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Table 2.a Farm population and total population, rural and urban, 2001 and 2006

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Table 2.a Farm population and total population, rural and urban, 2001 and 2006
	2001	2006
	number
Total farm population¹	729,405	684,260
Rural farm population	697,960	642,715
Urban² farm population	31,445	41,540
Total population	29,914,315	31,511,587
Rural population	6,053,467	6,216,135
Urban population	23,860,848	25,295,452
1. Includes all members of a farm operator's household.
2. Urban areas have a minimum population concentration of 1,000 and a population density of at least 400 per square kilometre. All other territory is considered rural.
Source: Statistics Canada, censuses of agriculture and censuses of population, 2001 and 2006.