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Year		Newfoundland and Labrador	Prince Edward Island	Nova Scotia	New Brunswick	Quebec	Ontario	Manitoba	Saskatchewan	Alberta	British Columbia	Yukon	Northwest Territories	Nunavut	Canada
Total population as of July 1		in thousands
1981	IR	574.8	123.7	854.6	706.3	6,547.7	8,811.3	1,036.4	975.9	2,294.2	2,823.9	23.9	47.6	…	24,820.4
1986	IR	576.5	128.4	889.3	725.2	6,708.5	9,438.1	1,091.7	1,029.3	2,430.9	3,004.1	24.5	54.7	…	26,101.2
1991	IR	579.5	130.3	915.1	745.5	7,064.6	10,428.1	1,109.6	1,002.7	2,592.6	3,373.5	28.9	38.7	22.2	28,031.4
1996	ID	559.8	135.8	931.4	752.3	7,246.9	11,083.1	1,134.2	1,019.1	2,775.2	3,874.3	31.4	41.7	25.7	29,610.8
2001	PD	522.0	136.7	932.4	749.9	7,397.0	11,897.6	1,151.3	1,000.1	3,056.7	4,078.4	30.1	40.8	28.1	31,021.3
2002	PD	519.4	136.9	934.5	750.3	7,445.7	12,102.0	1,155.6	995.9	3,116.3	4,115.4	30.1	41.5	28.7	31,372.6
2003	PD	518.4	137.3	936.5	751.2	7,494.7	12,262.6	1,161.9	994.7	3,161.4	4,155.4	30.6	42.2	29.2	31,676.1
2004	PD	517.3	137.9	938.0	752.0	7,549.0	12,420.3	1,170.6	994.9	3,208.2	4,203.8	30.9	42.8	29.6	31,995.2
2005	PR	514.1	138.2	936.0	751.3	7,598.0	12,565.4	1,174.2	990.0	3,280.7	4,260.2	31.1	42.7	30.0	32,312.1
2006	PR	509.9	138.0	935.1	749.2	7,651.0	12,705.3	1,178.5	987.5	3,370.6	4,320.3	31.2	42.4	30.4	32,649.5
2007	PP	506.3	138.6	934.1	749.8	7,700.8	12,803.9	1,186.7	996.9	3,474.0	4,380.3	31.0	42.6	31.1	32,976.0
Total growth rate		per 1,000
1981	IR	-1.4	1.7	3.9	0.1	6.5	10.7	7.4	11.4	39.2	22.9	-22.3	36.8	…	12.6
1986	IR	-2.8	1.0	4.8	1.6	9.0	18.1	6.2	2.6	5.9	11.4	31.4	-1.6	…	11.3
1991	IR	2.0	0.5	5.6	4.5	6.7	12.2	3.3	-1.2	15.6	25.0	38.8	37.8	…	11.2
1996	ID	-14.7	6.1	2.8	1.0	4.0	12.4	4.2	2.3	16.7	22.8	21.2	1.1	17.6	10.3
2001	PD	-7.9	3.3	0.1	-0.6	6.4	17.9	3.1	-5.5	19.0	10.1	0.6	11.3	15.1	11.4
2002	PD	-4.2	1.8	1.9	2.2	6.2	15.2	5.2	-3.4	16.3	8.8	5.9	16.8	24.6	10.3
2003	PD	-0.7	4.2	2.3	0.6	7.1	12.9	6.5	-0.3	14.5	11.3	16.8	21.9	13.8	10.0
2004	PD	-4.4	1.5	0.3	0.8	7.0	12.2	6.5	-1.4	17.3	12.0	2.3	2.9	14.3	9.9
2005	PR	-7.9	1.2	-2.3	-1.9	6.3	11.7	1.6	-5.0	26.2	13.9	8.2	-6.7	15.4	10.2
2006	PR	-7.2	0.9	-1.2	-2.7	6.9	9.0	4.5	1.9	31.1	13.8	-6.2	-5.6	10.3	10.2
