Demography of Canada Totally Explained

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Population of Canada: 32,852,849 (April 2007 est.); 31,612,895 (2006 Census)

Provinces and territories

Rank	Name and flag	Abbr	Percentage of national pop.	Population density	Seats in House of Commons
1	Ontario	ON	38.8%	13.90	106
2	Quebec	QC	23.4%	5.63	75
3	British Columbia	BC	13.2%	4.70	36
4	Alberta	AB	10.5%	5.38	28
5	Manitoba	MB	3.6%	2.14	14

|- align="center" | 6 | align="left" | Saskatchewan | SK | align="right" | | 3.0% | align="right" | | 1.67 | 14 |- align="center" | 7 | align="left" | Nova Scotia | NS | align="right" | | 2.8% | align="right" | | 17.49 | 11 |- align="center" | 8 | align="left" | New Brunswick | NB | align="right" | | 2.3% | align="right" | | 10.48 | 10 |- align="center" | 9 | align="left" nowrap | Newfoundland and Labrador | NL | align="right" | | 1.5% | align="right" | | 1.35 | 7 |- align="center" | 10 | align="left" | Prince Edward Island | PE | align="right" | | 0.4% | align="right" | | 24.41 | 4 |- align="center" | 11 | align="left" | Northwest Territories | NT | align="right" | | 0.1% | align="right" | | 0.037 | 1 |- align="center" | 12 | align="left" | Nunavut | NU | align="right" | | 0.1% | align="right" | | 0.016 | 1 |- align="center" | 13 | align="left" | Yukon | YT | align="right" | | 0.1% | align="right" | | 0.065 | 1 |- bgcolor="pink" align="center" |bgcolor="pink"| Total |bgcolor="pink" align="left"| Canada |bgcolor="pink"| |bgcolor="pink" align="right"| |bgcolor="pink"|100% |bgcolor="pink" align="right"| |bgcolor="pink"| 3.61 |bgcolor="pink"| 308 |} ť Sources: Statistics Canada

Age structure

(2006 Census)

	Males		Females
Age Group	Number	Per cent	Number	Per cent
0-4	864,600	2.7%	825,940	2.6%
5-9	926,855	2.9%	882,520	2.8%
10-14	1,065,860	3.3%	1,014,060	3.2%
15-19	1,095,285	3.5%	1,045,205	3.3%
20-24	1,047,950	3.3%	1,032,435	3.3%
25-29	975,945	3.1%	1,009,635	3.2%
30-34	987,730	3.1%	1,032,515	3.3%
35-39	1,083,495	3.4%	1,124,780	3.6%
40-44	1,285,535	4.1%	1,324,925	4.2%
45-49	1,290,125	4.1%	1,330,470	4.2%
50-54	1,158,970	3.7%	1,198,330	3.8%
55-59	1,026,395	3.2%	1,058,230	3.3%
60-64	780,135	2.5%	809,730	2.6%
65-69	593,810	1.9%	640,770	2.0%
70-74	493,460	1.6%	560,320	1.8%
75-79	386,485	1.2%	493,095	1.6%
80-84	251,420	0.8%	395,285	1.3%
85+	161,930	0.5%	358,680	1.1%
Totals	15,475,970	49.0%	16,136,930	51.0%

Median age

total: 39.5 years
- male: 38.6 years
- female: 40.4 years (2006)

Median age by province and territory, 2006 Census

Nova Scotia: 41.8

Newfoundland and Labrador: 41.7

New Brunswick: 41.5

Quebec: 41.0

British Columbia: 40.8

Prince Edward Island: 40.8

Ontario: 39.0

Saskatchewan: 38.7

Yukon: 38.4

Manitoba: 38.1

Alberta: 36.0

Northwest Territories: 31.2

Nunavut: 23.1 Total: 39.5 ť Sources: Statistics Canada

Population growth rates

Population by province and territory, 2006 and 2001 censuses, 5 year real population growth/decline, percentage population change from 2001 to 2006 and each jurisdiction's percent population of the total population of Canada as of the 2006 Census
(sorted by real population growth (or decline) descending)

