Census highlights
Canada’s population as of May 2011 was 33,476,688.
Population grew by 5.9% between 2006 and May 2011.
The greatest growth rate among all provinces/territories was Saskatchewan
For the first time Saskatchewan’s population exceeded 1 million.
Between 2006 and 2011 every province experienced positive growth.
The country’s fastest-growing city was Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatoon and Kelowna, B.C. since 2006.
Population decline was Windsor and Thunder Bay, both in Ontario.
10 of the fastest growing census agglomerations (communities or groups of communities between 50,000 and 100,000 people) were in Alberta.
The largest decrease in population was Thunder Bay, Ont. losing 10.3 per cent.
Urban centres grew to more than 10,000 people and became census agglomerations was: Steinbach, Manitoba, High River, Strathmore and Sylvan Lake and Lacombe — all in Alberta.
15 fastest growing metropolitan areas
Calgary: 1,214,839, 12.6% increase
Edmonton: 1,159,869, a 12.1% increase
Saskatoon: 260,600, an 11.4% increase
Kelowna, B.C.: 179,839, a 10.8% increase
Moncton, N.B.: 138,644, a 9.7% increase
Vancouver: 2,313,328, a 9.3% increase
Toronto: 5,580,064, a 9.2% increase
Ottawa-Gatineau: 1,236,324, a 9.1% increase
St. John’s: 196,966, an 8.8% increase
Brantford, Ont.: 135,501, an 8.7% increase
Regina: 210,556, an 8.0% increase
Oshawa, Ont.: 356,177, a 7.7% increase
Abbotsford-Mission, B.C.: 170,191, a 7.0% increase
Quebec City: 765,706, a 6.5% increase
Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo, Ont.: 477,160, a 5.7% increase
Source: National Post
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