Table 1 
Population and population growth rate, provinces and territories, 2011 to 2016 and 2016 to 2021 

Population and population growth rate, provinces and territories, 2011 to 2016 and 2016 to 2021
  Population in 2011 Population in 2016 Population in 2021 2011 to 2016 Population growth rate 2016 to 2021 Population growth rate
  numbernumbernumber %%
Canada 33,476,688 35,151,728 36,991,981 5.0 5.2
Newfoundland and Labrador 514,536 519,716 510,550 1.0 -1.8
Prince Edward Island 140,204 142,907 154,331 1.9 8.0
Nova Scotia 921,727 923,598 969,383 0.2 5.0
New Brunswick 751,171 747,101 775,610 -0.5 3.8
Quebec 7,903,001 8,164,361 8,501,833 3.3 4.1
Ontario 12,851,821 13,448,494 14,223,942 4.6 5.8
Manitoba 1,208,268 1,278,365 1,342,153 5.8 5.0
Saskatchewan 1,033,381 1,098,352 1,132,505 6.3 3.1
Alberta 3,645,257 4,067,175 4,262,635 11.6 4.8
British Columbia 4,400,057 4,648,055 5,000,879 5.6 7.6
Yukon 33,897 35,874 40,232 5.8 12.1
Northwest Territories 41,462 41,786 41,070 0.8 -1.7
Nunavut 31,906 35,944 36,858 12.7 2.5
Source(s):
Census of Population, 2011 to 2021 (3901).
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