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Numbers and circulations of daily and weekly English-language newspapers, in urban centres of 20,000 population or over, 1945 and 1946

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Numbers and circulations of daily and weekly English-language newspapers, in urban centres of 20,000 population or over, 1945 and 1946
  Census 1941
  Population Households
  number
Montréal 903,007 203,685
Toronto 667,457 175,736
Vancouver 275,353 80,826
Winnipeg 221,960 59,607
Hamilton 166,337 43,076
Ottawa 154,951 35,601
Québec 150,757 28,170
Windsor 105,311 26,126
Edmonton 93,817 24,700
Calgary 88,904 25,387
London 78,264 21,050
Halifax 70,488 15,089
Verdun 67,349 16,184
Regina 58,245 15,390
Saint John 51,741 12,241
Victoria 44,068 13,236
Saskatoon 43,027 11,461
Trois-Rivières 42,007 7,688
Sherbrooke 35,965 7,770
Kitchener 35,657 9,215
Hull 32,947 6,427
Sudbury 32,203 7,685
Brantford 31,948 8,543
Fort William 30,585 6,763
St. Catharines 30,275 8,008
Kingston 30,126 7,226
Oshawa 28,813 6,837
Timmins 28,790 6,691
Sydney 28,305 5,703
Sault Ste. Marie 25,794 6,307
Peterborough 25,350 6,364
Glace Bay 25,147 4,828
Port Arthur 24,426 5,920
Guelph 23,273 5,939
Moncton 22,763 5,121
New Westminster 21,967 5,806
Moose Jaw 20,753 5,424
Niagara Falls 20,589 5,235
Shawinigan Falls 20,325 3,820
Lachine 20,051 4,258
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1947.