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Sex distribution of the population, by province and territory, census years 1871 to 1941

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Sex distribution of the population, by province and territory, census years 1871 to 1941
  1891 1901
  Male Female Male Female
  number
Canada 2,160,171 2,372,768 2,751,708 2,619,607
Prince Edward Island 54,881 54,197 51,959 51,300
Nova Scotia 227,093 223,303 233,642 225,932
New Brunswick 163,739 157,524 168,639 162,481
Quebec 744,141 744,394 824,454 824,444
Ontario 1,069,487 1,044,834 1,096,640 1,086,307
Manitoba 84,342 68,164 138,504 116,707
Saskatchewan - - 49,431 41,848
Alberta - - 41,019 32,003
British Columbia 63,003 35,170 114,160 64,497
Yukon - - 23,084 4,135
Northwest Territories 53,785 45,182 10,176 9,953
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1947.