Table 5
Population indicators

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Population indicators
  2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Population 1  
Persons 32,245,209 32,576,074 32,929,733 33,315,976 33,720,184 34,108,752
Percent change from previous year 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2
Aged 65 and over (percent of total) 13.1 13.3 13.5 13.7 13.9 14.1
Density (per square kilometre) 3.6 3.6 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.8
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Population data is based on the Estimates of Population program.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 051-0001 (accessed August 17, 2011). Statistics Canada, 2007, Population and Dwelling Count Highlight Tables, 2006 Census, Catalogue no. 97-550-X2006002.
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