The 1800s (1806 to 1871)

Estimate of the population of Lower Canada for 1822
Statistical statement of 1827
1837--Population of Upper Canada : 397,489.
1851-52--Population of Upper Canada : 952,004.

1806--Population of New Brunswick, about 35,000.
(Bouchette--The British Dominions, Vol. II., page 235.)

1806--Population of Prince Edward Island, so named in 1798-1800 : 9,676.
(Bouchette--The British Dominions, Vol. II., page 235.)

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1806--Population of Upper Canada, estimated at 70,718.
(Bouchette--The British Dominions, Vol. II., page 235.)

1806--Population of Lower Canada, estimated at 250,000.
(Bouchette--The British Dominions, Vol. II., page 235.)

1806--Population of Newfoundland, estimated at 26,505.
(Sanctioned by several authors.)

1807--Population of Nova Scotia, estimated at 65,000.
(Sanctioned by several authors.)

1811--Population of Upper Canada, calculated from the assessment rolls furnished to the Provincial Legislature, 77,000.
(Bouchette--The British Dominions, Vol. I., page 108.)

1814--Population of Lower Canada, estimated at 335,000.
(Bouchette--Topographie, page 10.)

1814--Population of Upper Canada, estimated at 95,000.
(Bouchette’s Topographical Description, page 596.)

1816--Population of Newfoundland, estimated at 52,672.
(Collated for Cyclopoedia of Commerce, page 1,405.)

1817--Population of Nova Scotia : 81,351.
(Census.--See summary tables in E-STAT ^{1 & 2}.)

1822--Population of Lower Canada : 427,465.
(Journal of Assembly, 1823-24, Appendix R.)

Note: The following estimate was made for 1822, by Bouchette, of the population of Lower Canada.

Counties.	Signeuries.		Townships.	Total.
	Cathol.	Protes.
Gaspé				5,000
Cornwallis	18,012	378	205	18,595
Devon	13,341			13,341
Hertford	15,239			15,239
Dorchester	17,189	200	310	17,699
Buckingham	24,867	830	10,718	36,415
Richelieu	23,771	779	4,338	28,888
Bedford	9,747	8,341	3,277	21,455
Surrey	16,520			16,520
Kent	12,610			12,610
Huntingdon	30,715	5,097	4,797	40,609
York	26,970	1,000	2,853	30,823
Montreal	26,480	11,058		37,538
Effingham	15,625	300		15,925
Leinster	22,697		165	22,862
Warwick	16,714		42	16,756
Saint-Maurice	18,300	582		18,882
Hampshire	12,700			12,700
Québec	22,339	6,000		28,339
Northumberland	11,038	200		11,238
Orléans	4,082			4,082
Clergy and Convents	449			449
Protestants in Parish’s		1,500		1,500
Grand Total	364,860	35,900	26,705	427,465

Recapitulation

Districts.	North side.	South side.	Total
Québec	56,359	77,315	133,674
Trois-Rivières	18,882	28,974	47,856
Montréal	123,904	120,082	243,986
Clergy and Convents			449
Protestants in Parish’s			1,500
Grand Total	199,145	226,371	427,465

1822--Population of Prince Edward Island, estimated at 24,600.
(Sanctioned by several authors.)

1823--Population of Newfoundland : 52,157.
(Collated for Cyclopoedia of Commerce, page 1,405.)

1824--Population of Upper Canada : 150,066.
(Census.--See summary tables in E-STAT ¹.)

1824--Population of New Brunswick : 74,176.
(Census.--See summary tables in E-STAT ¹.)

1825--Population of Upper Canada : 157,923.
(Census.--See summary tables in E-STAT ¹.)

1825--Population of Lower Canada : 479,288.
(Census.--See summary tables in E-STAT ¹.)

1825--Population of Newfoundland : 55,719.
(Collated for Cyclopoedia of Commerce, page 1,405.)

1826--Population of Upper Canada : 166,379.
(Census.--See summary tables in E-STAT ^{1 & 2}.)

