Table 1
Children aged 17 and under as a proportion of the total population, by sex, Canada, provinces and territories, July 1, 2016

Table 1
Children aged 17 and under as a proportion of the total population, by sex, Canada, provinces and territories, July 1, 2016
Table summary
This table displays the results of Children aged 17 and under as a proportion of the total population. The information is grouped by Region (appearing as row headers), Females and Males, calculated using number, as a percentage of the total female population in the region and as a percentage of the total male population in the region units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Region Females Males
number as a percentage of the total female population in the region number as a percentage of the total male population in the region
Canada 3,418,690 18.7 3,599,989 20.0
Newfoundland and Labrador 44,564 16.6 46,523 17.8
Prince Edward Island 13,936 18.3 14,410 19.9
Nova Scotia 79,361 16.4 84,297 18.1
New Brunswick 65,358 17.1 69,052 18.5
Quebec 750,828 17.9 787,341 19.0
Ontario 1,312,525 18.5 1,382,649 20.1
Manitoba 145,250 21.9 152,245 23.2
Saskatchewan 128,303 22.5 134,818 23.2
Alberta 452,839 21.6 476,466 22.1
British Columbia 410,009 17.1 435,854 18.5
Yukon 3,692 20.0 3,937 20.7
Northwest Territories 5,499 25.2 5,682 25.1
Nunavut 6,526 36.4 6,715 35.0
Notes: Postcensal estimates are based on the 2011 Census of population counts adjusted for census net undercoverage and the components of demographic growth that occurred since that census. 2016 data are preliminary estimates.
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 051-0001.
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