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Main demographic indicators for Canada, provinces and territories, 1981 to 2007

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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.