1827--Population of Upper Canada : 177,174.
(Census.--See summary tables in E-STAT ^{1 & 2}.)

1827--Population of Nova Scotia, including Cape Breton, reunited in 1819 : 123,630.
(Census.--See summary tables in E-STAT ¹.)

1827--Population of Lower Canada : 473,475. The first statement shows 471,875, but it is supplemented by a statement showing 1,600 additional.
(Census.--See summary tables in E-STAT ^{1 & 2}.)

Note: This statistical statement, 1827, gathered and arranged by Mr. Bouchette, is accompanied with the following recapitulation and estimates:-

Population of the Province, as stated above	471,875	souls
Magdalen Islands	900	"
Number of men employed in the King’s posts and Mingan, within the Province	400	"
Voyageurs employed in the Indian trade, sometimes sojourning in the Indian territories	300	"
	473,475	"
Average number of immigrants remaining in the Province, out of the total immigration to the Canadas in the years 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830 and 1831	28,000	"
Natural increase since 1827, about	59,575	"
Grand Total, in 1831, estimated	561,050	"

Exclusive of the military forces of the countries and the aborigines wandering in the interior.

Vide Census of 1831.

1828--Population of Upper Canada : 186,488.
(Census.--See summary tables in E-STAT ^{1 & 2}.)

1828--Population of Newfoundland : 60,088.
(Collated for Cyclopoedia of Commerce, page 1,405.)

1829--Population of Upper Canada : 197,815.
(Census.--See summary tables in E-STAT ^{1 & 2}.)

1830--Population of Upper Canada : 213,156.
(Census.--See summary tables in E-STAT ^{1 & 2}.)

1831--Population of Upper Canada : 236,702.
(Census.--See summary tables in E-STAT ^{1 & 2}.)

1831--Population of Assiniboia : 2,390.
(Census.--See summary tables in E-STAT ¹.)

1831--Population of Lower Canada : 553,134.
(Census.--See summary tables in E-STAT ^{1 & 2}.)

1832--Population of Upper Canada : 263,554.
(Census.--See summary tables in E-STAT ^{1 & 2}.)

1832--Population of Newfoundland : 59,280.
(Collated for Cyclopoedia of Commerce, page 1,405.)

1833--Population of Upper Canada : 295,863.
(Census.--See summary tables in E-STAT ^{1 & 2}.)

1833--Population of Prince Edward Island, estimated at 32,292.
(Sanctioned by several authors.)

1834--Population of Upper Canada : 321,145.
(Census.--See summary tables in E-STAT ^{1 & 2}.)

1834--Population of New Brunswick : 119,457.
(Census.--See summary tables in E-STAT ¹.)

1834--Population of Assiniboia : 3,356.
(Census.--See summary tables in E-STAT ¹.)

1835--Population of Assiniboia : 3,649.
(Census.--See summary tables in E-STAT ¹.)

1835--Population of Upper Canada : 347,359.
(Census.--See summary tables in E-STAT ^{1 & 2}.)

1836--Population of Upper Canada : 374,099.
(Census.--See summary tables in E-STAT ^{1 & 2}.)

1836--Population of Newfoundland : 73,705.
(Collated for Cyclopoedia of Commerce, page 1,405.)

1837--Population of Upper Canada : 397,489. A few blanks in the Agricultural Census have been supplied by estimates.
(Census.--See summary tables in E-STAT ^{1 & 2}.)

1837--Population of Nova Scotia, estimated at 199,906.
(Sanctioned by several authors.)

1838--Population of Upper Canada : 399,422.
(Census.--See summary tables in E-STAT ^{1 & 2}.)

1838--Population of Assiniboia : 3,966.
(Census.--See summary tables in E-STAT ¹.)

1838--Population of Nova Scotia : 202,575.
(Census.--See summary tables in E-STAT ¹.)

1839--Population of Upper Canada : 409,048.
(Census.--See summary tables in E-STAT ^{1 & 2}.)