2007	PP	-1.2	6.7	1.1	3.5	7.3	9.5	11.0	16.5	19.5	14.9	8.6	6.3	19.9	10.5
Natural growth rate		per 1,000
1981		12.0	7.3	6.0	7.6	8.0	6.7	7.2	9.9	13.0	7.7	16.1	23.3	…	8.1
1986		7.9	6.3	5.7	6.0	5.6	7.0	7.4	9.2	12.5	6.9	14.9	23.3	…	7.2
1991		5.8	5.3	5.2	5.4	6.8	7.5	7.5	7.2	10.9	6.4	15.8	22.4	25.9	7.4
1996		3.3	3.1	3.0	3.0	4.5	5.5	5.3	4.5	7.7	4.8	10.3	16.0	24.6	5.2
2001		1.1	1.6	1.1	1.5	2.6	4.2	3.7	3.5	6.6	3.0	7.0	11.0	21.0	3.7
2002		0.9	0.7	0.7	1.3	2.3	3.8	3.5	2.9	6.6	2.7	6.3	11.2	21.0	3.4
2003		0.7	1.7	0.6	1.1	2.5	3.8	3.5	3.0	6.9	2.7	6.6	11.8	21.4	3.4
2004		0.3	1.2	0.5	0.9	2.4	4.0	3.3	3.2	6.9	2.5	6.4	12.7	21.2	3.5
2005		0.2	0.7	0.2	0.7	2.7	3.8	3.5	3.1	6.9	2.5	4.8	13.0	19.1	3.4
2006	R	-0.2	0.6	-0.1	0.4	3.7	3.6	3.4	2.9	7.0	2.6	4.4	12.4	19.5	3.6
2007	P	-0.6	0.4	-0.4	0.0	3.6	3.4	3.3	2.9	7.0	2.8	4.0	12.3	19.9	3.5
Total migratory growth rate¹		per 1,000
1981	IR	-10.3	-5.3	-0.9	-5.7	0.0	4.8	1.5	1.8	25.3	15.5	-51.8	6.1	…	5.4
1986	IR	-7.9	-2.3	0.1	-3.8	3.9	11.0	-0.2	-5.2	-5.2	4.4	7.4	-33.0	…	4.4
1991	IR	-1.1	-2.7	1.6	-0.2	1.3	5.1	-3.6	-8.2	4.7	17.1	19.2	4.0	-3.5	4.3
1996	ID	-14.2	4.5	1.5	-0.7	0.6	7.4	-1.3	-0.9	8.7	16.9	8.9	-13.6	-9.6	5.6
2001	PD	-7.2	2.6	-0.2	-1.6	3.7	13.7	-0.7	-7.7	12.5	7.0	-7.3	1.2	-5.7	7.9
2002	PD	-5.1	1.1	1.2	0.9	4.0	11.4	1.7	-6.2	9.7	6.1	-0.4	5.5	3.6	6.9
2003	PD	-1.4	2.5	1.7	-0.5	4.6	9.1	3.0	-3.3	7.6	8.6	10.2	10.1	-7.7	6.5
2004	PD	-4.7	0.3	-0.2	-0.1	4.6	8.2	3.2	-4.6	10.4	9.4	-4.2	-9.8	-6.9	6.4
2005	PR	-8.1	0.5	-2.4	-2.6	3.6	7.9	-1.8	-8.0	19.3	11.4	3.4	-19.7	-3.7	6.8
2006	PR	-6.9	0.4	-1.1	-3.0	3.2	5.4	1.2	-1.0	24.1	11.2	-10.6	-18.0	-9.2	6.6
2007	PP	-0.6	6.3	1.5	3.5	3.7	6.1	7.7	13.6	12.5	12.1	4.6	-6.0	0.0	7.0
Proportion of population aged 0 to 14 years		in thousands
1981	IR	29.2	24.7	23.3	24.7	21.5	21.6	23.1	24.5	23.9	21.2	25.9	34.1	…	22.3
1986	IR	25.6	23.0	21.3	22.4	20.2	20.3	21.9	24.1	23.5	20.1	24.7	31.9	…	21.0
1991	IR	22.2	22.5	20.3	20.7	19.8	20.1	21.9	23.9	23.6	20.1	24.3	28.4	38.5	20.7
1996	ID	19.6	21.5	19.5	19.3	19.1	20.3	21.7	22.8	22.5	19.4	23.7	28.3	37.8	20.2
2001	PD	17.1	19.5	17.9	17.5	17.6	19.4	20.7	21.0	20.5	17.8	20.7	26.5	36.5	18.9
