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Table 1 Population change in census rural areas, Canada, provinces and territories, 1951 to 2006
Table 3 Population change by type of region, Canada, provinces and territories, 1981 to 2006
Figures
Figure 1 Rural population in Canada became a minority after 1921
Figure 2 The census rural population grew in the 1950s, 1970s, 1980s and 2001 to 2006
Figure 4 In 2006, 6 million individuals were living in rural and small town areas
Figure 6 Share of population in rural and small town areas declined to 19% in 2006
Figure 7 Canada's most populous provinces are the least rural
Figure 8 In 2006, Quebec and Ontario had one-half of Canada's rural and small town population
Figure 11 Growing population in rural metro-adjacent regions
Figure 13 Declining share of population in each type of rural region
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