Table 1
Children aged 17 and under as a proportion of the total population, by sex, Canada, provinces and territories, July 1, 2016
| Region | Females | Males | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | as a percentage of the total female population in the region | number | as a percentage of the total male population in the region | |
| Canada | 3,418,690 | 18.7 | 3,599,989 | 20.0 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 44,564 | 16.6 | 46,523 | 17.8 |
| Prince Edward Island | 13,936 | 18.3 | 14,410 | 19.9 |
| Nova Scotia | 79,361 | 16.4 | 84,297 | 18.1 |
| New Brunswick | 65,358 | 17.1 | 69,052 | 18.5 |
| Quebec | 750,828 | 17.9 | 787,341 | 19.0 |
| Ontario | 1,312,525 | 18.5 | 1,382,649 | 20.1 |
| Manitoba | 145,250 | 21.9 | 152,245 | 23.2 |
| Saskatchewan | 128,303 | 22.5 | 134,818 | 23.2 |
| Alberta | 452,839 | 21.6 | 476,466 | 22.1 |
| British Columbia | 410,009 | 17.1 | 435,854 | 18.5 |
| Yukon | 3,692 | 20.0 | 3,937 | 20.7 |
| Northwest Territories | 5,499 | 25.2 | 5,682 | 25.1 |
| Nunavut | 6,526 | 36.4 | 6,715 | 35.0 |
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Notes: Postcensal estimates are based on the 2011 Census of population counts adjusted for census net undercoverage and the components of demographic growth that occurred since that census. 2016 data are preliminary estimates. Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 051-0001. |
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