Canadian Population

As of July 2009, Stats Canada reports our population as 33,789,859. Canada's population is not evenly distributed across the country, as shown below.

• Ontario 38.7% of the total population
• Quebec 23.2%
• British Columbia 13.2%
• Alberta 10.9%
• Manitoba 3.6%
• Saskatchewan 3.1%
• Nova Scotia 2.8%
• New Brunswick 2.2%
• Newfoundland & Labrador 1.8%
• Prince Edward Island 0.4%
• The Yukon 0.1%
• Northwest Territories 0.1%
• Nunavut 0.1%

Canada`s Population Clock   updated in real time 

The ten largest cities in Canada:

1. Toronto, Ontario
2. Montreal, Quebec
3. Calgary, Alberta
4. Ottawa, Ontario
5. Edmonton, Alberta
6. Mississauga, Ontario
7. Winnipeg, Manitoba
8. Vancouver, British Columbia
9. Hamilton, Ontario
10. Quebec City, Quebec

The median (average) age by province and territory, 2006

• Nova Scotia: 41.8
• Newfoundland and Labrador: 41.7
• New Brunswick: 41.5
• Quebec: 41.0
• British Columbia: 40.8
• Prince Edward Island: 40.8
• Ontario: 39.0
• Saskatchewan: 38.7
• Yukon: 38.4
• Manitoba: 38.1
• Alberta: 36.0
• Northwest Territories: 31.2
• Nunavut: 23.1

As you can see on the map below, the majority of the Canadian population is found in the southern portion of the country. The black area, which makes up the largest area on the map, is listed as Sparsely Populated, at less than 0.4 persons per square kilometre.

The two largest provinces, Ontario and Quebec, have the majority of their population within a few hundred miles of the USA border. The population in the three western provinces spreads much further north, as the topography is grasslands, aspen parkland and mountain valleys.

Click the map below from Stats Canada for a large, scrollable version on their website.