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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, 2014
Chart 3 Number and proportion of immigrants in Canada
Chart 4 Regional distribution of the population reporting an Aboriginal identity

Tables

Table 1
Population estimates
Table summary
This table displays the results of Population estimates 2004, 2009, 2014 and 2004 to 2014, calculated using number and % change units of measure (appearing as column headers).
	number			% change
	2004	2009	2014^{Note p: preliminary}	2004 to 2014
Canada	31,938,004	33,628,571	35,540,419	11.3
Newfoundland and Labrador	517,402	516,729	526,977	1.9
Prince Edward Island	137,681	139,909	146,283	6.2
Nova Scotia	939,612	938,194	942,668	0.3
New Brunswick	749,408	749,954	753,914	0.6
Quebec	7,535,278	7,843,475	8,214,672	9.0
Ontario	12,390,068	12,997,687	13,678,740	10.4
Manitoba	1,173,223	1,208,589	1,282,043	9.3
Saskatchewan	997,312	1,034,782	1,125,410	12.8
Alberta	3,238,387	3,679,092	4,121,692	27.3
British Columbia	4,155,017	4,410,679	4,631,302	11.5
Yukon	31,454	33,732	36,510	16.1
Northwest Territories	43,305	43,149	43,623	0.7
Nunavut	29,857	32,600	36,585	22.5
^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 1993/1994, 2003/2004 and 2013/2014, calculated using number units of measure (appearing as column headers).
	number
	1993/1994	2003/2004	2013/2014^{Note p: preliminary}
Births	386,159	337,762	385,937
Deaths	206,464	228,829	256,721
Immigrants	235,360	239,083	267,716
Emigrants	49,456	55,951	61,928
Returning emigrants	16,358	30,501	36,811
Net temporary emigrants	19,746	27,654	18,413
Net non-permanent residents	-22,196	10,302	32,738
^p preliminary 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, calculated using number and % change units of measure (appearing as column headers).
	number		% change
	2006	2011	2006 to 2011
Total population^Note 1	31,241,030	33,121,175	6.0
English	17,882,775	18,858,980	5.5
French	6,817,655	7,054,975	3.5
Chinese languages^Note 2	1,012,065	1,072,550	6.0
Panjabi (Punjabi)	367,505	430,705	17.2
Spanish	345,350	410,670	18.9
Italian	455,040	409,195	-10.1
German	450,575	407,485	-9.6
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	235,620	327,870	39.2
Other languages	3,674,445	4,148,745	12.9
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 single language responses. The category "other languages' includes multiple answers. Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 and 2011 censuses of population.

Table 4
Estimates of population by census metropolitan area
Table summary
This table displays the results of Estimates of population by census metropolitan area 2003, 2013 and 2003 to 2013, calculated using number and % change units of measure (appearing as column headers).
	number		% change
	2003	2013^{Note p: preliminary}	2003 to 2013
Total population	31,641,630	35,158,304	11.1
St. John's	179,403	208,372	16.1
Halifax	378,005	408,702	8.1
Moncton	125,396	144,941	15.6
Saint John	125,817	127,883	1.6
Saguenay	159,864	160,229	0.2
Québec	712,571	791,934	11.1
Sherbrooke	187,810	210,031	11.8
Trois-Rivières	143,500	155,011	8.0
Montréal	3,600,252	3,981,802	10.6
Ottawa–Gatineau	1,140,080	1,305,210	14.5
Kingston	156,551	167,151	6.8
Peterborough	117,925	123,105	4.4
Oshawa	322,777	379,995	17.7
Toronto	5,084,427	5,959,505	17.2
Hamilton	703,998	758,073	7.7
St. Catharines–Niagara	397,351	404,971	1.9
Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo	446,842	504,258	12.8
Brantford	131,100	141,296	7.8
Guelph	133,154	150,305	12.9
London	462,738	498,623	7.8
Windsor	330,232	333,082	0.9
Barrie	167,951	197,821	17.8
Greater Sudbury	161,706	165,534	2.4
Thunder Bay	127,462	125,093	-1.9
Winnipeg	704,341	771,221	9.5
Regina	198,062	232,090	17.2
Saskatoon	234,445	292,597	24.8
Calgary	1,029,552	1,364,827	32.6
Edmonton	1,000,866	1,289,564	28.8
Kelowna	158,370	186,345	17.7
Abbotsford–Mission	157,057	177,508	13.0
Vancouver	2,115,570	2,443,277	15.5
Victoria	330,844	357,327	8.0
^p preliminary Note: Population estimates as of July 1. Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM tables 051-0001 and 051-0056.