1840--Population of Upper Canada : 432,159.
(Census.--See summary tables in E-STAT ^{1 & 2}.)

1840--Population of New Brunswick : 156,162.
(Census.--See summary tables in E-STAT ^{1 & 2}.)

1840--Population of Assiniboia : 4,704.
(Census.--See summary tables in E-STAT ¹.)

1841--Population of Upper Canada : 455,688.
(Census.--See summary tables in E-STAT ^{1 & 2}.)

1841--Population of Prince Edward Island : 47,042
(Census.--See summary tables in E-STAT ¹.)

1842--Population of Upper Canada : 487,053.
(Census.--See summary tables in E-STAT ^{1 & 2}.)

1843--Population of Assiniboia : 5,143.
(Census.--See summary tables in E-STAT ¹.)

1844--Population of Lower Canada : 697,084.
(Census.--See summary tables in E-STAT ¹.)

1845--Population of Newfoundland : 96,295.
(Census.--See summary tables in E-STAT ¹.)

1846--Population of Assiniboia : 4,871.
(Census.--See summary tables in E-STAT ¹.)

1848--Population of Upper Canada : 725,879.
(Census.--See summary tables in E-STAT ¹.)

1848--Population of Lower Canada, variously estimated at 765,797,--770,000,--774,764,--777,129 and 786,693.
(Journals of Assembly, 1849, Appendix B.)

1848--Population of Prince Edward Island : 56,678.
(Census.--See summary tables in E-STAT ¹.)

1849--Population of Assiniboia : 5,391.
(Census.--See summary tables in E-STAT ¹.)

1851-52--Population of Upper Canada : 952,004.
(Census.--See summary tables in E-STAT ^{1 & 2}.)

1851-52--Population of Lower Canada : 890,261.
(Census.--See summary tables in E-STAT ^{1 & 2}.)

1851--Population of New Brunswick : 193,800.
(Census.--See summary tables in E-STAT ^{1 & 2 & 3}.)

1851--Population of Nova Scotia : 276,854.
(Census.--See summary tables in E-STAT ^{1 & 2}.)

1851--Population of Newfoundland : estimated at 101,600.
(Collated for Cyclopoedia of Commerce, page 1,405.)

1855--Population of Prince Edward Island, estimated at 71,490.
(Sanctioned by several authors.)

1856--Population of Assiniboia : 6,691.
(Census.--See summary tables in E-STAT ¹.)

1857--Population of Newfoundland : 122,638.
(Census.--See summary tables in E-STAT ^{1 & 2 & 3}.)

1860-61--Population of Upper Canada : 1,396,091.
(Census.--See summary tables in E-STAT ¹.)

1860-61--Population of Lower Canada : 1,111,566.
(Census.--See summary tables in E-STAT ¹.)

1861--Population of New Brunswick : 252,047.
(Census.--See summary tables in E-STAT ^{1 & 2 & 3}.)

1861--Population of Nova Scotia : 330,857.
(Census.--See summary tables in E-STAT ^{1 & 2}.)

1861--Population of Prince Edward Island : 80,857.
(Census.--See summary tables in E-STAT ¹.)

1861--Population of Vancouver’s Island, through immigration, 3,024, of whom 2,350 are in Victoria and its vicinity.
(Governor Douglas’ Dispatch.)

1869--Population of Newfoundland : 146,536.
(Census.--See summary tables in E-STAT ^{1 & 2}.)

1870--Population of British Columbia, 10,586 of immigrants and their descendants.
(Census.--See summary tables in E-STAT ¹.)

1870--Population of Manitoba : 12,228, exclusive of Indians.
(Census.--See summary tables in E-STAT ¹.)

1871--Population of Ontario	1,620,851
1871--Population of Quebec	1,191,516
1871--Population of New Brunswick	285,594
1871--Population of Nova Scotia	387,800

(For all details see the first three volumes of this work.)

1871--Population of Prince Edward Island : 94,021.
(Census.--See summary tables in E-STAT ¹.)