2002	PD	16.7	19.0	17.4	17.2	17.4	19.1	20.4	20.6	20.1	17.4	20.1	26.0	36.0	18.6
2003	PD	16.4	18.6	17.0	16.8	17.2	18.8	20.2	20.3	19.8	17.0	19.5	25.4	35.6	18.3
2004	PD	16.0	18.2	16.6	16.5	16.9	18.5	19.9	19.9	19.5	16.7	19.0	24.9	34.8	18.0
2005	PR	15.7	17.7	16.2	16.1	16.6	18.2	19.7	19.6	19.2	16.3	18.5	24.6	34.4	17.6
2006	PR	15.3	17.3	15.8	15.7	16.2	17.8	19.4	19.3	18.9	16.0	17.9	24.1	33.8	17.3
2007	PP	15.1	16.9	15.5	15.4	16.0	17.5	19.2	19.1	18.7	15.7	17.3	23.6	33.2	17.0
Proportion of population aged 65 years and over		percentage
1981	IR	7.7	12.1	10.9	10.0	8.8	9.9	11.8	11.9	7.2	10.7	3.3	3.0	…	9.6
1986	IR	8.7	12.6	11.8	11.0	9.8	10.7	12.4	12.6	8.0	11.9	3.7	2.9	…	10.5
1991	IR	9.6	13.1	12.5	12.0	11.1	11.6	13.3	14.1	9.0	12.7	3.9	3.1	2.0	11.5
1996	ID	10.7	12.9	12.9	12.5	12.0	12.2	13.5	14.5	9.8	12.6	4.4	3.5	2.2	12.1
2001	PD	12.1	13.6	13.7	13.3	13.0	12.5	13.7	14.8	10.2	13.2	5.9	4.1	2.2	12.6
2002	PD	12.4	13.8	13.8	13.4	13.2	12.6	13.6	14.9	10.2	13.4	6.1	4.2	2.2	12.7
2003	PD	12.6	13.9	13.9	13.6	13.4	12.6	13.6	14.9	10.3	13.5	6.3	4.2	2.3	12.8
2004	PD	12.9	13.9	14.1	13.7	13.5	12.8	13.5	14.8	10.4	13.7	6.6	4.4	2.5	13.0
2005	PR	13.2	14.1	14.3	13.9	13.8	12.8	13.5	14.9	10.4	13.8	7.0	4.6	2.7	13.1
2006	PR	13.5	14.3	14.5	14.2	14.1	13.0	13.6	14.9	10.5	13.9	7.4	4.9	2.9	13.2
2007	PP	13.9	14.5	14.8	14.5	14.4	13.2	13.6	14.9	10.4	14.1	7.9	5.2	3.1	13.4
Demographic dependency ratio²		percentage
1981	IR	58.5	58.3	51.9	53.3	43.4	46.1	53.5	57.4	45.2	46.7	41.1	58.8	…	46.8
1986	IR	52.2	55.3	49.3	50.2	43.0	44.8	52.3	58.1	45.8	47.2	39.8	53.6	…	46.0
1991	IR	46.6	55.4	48.8	48.6	44.6	46.4	54.2	61.1	48.3	48.7	39.3	46.0	67.9	47.3
1996	ID	43.5	52.5	48.1	46.7	45.0	48.3	54.5	59.5	47.7	46.9	39.2	46.7	66.6	47.7
2001	PD	41.3	49.6	46.1	44.6	44.3	46.9	52.3	55.7	44.2	44.9	36.1	44.2	63.0	46.0
2002	PD	41.0	48.7	45.4	44.1	44.1	46.4	51.7	55.0	43.5	44.4	35.5	43.3	61.6	45.6
2003	PD	40.8	48.1	44.9	43.7	43.9	45.9	51.0	54.2	43.0	44.0	34.8	42.0	61.0	45.2
2004	PD	40.7	47.3	44.4	43.3	43.8	45.5	50.3	53.3	42.6	43.6	34.4	41.4	59.6	44.8
2005	PR	40.5	46.6	43.9	43.0	43.5	45.0	49.7	52.6	42.1	43.1	34.3	41.2	58.9	44.3
2006	PR	40.6	46.3	43.6	42.8	43.5	44.6	49.2	52.0	41.5	42.8	33.8	40.9	57.9	44.0
