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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 - 8,143 -
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1947.