Statistics Canada
Symbol of the Government of Canada

Table 1
Population indicators

Standard symbols

  2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Population (number)1 31,372,587 31,676,077 31,995,199 32,312,077 32,649,482 32,976,026
Population (percentage change) 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Population aged 65 and over (percent of total) 12.7 12.8 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.4
Urban population (percent of total) .. .. .. .. 80.2 ..
Population density (per square kilometre) 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.6 3.7
1. Population data is based on the Estimates of Population program, except for data on urban population, which is based on the Census of Population.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 051-0001, accessed November 5, 2008.
Statistics Canada, 2007, Population and Dwelling Count Highlight Tables, 2006 Census, (accessed November 5, 2008).