2007	PP	41.0	45.8	43.5	42.6	43.6	44.2	48.7	51.4	41.0	42.5	33.6	40.4	56.8	43.8
Median age		in years
1981	IR	25.3	28.8	29.2	28.0	29.6	30.4	29.8	28.6	26.8	30.6	26.7	22.3	…	29.5
1986	IR	27.9	30.6	31.0	30.4	31.8	31.9	31.1	30.0	29.0	32.8	28.8	24.0	…	31.4
1991	IR	30.7	32.8	33.3	32.9	34.1	33.3	32.8	32.5	31.1	34.4	30.8	26.9	21.2	33.3
1996	ID	34.1	34.7	35.6	35.4	36.1	35.0	34.5	34.2	33.3	35.7	32.7	28.3	21.8	35.2
2001	PD	38.1	37.6	38.5	38.2	38.5	36.7	36.4	36.4	34.7	37.9	35.8	29.9	22.5	37.2
2002	PD	38.8	38.2	39.0	38.7	38.9	37.0	36.7	36.7	34.9	38.4	36.3	30.1	22.7	37.6
2003	PD	39.4	38.6	39.5	39.3	39.3	37.4	36.9	37.0	35.1	38.8	36.6	30.3	22.8	37.9
2004	PD	40.0	39.0	40.0	39.7	39.7	37.7	37.0	37.2	35.3	39.2	37.0	30.5	22.9	38.2
2005	PR	40.6	39.4	40.5	40.3	40.1	37.9	37.2	37.5	35.4	39.5	37.5	30.7	23.0	38.5
2006	PR	41.3	39.8	41.0	40.9	40.4	38.2	37.3	37.7	35.5	39.8	38.0	30.9	23.2	38.8
2007	PP	42.0	40.3	41.5	41.4	40.7	38.5	37.4	37.7	35.4	40.0	38.7	31.1	23.5	39.0
Total fertility rate		number of children per woman
1981		..	1.88	1.62	1.67	1.57	1.58	1.82	2.11	1.85	1.63	2.05	2.84	…	1.65
1986		..	1.79	1.58	1.53	1.37	1.60	1.82	2.02	1.84	1.61	1.95	2.85	…	1.59
1991		1.44	1.85	1.58	1.55	1.65	1.69	1.97	2.04	1.89	1.68	2.15	2.44	3.52	1.71
1996		1.31	1.74	1.52	1.46	1.61	1.61	1.90	1.90	1.75	1.55	1.71	2.23	3.38	1.63
2001		1.30	1.54	1.40	1.41	1.49	1.53	1.82	1.89	1.67	1.40	1.57	1.83	3.06	1.53
2002		1.31	1.49	1.37	1.39	1.47	1.48	1.80	1.83	1.69	1.38	1.58	1.89	3.03	1.51
2003		1.33	1.57	1.39	1.42	1.49	1.50	1.81	1.88	1.74	1.40	1.53	2.05	3.09	1.53
2004		1.31	1.53	1.41	1.40	1.48	1.51	1.78	1.86	1.74	1.39	1.69	2.04	2.98	1.53
2005		1.34	1.47	1.40	1.41	1.52	1.51	1.82	1.87	1.75	1.39	1.48	2.11	2.72	1.54
Life expectancy at birth for males		in years
1981		71.9	72.8	71.0	71.1	71.1	72.3	72.2	72.4	72.0	72.6	..	59.1	..	71.9
1986		72.7	72.4	72.3	72.5	72.0	73.5	73.0	73.7	73.5	74.0	81.4	65.4	..	73.0
1991		73.6	73.2	73.6	74.3	73.7	74.9	74.6	75.3	75.1	75.2	..	..	65.6	74.6
1996		74.3	74.5	74.9	74.9	74.6	75.9	75.2	75.4	75.8	76.1	..	72.0	..	75.4
2001		75.2	75.5	76.1	76.3	76.4	77.4	75.7	76.3	77.0	78.1	76,6	73,5	66,3	76.9
2002		75.7	76.2	76.4	76.5	76.6	77.7	76.2	76.3	77.4	78.2	73.9	73.2	67.2	77.2
