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Wednesday, March 26, 2003

Demographic statistics

January 1, 2003 (preliminary estimates)

Preliminary postcensal population estimates as of January 1, 2003 are now available for Canada, the provinces and the territories.

Note: These estimates are based on the 1996 Census counts adjusted for net undercoverage and do not take into account the population counts determined by the 2001 Census, which were released on March 12, 2002.

The 2001 Census coverage studies will be completed in 2003. Their results will be used to adjust the 2001 Census counts and to update the population estimates. These new estimates will be released in September 2003.

Available on CANSIM: tables 051-0005, 051-0006, 051-0008, 051-0009, 051-0017, 051-0020 and 053-0001.

Information on methods and data quality available in the Integrated Meta Data Base: survey numbers, including related surveys, 3231, 3232, 3233 and 3601.

The fourth quarter 2002 issue of Quarterly demographic statistics, Vol. 16, no. 4 (91-002-XIB, $8/$25; 91-002-XPB, $10/$33), will be available soon.

To order data, contact Colette O'Meara (613-951-2320; fax: 613-951-2307; colette.o'meara@statcan.gc.ca) or the nearest Statistics Canada Regional Reference Centre. For more information, or to enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact Daniel Larrivée (613-951-0694; fax: 613-951-2307; daniel.larrivee@statcan.gc.ca), Demography Division.

Canada's population
  January 1, 2001pr January 1, 2002pr January 1, 2003pp 2001 to 2002 2002 to 2003
      %
Canada 30,921,275 31,240,487 31,499,560 1.0 0.8
Newfoundland and Labrador 536,344 533,305 531,145 -0.6 -0.4
Prince Edward Island 138,434 139,330 140,412 0.6 0.8
Nova Scotia 943,025 943,756 944,456 0.1 0.1
New Brunswick 755,360 755,391 756,368 0.0 0.1
Quebec 7,395,952 7,435,504 7,467,626 0.5 0.4
Ontario 11,777,260 11,964,104 12,109,514 1.6 1.2
Manitoba 1,146,975 1,148,181 1,150,564 0.1 0.2
Saskatchewan 1,019,466 1,014,403 1,009,225 -0.5 -0.5
Alberta 3,032,355 3,086,034 3,134,286 1.8 1.6
British Columbia 4,077,047 4,120,891 4,155,779 1.1 0.8
Yukon 30,243 30,102 29,841 -0.5 -0.9
Northwest Territories 41,018 41,186 41,389 0.4 0.5
Nunavut 27,796 28,300 28,955 1.8 2.3
prUpdated postcensal estimates.
ppPreliminary postcensal estimates.
Note:These estimates are based on the 1996 census counts adjusted for net undercoverage.


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