Table 3.5
Population characteristics by drainage region

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Population characteristics by drainage region
  Drainage region code Total population Population as a share of total Population change Population density in 2006 Mean annual streamflow per capita
1971 2006  2006 1971 to 2006 By total area 1 By water area 2
                     code                      persons                     percent                     persons per square kilometre                     thousands of cubic metres per person
Canada … 21,568,311 31,612,897 100.0 46.6 3.2 26.9 105
Pacific Coastal 1 916,210 1,437,391 4.55 56.9 4.3 95.6 360
Fraser - Lower Mainland 2 967,851 2,144,661 6.78 121.6 9.2 237.9 58
Okanagan - Similkameen 3 120,553 305,011 0.96 153 19.5 469.3 8
Columbia 4 131,462 156,987 0.5 19.4 1.8 63.2 404
Yukon 5 17,204 28,706 0.09 66.9 0.1 3.1 2,753
Peace - Athabasca 6 206,564 375,036 1.19 81.6 0.8 22.4 244
Lower Mackenzie 7 34,182 53,973 0.17 57.9 0.0 0.3 4,287
Arctic Coast - Islands 8 7,690 18,358 0.06 138.7 0.0 0.1 15,021
Missouri 9 14,349 8,869 0.03 -38.2 0.3 7.9 43
North Saskatchewan 10 844,730 1,416,072 4.48 67.6 9.4 195.4 5
South Saskatchewan 11 948,446 1,953,874 6.18 106 11.0 313 4
Assiniboine - Red 12 1,250,804 1,383,937 4.38 10.6 7.3 152.1 1
Winnipeg 13 84,685 84,757 0.27 0.1 0.8 4.1 282
Lower Saskatchewan - Nelson 14 237,276 215,255 0.68 -9.3 0.6 3.2 280
Churchill 15 61,711 88,638 0.28 43.6 0.3 1.7 249
Keewatin - Southern Baffin Island 16 6,271 13,261 0.04 111.5 0.0 0.1 12,801
Northern Ontario 17 149,112 137,806 0.44 -7.6 0.2 2.5 1,372
Northern Quebec 18 87,805 105,401 0.33 20 0.1 0.7 5,036
Great Lakes - Ottawa - St. Lawrence 19,20,21 12,759,943 18,772,580 59.38 47.1 32.2 139.1 12
North Shore - Gaspé 22 503,796 508,030 1.61 0.8 1.4 13.6 506
Saint John - St. Croix 23 365,294 402,583 1.27 10.2 9.6 223.7 61
Maritime Coastal 24 1,329,135 1,494,979 4.73 12.5 12.2 222.2 77
Newfoundland - Labrador 25 523,238 506,732 1.6 -3.2 1.3 9.1 580
1.
Area includes the Canadian portion of the Great Lakes.
2.
Water area figures are calculated from the Canada-wide 1 km water fraction derived from National Topographic Database.
Note(s):
These drainage regions and associated flow measures are adapted from Pearse (1985) (see full reference below). Some of these drainage region aggregates have more than one outflow.
Source(s):
Fernandes, R., G. Pavlic, W. Chen and R. Fraser, 2001, 1-km Water Fraction From National Topographic Data Base Maps, Canada, Natural Resources Canada, http://www.geogratis.ca/geogratis/en/collection/metadata.do?id=67 (accessed February 23, 2005). Pearse, P.H., F. Bertrand and J.W. MacLaren, 1985, Currents of Change: Final Report of the Inquiry on Federal Water Policy, Environment Canada, Ottawa. Natural Resources Canada, GeoAccess Division, 2003, 1:1 Million Digital Drainage Area Framework, version 4.8b, Ottawa. Statistics Canada, Censuses of Population 1971 and 2006.
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