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Estimated numbers and circulations of reporting daily and weekly French-language newspapers published in urban centres of 30,000 population or over, 1955 and 1956
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| 1956 Census | 1955 | 1956 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Households | Daily | Weekly | Daily | Weekly | |||||
| number | circulation | number | circulation | number | circulation | number | circulation | ||
| Edmonton, Alberta | 57,748 | - | - | 1 | 4,218 | - | - | 1 | 3,710 |
| Hull, Quebec | 11,167 | - | - | 3 | 66,2751 | - | - | 3 | 48,1721 |
| Lachine, Quebec | 8,557 | - | - | 1 | 14,0002 | - | - | 1 | 14,0002 |
| Moncton, New Brunswick | 8,647 | 1 | 7,268 | - | - | 1 | 7,374 | - | - |
| Montreal, Quebec | 285,501 | 4 | 352,041 | 22 | 1,463,7143 | 4 | 350,318 | 26 | 1,617,6464 |
| Ottawa, Ontario | 56,059 | 1 | 26,976 | - | - | 1 | 27,950 | - | - |
| Québec, Quebec | 38,556 | 2 | 199,278 | - | - | 2 | 197,428 | - | - |
| St. Laurent, Quebec | 9,304 | - | - | 1 | 8,252 | - | - | 1 | 5,0002 |
| Sherbrooke, Quebec | 13,646 | 1 | 25,421 | 1 | 35,866 | 1 | 26,732 | 1 | 35,866 |
| Sudbury, Ontario | 11,526 | - | - | 1 | 1,851 | - | - | 1 | 1,989 |
| Trois Rivières, Quebec | 10,912 | 1 | 29,983 | 3 | 14,312 | 1 | 31,359 | 3 | 7,8125 |
| Verdun, Quebec | 21,009 | - | - | 1 | 24,0002 | - | - | - | - |
| Winnipeg, Manitoba | 67,798 | - | - | 1 | 9,950 | - | - | 1 | 9,141 |
| Note: Figures from 1945 can be found in the corresponding table of previous Canada Year Books beginning with the 1947 edition. | |||||||||
| 1. Includes one weekend supplement, which is circulated with daily newspapers in other cities. | |||||||||
| 2. Bilingual. | |||||||||
| 3. Includes ten bilinguals and ten weekend newspapers. | |||||||||
| 4. Includes 11 bilinguals and 11 weekend newspapers. | |||||||||
| 5. Circulation for two weeklies only. | |||||||||
| Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1957/1958. | |||||||||
