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Rural and urban populations, by provinces and territories, census years 1911 to 1941

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Rural and urban populations, by provinces and territories, census years 1911 to 1941
	1911		1921
	Rural	Urban	Rural	Urban
	number
Canada	3,933,696	3,272,947	4,435,827¹	4,352,122
Prince Edward Island	78,758	14,970	69,522	19,093
Nova Scotia	306,210	186,128	296,799	227,038
New Brunswick	252,342	99,547	263,432	124,444
Quebec	1,038,934	966,84	1,037,941	1,322,569
Ontario	1,198,803	1,328,489	1,227,030	1,706,632
Manitoba	261,029	200,365	348,502	261,616
Saskatchewan	361,037	131,395	538,552	218,958
Alberta	236,633	137,662	365,550	222,904
British Columbia	188,796	203,684	277,020	247,562
Yukon	4,647	3,865	2,851	1,306
Northwest Territories	6,507	0	8,143	0
	1931		1941
	Rural	Urban	Rural	Urban
	number
Canada	4,804,728	5,572,058	5,254,239	6,252,416
Prince Edward Island	67,653	20,385	70,707	24,340
Nova Scotia	281,192	231,654	310,422	267,540
New Brunswick	279,279	128,940	313,978	143,423
Quebec	1,061,056	1,813,606	1,222,198	2,109,684
Ontario	1,335,691	2,095,992	1,449,022	2,338,633
Manitoba	384,170	315,969	407,871	321,873
Saskatchewan	630,880	290,905	600,846	295,146
Alberta	453,097	278,508	489,583	306,586
British Columbia	299,524	394,739	374,467	443,394
Yukon	2,870	1,360	3,117	1,797
Northwest Territories	9,316	0	12,028	0
1. Royal Canadian Navy (485) included in rural total.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1947.