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Estimated numbers and circulations of reporting daily and weekly English-language newspapers, by province, 1954 to 1956
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| 1956 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily | Weekly | |||
| number | circulation | number | circulation | |
| Canada | 86 | 3,248,092 | 747 | 3,957,087 |
| Newfoundland | 3 | 32,276 | 4 | 30,725 |
| Prince Edward Island | 2 | 19,446 | 1 | 5,626 |
| Nova Scotia | 5 | 149,557 | 26 | 81,906 |
| New Brunswick | 3 | 80,657 | 17 | 53,612 |
| Quebec | 5 | 314,080 | 24 | 1,556,3502 |
| Ontario | 41 | 1,688,314 | 252 | 1,637,072 |
| Manitoba | 6 | 207,848 | 67 | 82,684 |
| Saskatchewan | 4 | 101,602 | 164 | 146,205 |
| Alberta | 5 | 215,017 | 108 | 174,775 |
| British Columbia | 12 | 439,295 | 82 | 183,917 |
| Yukon and Northwest Territories | - | - | 2 | 4,215 |
| Notes: Figures from 1945 can be found in the corresponding table of previous Canada Year Books beginning with the 1947 edition. Circulation not reported for all newspapers. Data include semi-weeklies, tri-weeklies and weekend newspapers. | ||||
| 1. Data include some bilinguals. | ||||
| 2. Data include one weekend supplement, which is circulated with daily newspapers in other provinces. | ||||
| Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1957/1958. | ||||