Jurisdiction	% Change	% TOTAL
Ontario	6.6	38.47
Alberta	10.6	10.40
Quebec	4.3	23.87
British Columbia	5.3	13.01
Manitoba	2.6	3.63
Nova Scotia	0.6	2.89
Northwest Territories	11.0	0.13
Nunavut	10.2	0.09
Yukon	5.9	0.09
Prince Edward Island	0.4	0.43
New Brunswick	0.1	2.31
Newfoundland and Labrador	-1.5	1.60
Saskatchewan	-1.1	2.96
TOTAL	5.4	100.00

Derived from: Statistics Canada - (table) Population and Dwelling Counts, for Canada, Provinces and Territories, 2006 and 2001 Censuses - 100% Data

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Compiled/added to Wikipedia: 2007-07-22

Vital statistics

Birth rate: 10.5 births/1,000 population (2005 est.) Death rate: 7.3 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.) Net migration rate: 6.01 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.) Sex ratio:

at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female

under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female

15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.74 male(s)/female

total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2003 est.) Infant mortality rate: 4.88 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.) Life expectancy at birth:

total population: 79.83 years

male: 76.44 years

female: 83.38 years (2003 est.) Total fertility rate: 1.61 children born/woman (2003 est.)

Ethnicity

Nationality:

noun: Canadian(s)

adjective: Canadian

Ethnocultural ancestries

Canadians were able to self-identify one or more ethnocultural ancestries in the 2001 census. It should be noted that respondents were able to identify more than one ethnocultural ancestry, and that percentages may therefore add up to more than 100%. The most common response was 'Canadian', and since the term 'Canadian' is as much an expression of citizenship as of ethnicity, these figures shouldn't be considered an exact record of the relative prevalence of different ethnocultural ancestries. Single responses: 22.77% of respondents gave a single response of 'Canadian', while a further 16.65% identified with both 'Canadian', and one or more other ancestries. 4.99% of respondents gave a single response of English, 3.58% gave a single response of French, 3.16% gave a single response of Chinese, 2.45% gave a single response of Italian, 2.38% gave a single response of German, 2.05% gave a single response of Scottish, 1.96% gave a single response of East Indian, 1.68% gave a single response of Irish, 1.54% gave a single response of North American Indian, 1.10% gave a single response of Ukrainian and 1.07% gave a single response of Dutch (Netherlands).
Multiple responses: Counting both single and multiple responses, the most commonly identified ethnocultural ancestries were:

	2006 %	2001 %
Canadian		39.42%
English		20.17%
French		15.75%
Scottish		14.03%
Irish		12.90%
German		9.25%
Italian		4.29%
Chinese		3.69%
Ukrainian		3.61%
North American Indian		3.38%
Dutch (Netherlands)		3.12%
Polish		2.76%
East Indian		2.41%
Norwegian		1.23%
Portuguese		1.21%
Welsh		1.18%
Jewish		1.18%

	2006 %	2001 %
Russian		1.14%
Filipino		1.11%
Métis		1.04%
Swedish		0.95%
Hungarian (Magyar)		0.90%
American (USA)		0.84%
Greek		0.73%
Spanish		0.72%
Jamaican		0.71%
Danish		0.58%
Vietnamese		0.51%
British, n.for example		0.51%
Austrian		0.50%
Lebanese		0.48%
Romanian		0.44%
Belgian		0.44%
Finnish		0.39%

	2006 %	2001 %
Swiss		0.37%
Korean		0.34%
Québécois		0.33%
African (Black), n.for example		0.33%
Croatian		0.33%
Iranian		0.30%
Japanese		0.29%
Haitian		0.28%
Czech		0.27%
Icelandic		0.25%
Pakistani		0.25%
Arab, n.for example		0.24%
Acadian		0.24%
Yugoslav, n.for example		0.22%
Sri Lankan		0.21%
West Indian		0.20%
Inuit		0.19%

The same data is also grouped more geographically by Statistics Canada as follows:

	2006 %	2001 %
North American		40.21%
British Isles		33.64%
French		15.89%
Western European		12.78%
Eastern European		8.50%
Southern European		7.87%

	2006 %	2001 %
East and Southeast Asian		6.03%
Aboriginal		4.45%
South Asian		3.25%
Northern European		3.22%
Caribbean		1.70%
Other European		1.28%

	2006 %	2001 %
Arab		1.17%
African		0.99%
Latin, Central and South American		0.82%
West Asian		0.69%
Oceania		0.16%

Percentages are calculated as a proportion of the total number of respondents (29,639,035 in 2001) and may total more than 100% due to dual responses.
All ethnocultural ancestries with more than 56,000 responses are listed in the table above according to the exact terminology used by Statistics Canada.

Aboriginal status
The 2006 census counted a total aboriginal population of 1,172,790 (3.75%) which includes 698,025 North American Indians (2.23%), and 389,785 Métis (1.25%), and 50,480 Inuit (0.16%). Percentages are calculated as a proportion of the total number of respondents (31,241,030)
Visible minorities

Population Per cent of
population

Chinese 1,029,395 3.4%

South Asian 917,075 3.1%

Black 662,215 2.2%

Filipino 327,550 1.1%

Latin American 216,975 0.7%

Southeast Asian 198,880 0.7%

Arab 194,680 0.7%

West Asian 109,285 0.4%

Korean 100,660 0.3%

Japanese 73,315 0.2%

Visible minority, n.for example 98,920 0.3%

Multiple visible minorities 73,875 0.2%

Total visible minority population 3,983,845 13.4%

Source: Statistics Canada, 2001 Census, 97F0010XCB2001002

Religions
Top Self-Identified Religious Affiliations in Canada>

1991 2001 % change
(in numbers)

Number % umber %

Christian 1 7

- Catholic 12,203,625 45.2 12,936,905 43.6 +4.8

- Christian Orthodox 387,395 1.4 479,620 1.6 +23.8

- Coptic Orthodox 5,020 0.02 10,285 0.03 +104.9

- Romanian Orthodox 4,570 0.02 4,675 0.02 +2.3

- Total Other Christian 9,427,675 34.9 8,654,850 29.2 -8.2

- United Church of Canada 3,093,120 11.3 2,839,125 9.5 -8.2

- Anglican Church of Canada 2,188,110 8.0 2,035,495 6.8 -7.0

- Baptist 663,360 2.4 729,475 2.4 +10.0

- Lutheran 636,205 2.3 606,590 2.0 -4.7

- Presbyterian 636,295 2.3 409,830 1.4 -35.6

- Pentecostal 436,435 1.6 369,475 1.2 -15.3

- Mennonite 207,970 0.8 191,465 0.6 -7.9

- Jehovah's Witnesses 168,375 0.6 154,745 0.5 -8.1

- Methodist 83,910 0.3 106,545 0.4 +27.0

- Mormon 100,770 0.4 104,750 0.3 +3.9

- Salvation Army 112,345 0.4 87,785 0.3 -21.9

- Christian Reformed Church in North America 84,685 0.3 76,665 0.3 -9.5

- Christian and Missionary Alliance 59,365 0.2 66,280 0.2 +11.9

- Adventists 52,365 0.2 62,875 0.2 +20.1

- Christian, not included elsewhere¹ 353,040 1.3 780,450 2.6 +121.1

No religion ,397,000 2.6 ,900,095 6.5 44.2

Other

- Muslim 253,265 0.9 579,640 2.0 +128.9

- Jewish 318,185 1.2 329,995 1.1 +3.7

- Buddhist 163,415 0.6 300,345 1.0 +83.8

- Hindu 157,015 0.6 297,200 1.0 +89.3

- Sikh 147,440 0.5 278,410 0.9 +88.8

¹ Includes persons who report only “Christian”, only "Protestant", and those in denominations less than 60,000
* For comparability purposes, 1991 data are presented according to 2001 boundaries.

ť Sources: Statistics Canada

Notes:

Catholic includes Roman Catholic, Eastern Catholic, Polish National Catholic Church, and Old Catholic

Other Religions also includes Bahá'í Faith, Eckankar, Jainism, Shinto, Taoism, Zoroastrianism, Aboriginal belief systems, Neo-Paganism, Wicca, Unity - New Thought - Pantheist, Scientology, Rastafari movement, New Age, Gnostic, Satanism, et cetera

No Religion includes Atheism, Agnosticism, Humanism, Darwinism, et cetera

Languages

English 59.3% (official)

French 23.2% (official)

Italian 1.6%

German 1.5%

Cantonese 1.1%

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 99% (2003 est.)

male: 99%

female: 99%Further Information

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