Table 2
Error of closure of the estimates of population, Canada, provinces and territories, 2001 to 2021


Table 2
Error of closure of the estimates of population, Canada, provinces and territories, 2001 to 2021
Table summary
This table displays the results of Error of closure of the estimates of population 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016 and 2021, calculated using number and rate in percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
2001 2006 2011 2016 2021
number rate in percent number rate in percent number rate in percent number rate in percent number rate in percent
Canada 50,054 0.16 39,409 0.12 158,558 0.46 120,044 0.33 -41,269 -0.11
Newfoundland and Labrador 11,376 2.18 -1,821 -0.36 -11,121 -2.12 1,097 0.21 -6,540 -1.24
Prince Edward Island 1,479 1.08 -31 -0.02 2,096 1.46 2,906 1.99 2,564 1.59
Nova Scotia 9,020 0.97 -3,997 -0.43 5,075 0.54 7,395 0.79 -9,944 -1.00
New Brunswick 4,584 0.61 2,673 0.36 1,432 0.19 -5,992 -0.79 -317 -0.04
Quebec -341 0.00 19,776 0.26 -23,207 -0.29 89,035 1.08 33,890 0.40
Ontario 11,548 0.10 24,532 0.19 121,217 0.92 68,329 0.49 -43,978 -0.30
Manitoba -1,034 -0.09 -5,977 -0.51 21,464 1.74 5,358 0.41 -3,084 -0.22
Saskatchewan 16,013 1.60 -3,691 -0.37 -7,779 -0.73 12,492 1.10 12,402 1.06
Alberta 1,611 0.05 -50,869 -1.49 -3,345 -0.09 43,891 1.05 2,013 0.05
British Columbia -4,385 -0.11 61,120 1.44 52,325 1.16 -104,201 -2.15 -29,372 -0.56
Yukon -362 -1.20 -1,027 -3.19 103 0.29 -391 -1.02 150 0.35
Northwest Territories 496 1.22 -857 -1.99 758 1.74 -47 -0.11 1,146 2.57
Nunavut 49 0.17 -422 -1.37 -460 -1.35 172 0.47 -199 -0.50
Note: The error of closure is equal to the postcensal estimate (at the census date) minus the census count adjusted for census net undercoverage (including adjustment for incompletely enumerated reserves and settlements). The percentage is: error of closure, divided by the census count adjusted for census net undercoverage and incompletely enumerated reserves and settlements, multiplied by 100.
Source: Statistics Canada, Centre for Demography.
Date modified: