Table 2
Annual population estimates

Annual population estimates
  July 1, 20111 July 1, 20122 2011/2012
  number % change
Canada 34,483,975 34,880,491 1.1
Newfoundland and Labrador 512,900 512,659 -0.0
Prince Edward Island 145,695 146,105 0.3
Nova Scotia 948,458 948,695 0.0
New Brunswick 755,335 755,950 0.1
Quebec 7,977,989 8,054,756 1.0
Ontario 13,366,294 13,505,900 1.0
Manitoba 1,251,690 1,267,003 1.2
Saskatchewan 1,057,804 1,079,958 2.1
Alberta 3,778,072 3,873,745 2.5
British Columbia 4,576,577 4,622,573 1.0
Yukon 35,398 36,101 2.0
Northwest Territories 44,212 43,349 -2.0
Nunavut 33,551 33,697 0.4
1.
Updated postcensal estimates.
2.
Preliminary postcensal estimates.
Note(s): 
These estimates are based on 2006 Census population counts adjusted for census net undercoverage and incompletely enumerated Indian reserves.