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Rural population, by farm and non-farm, and urban population, by size group, by province, census 1961

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Rural population, by farm and non-farm, and urban population, by size group, by province, census 1961
  Urban
  1,000 to 9,999 10,000 to 29,999 30,000 to 99,999 100,000 or older Total
  number
Canada 2,022,495 1,049,111 1,704,787 7,923,997 12,700,390
Newfoundland 98,614 48,214 85,192 - 232,020
Prince Edward Island 15,591 18,318 - - 33,909
Nova Scotia 75,163 49,035 - 276,284 400,512
New Brunswick 80,287 61,815 135,911 - 278,013
Québec 603,355 277,549 384,628 2,637,872 3,908,404
Ontario 631,870 297,834 934,870 2,958,955 4,823,529
Manitoba 71,995 51,100 - 465,712 588,807
Saskatchewan 109,076 48,142 128,732 112,141 398,091
Alberta 158,319 44,096 35,454 605,342 843,211
British Columbia 161,256 152,978 - 867,691 1,181,925
Yukon 5,031 - - - 5,031
Northwest Territories 8,938 - - - 8,938
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1967.