Canada’s population has steadily increased over the past 150 years due to immigration and a higher birth rate than death rate. The population is expected to continue growing at a slower rate. Census data shows a population of 33.3 million in 2011 and a projected 35.4 million in 2021.
Canada’s population has continued to increase over the past 150 years. Currently, the Canadian census is conducted every five years, but we have published historical populations at the beginning of each decade dating back to 1861. Population in Canada is expected to continue to grow, but at a slower rate, as projections for 2011 show and 2021.
Canada’s population growth is attributable to immigration and the birth rate exceeding the death rate. In the last census, for example, the difference between birth and death rates (natural increase) was 653,000 and the difference between immigration and emigration (net international migration) was 781,000. These two factors combined for an increase of nearly 1.5 million new Canadian residents between 1996 and 2001.
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population
2021
35,382,000
2011
33,362,000
2001
31,111,000
1991
28,031,000
1981
24,820,000
1971
21,568,000
1961
18,238,000
1951
13,648,000
1941
11,507,000
1931
10,377,000
1921
8,788,000
1911
7,207,000
1901
5,371,000
1891
4,833,000
1881
4,325,000
1871
3,689,000
1861
3,230,000
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