2003		75.4	76.5	76.5	76.4	77.1	77.8	76.0	76.2	77.5	78.6	75.5	73.8	66.5	77.5
2004		75.8	76.8	76.5	77.0	77.5	78.3	76.4	76.6	77.8	78.7	74.5	78.4	66.8	77.7
2005		75.6	77.4	76.7	77.2	77.7	78.5	76.6	76.6	77.8	78.8	74.4	73.1	69.5	78.0
Life expectancy at birth for females		in years
1981		78.7	80.4	78.4	79.2	78.7	79.0	78.8	79.6	79.1	79.5	..	66.3	..	79.0
1986		79.4	80.2	79.2	80.0	79.4	79.7	79.8	80.5	80.0	80.3	84.9	73.8	..	79.7
1991		79.3	80.8	80.6	80.9	80.8	81.0	80.9	81.7	81.0	81.3	..	..	..	80.9
1996		80.4	81.5	80.5	81.3	80.9	81.2	80.6	81.2	81.2	81.9	82.1	..	71.6	81.2
2001		81.0	81.7	81.3	81.9	82.0	82.0	81.2	82.1	82.1	82.9	80,1	70,3	78,8	82.0
2002		80.9	81.3	81.5	82.0	82.0	82.2	81.1	82.0	81.9	82.9	80.3	79.6	69.6	82.2
2003		81.0	81.6	81.6	82.0	82.5	82.4	81.4	82.0	82.2	83.0	83.1	75.7	70.5	82.3
2004		81.3	81.6	81.6	82.2	82.6	82.7	81.4	82.1	82.6	83.1	78.6	81.7	74.2	82.5
2005		80.9	82.1	81.8	82.4	82.9	82.7	81.4	82.1	82.7	83.5	79.6	82.1	75.1	82.7
Infant mortality rate		per 1,000
1981		10.7	13.2	11.5	10.9	8.5	8.8	11.9	11.8	10.6	10.2	14.9	21.5	…	9.6
1986		8.5	6.7	8.4	8.3	7.1	7.2	9.2	9.0	9.0	8.5	24.8	12.0	…	7.9
1991		7.8	6.9	5.7	6.1	5.9	6.3	6.4	8.2	6.7	6.5	10.6	7.7	18.0	6.4
1996		6.6	4.7	5.6	4.9	4.6	5.7	6.7	8.4	6.2	5.1	0.0	4.9	20.1	5.6
2001		4.9	7.2	5.6	4.3	4.7	5.4	7.0	5.5	5.6	4.1	8.7	4.9	16.9	5.2
2002		4.5	1.5	4.2	3.8	4.8	5.3	7.1	5.7	7.3	4.6	8.8	11.0	11.0	5.4
2003		5.0	4.9	5.7	4.1	4.4	5.3	8.0	6.3	6.6	4.2	6.0	5.7	19.8	5.3
2004		5.1	4.3	4.6	4.3	4.6	5.5	7.0	6.2	5.8	4.3	11.0	0.0	16.1	5.3
2005		6.2	2.2	4.0	4.1	4.6	5.6	6.6	8.3	6.8	4.5	0.0	4.2	10.0	5.4
1. Includes emigrants, immigrants, interprovincial migrants, persons temporarily abroad, returning emigrants and non-permanent residents. 2. Ratio of population aged 0 to 14 years and aged 65 years and over to those aged 15 to 64 years. Notes: Nunavut is included in the Northwest Territories before 1991. IR: Revised intercensal estimates. ID: Final intercensal estimates. PD: Final postcensal estimates. PR: Updated postcensal estimates. PP: Preliminary postcensal estimates. Sources: Statistics Canada, Demography Division and Health Statistics Division.