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Urban populations, by size-of-municipality groups, census years 1921 to 1941

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Urban populations, by size-of-municipality groups, census years 1921 to 1941
  1921
  Number of places Population % of total population
  number
Over 500,000 2 1,140,399 12.98
Between      
400,000 and 500,000 - - -
300,000 and 400,000 - - -
200,000 and 300,000 - - -
100,000 and 200,000 4 518,298 5.90
50,000 and 100,000 5 336,650 3.83
25,000 and 50,000 7 239,096 2.72
15,000 and 25,000 19 370,990 4.22
10,000 and 15,000 18 224,033 2.55
5,000 and 10,000 54 382,762 4.36
3,000 and 5,000 72 272,720 3.10
l,000 and 3,000 293 492,116 5.60
500 and 1,000 290 215,648 2.45
Under 500 679 159,410 1.81
Total 1,413 4,352,133 49.52
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1947.