Table 2.1-1
Annual population estimates by economic region, provinces and territories — Population at July 1

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Population at July 1: Part 1
  2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
  number
Newfoundland and Labrador 514,363 510,313 506,379 506,193 508,143 509,739
Avalon Peninsula 251,149 251,544 251,876 253,769 256,287 258,768
South Coast-Burin Peninsula 41,291 40,179 39,047 38,457 38,276 38,052
West Coast-Northern Peninsula-Labrador 108,801 107,286 106,036 105,326 105,029 104,580
Notre Dame-Central Bonavista Bay 113,122 111,304 109,420 108,641 108,551 108,339
Prince Edward Island 138,055 137,920 138,161 139,545 141,097 142,266
Nova Scotia 937,941 938,010 935,794 936,737 939,124 942,506
Cape Breton 146,835 145,412 143,355 141,905 140,738 139,624
North Shore 160,912 160,210 158,998 158,372 158,285 158,356
Annapolis Valley 125,417 125,769 124,924 124,389 124,287 124,349
Southern 122,898 121,833 120,325 119,161 117,938 116,740
Halifax 381,879 384,786 388,192 392,910 397,876 403,437
New Brunswick 747,960 745,674 745,515 746,902 749,324 751,755
Campbellton-Miramichi 166,765 164,525 162,582 160,816 159,282 157,800
Moncton-Richibucto 194,898 196,383 197,719 199,719 201,790 203,981
Saint John-St. Stephen 171,696 170,971 171,366 171,831 172,823 173,630
Fredericton-Oromocto 130,997 131,224 131,974 133,296 134,832 136,462
Edmundston-Woodstock 83,604 82,571 81,874 81,240 80,597 79,882
Quebec 7,581,911 7,631,552 7,687,423 7,751,332 7,828,357 7,907,375
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine 95,515 95,162 94,619 94,033 93,642 93,826
Bas-Saint-Laurent 201,598 201,565 201,217 200,850 200,870 201,268
Capitale-Nationale 664,662 668,734 673,360 679,839 686,408 693,859
Chaudière-Appalaches 395,083 396,951 398,861 399,953 401,884 405,483
Estrie 299,567 301,014 302,611 304,886 307,252 309,975
Centre-du-Québec 225,060 225,928 227,286 228,561 230,078 232,385
Montérégie 1,366,541 1,383,026 1,396,468 1,409,870 1,423,235 1,441,423
Montréal 1,873,594 1,873,589 1,882,343 1,897,183 1,923,785 1,934,082
Laval 367,932 372,410 378,351 384,489 391,141 398,667
Lanaudière 424,628 433,776 442,412 449,793 456,269 464,467
Laurentides 509,626 518,399 526,121 533,753 540,327 549,442
Outaouais 341,434 344,865 348,559 352,976 357,985 363,638
Abitibi-Témiscamingue 144,733 144,868 144,913 145,158 145,288 145,835
Mauricie 259,842 260,314 260,708 261,228 261,359 262,401
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean 275,024 274,118 272,965 272,416 272,059 272,911
Côte-Nord 96,822 96,561 95,923 95,296 95,236 95,538
Nord-du-Québec 40,250 40,272 40,706 41,048 41,539 42,175
Ontario 12,528,480 12,665,346 12,792,937 12,932,297 13,064,900 13,210,667
Ottawa 1,205,122 1,213,122 1,222,457 1,235,015 1,247,926 1,263,699
Kingston-Pembroke 453,735 455,019 455,890 457,138 458,001 459,436
Muskoka-Kawarthas 371,957 374,255 374,487 375,730 376,315 376,898
Toronto 5,534,084 5,626,743 5,727,598 5,829,260 5,929,002 6,037,039
Kitchener-Waterloo-Barrie 1,185,592 1,202,304 1,215,235 1,229,846 1,242,058 1,254,942
Hamilton-Niagara Peninsula 1,376,111 1,386,029 1,391,390 1,399,403 1,408,314 1,417,587
London 630,962 636,148 640,240 644,896 648,265 651,842
Windsor-Sarnia 652,667 653,908 651,463 648,821 646,195 643,467
Stratford-Bruce Peninsula 300,938 301,184 301,057 300,935 300,711 300,510
Northeast 570,994 571,608 570,547 569,719 567,142 564,649
Northwest 246,318 245,026 242,573 241,534 240,971 240,598
Manitoba 1,178,301 1,184,031 1,193,558 1,205,517 1,219,562 1,235,412
Southeast 94,492 95,988 98,448 100,367 102,159 104,134
South Central 55,271 55,978 57,265 58,614 60,345 62,279
Southwest 106,705 106,519 106,276 106,350 106,862 107,561
North Central 48,739 48,604 48,771 49,230 49,420 49,665
Winnipeg 653,472 656,210 661,620 668,467 677,287 687,031
Interlake 88,557 89,115 89,531 89,914 90,400 90,967
Parklands 43,957 43,673 43,242 42,795 42,389 42,031
North 87,108 87,944 88,405 89,780 90,700 91,744
Population at July 1: Part 2
  2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
  number
Saskatchewan 993,579 992,122 1,000,257 1,013,792 1,029,124 1,045,622
Regina-Moose Mountain 276,619 277,064 280,219 284,417 289,933 295,914
Swift Current-Moose Jaw 102,144 100,884 100,605 100,898 101,128 101,404
Saskatoon-Biggar 295,135 296,879 301,355 307,552 314,805 322,339
Yorkton-Melville 85,521 84,379 83,909 84,055 84,067 84,213
Prince Albert 199,660 197,958 199,053 201,167 202,978 205,015
Northern 34,500 34,958 35,116 35,703 36,213 36,737
Alberta 3,322,200 3,421,253 3,512,691 3,591,391 3,670,742 3,720,946
Lethbridge-Medicine Hat 257,928 263,527 270,268 275,068 278,561 280,417
Camrose-Drumheller 191,216 194,246 198,307 200,253 201,719 201,888
Calgary 1,169,568 1,208,916 1,243,376 1,278,071 1,313,771 1,338,241
Banff-Jasper-Rocky Mountain House 84,043 85,494 87,526 89,098 90,315 90,168
Red Deer 175,519 182,069 187,209 190,702 194,345 196,859
Edmonton 1,083,623 1,116,504 1,145,296 1,170,869 1,199,234 1,218,447
Athabasca-Grande Prairie-Peace River 241,850 248,871 254,295 257,306 259,365 259,799
Wood Buffalo-Cold Lake 118,453 121,626 126,414 130,024 133,432 135,127
British Columbia 4,196,788 4,243,580 4,309,632 4,383,860 4,460,292 4,530,961
Vancouver Island and Coast 740,652 747,230 754,854 764,634 773,654 781,534
Lower Mainland-Southwest 2,486,142 2,520,598 2,568,131 2,623,028 2,686,922 2,746,865
Thompson-Okanagan 498,907 504,639 512,654 520,370 524,600 524,161
Kootenay 145,686 145,581 147,007 148,579 149,263 149,741
Cariboo 158,982 159,083 160,070 160,068 158,547 159,658
North Coast 59,978 59,184 58,958 59,167 59,086 59,280
Nechako 40,886 40,473 40,335 40,308 39,994 40,231
Northeast 65,555 66,792 67,623 67,706 68,226 69,491
Yukon 31,904 32,276 32,569 33,116 33,652 34,525
Northwest Territories 43,399 43,198 43,545 43,699 43,673 43,759
Nunavut 30,328 30,799 31,272 31,595 32,194 33,220