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Monday, March 22, 2004

Demographic statistics

January 1, 2004 (preliminary estimates)

Post-censal population estimates as of January 1, 2004 are now available for Canada, the provinces and the territories.

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

Definitions, data sources and methods: survey numbers, including related surveys, 3233, 3601 and 3605.

The publication Quarterly Demographic Statistics (91-002-XIB, $9/$27 and 91-002-XPB, $11/$36) will be available soon.

To obtain these data, contact Colette O'Meara (613-951-2320; fax 613-951-2307; demography@statcan.gc.ca), Demography Division or the nearest Statistics Canada Regional Reference Centre. For information, or to enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact Denis Morissette (613-951-0694; fax 613-951-2307; denis.morissette@statcan.gc.ca), Demography Division.

Canada's population1
  October 1, 2002pr January 1, 2003pr October 1, 2003pp January 1, 2004pp October to December 2002 October to December 2003
          % change
Canada 31,448,767 31,475,999 31,714,637 31,752,842 0.1 0.1
Newfoundland and Labrador 519,731 519,560 520,170 519,897 0.0 -0.1
Prince Edward Island 137,256 137,334 137,941 138,102 0.1 0.1
Nova Scotia 935,408 935,180 936,878 936,892 0.0 0.0
New Brunswick 750,649 750,439 750,460 750,096 0.0 0.0
Quebec 7,457,736 7,462,432 7,503,502 7,509,928 0.1 0.1
Ontario 12,145,439 12,156,595 12,280,731 12,293,669 0.1 0.1
Manitoba 1,157,356 1,158,360 1,164,135 1,165,944 0.1 0.2
Saskatchewan 995,115 994,905 995,003 994,845 0.0 0.0
Alberta 3,125,527 3,132,484 3,164,400 3,172,121 0.2 0.2
British Columbia 4,123,659 4,127,454 4,158,649 4,168,123 0.1 0.2
Yukon Territory 30,423 30,569 31,371 31,408 0.5 0.1
Northwest Territories 41,549 41,630 42,040 42,321 0.2 0.7
Nunavut 28,919 29,057 29,357 29,496 0.5 0.5
prUpdated post-censal estimates.
ppPreliminary post-censal estimates.
1These estimates are based on the 2001 census counts adjusted for net undercoverage.


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