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Numerical distribution of population and percentage change from preceding census, by province, decennial census years 1901 to 1961

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Numerical distribution of population and percentage change from preceding census, by province, decennial census years 1901 to 1961
  1901 1911 1921 1931 1941 1951 1961
  numerical distribution
Canada 5,371,315 7,206,643 8,787,9491 10,376,786 11,506,655 14,009,129 18,238,247
Newfoundland * * * * * 361,416 457,853
Prince Edward Island 103,259 93,728 88,615 88,038 95,047 98,429 104,629
Nova Scotia 459,574 492,338 523,837 512,846 577,962 642,584 737,007
New Brunswick 331,120 351,889 387,876 408,219 457,401 515,697 597,936
Quebec 1,648,898 2,005,776 2,360,510 2,874,662 3,331,882 4,055,681 5,259,211
Ontario 2,182,947 2,527,292 2,933,662 3,431,683 3,787,655 4,597,542 6,236,092
Manitoba 255,211 461,394 610,118 700,139 729,744 776,541 921,686
Saskatchewan 91,279 492,432 757,510 921,785 895,992 831,728 925,181
Alberta 73,022 374,295 588,454 731,605 796,169 939,501 1,331,944
British Columbia 178,657 392,480 524,582 694,263 817,861 1,165,210 1,629,082
Yukon 27,219 8,512 4,157 4,230 4,914 9,096 14,628
Northwest Territories 20,129 6,507 8,143 9,316 12,028 16,004 22,998
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1967.