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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
  1941
  Number of places Population % of total population
  number
Over 500,000 2 1,570,464 13.65
Between      
400,000 and 500,000 - - -
300,000 and 400,000 - - -
200,000 and 300,000 2 497,313 4.32
100,000 and 200,000 4 577,356 5.02
50,000 and 100,000 7 508,808 4.42
25,000 and 50,000 19 605,805 5.26
15,000 and 25,000 20 377,505 3.28
10,000 and 15,000 24 296,195 2.57
5,000 and 10,000 74 510,429 4.44
3,000 and 5,000 91 348,709 3 03
l,000 and 3,000 337 561,019 4.88
500 and 1,000 310 219,571 1.91
Under 500 750 179,242 1.56
Total 1,640 6,252,416 54.34
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1947.