This article is about the demographic features of the population of Canada, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

Provinces and territories

Cities

Age structure

(2006 Census)

Median age

• total: 39.5 years

• *male: 38.6 years

• *female: 40.4 years (2006)

Median age by province and territory, 2006 Census

• 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

Total: 39.5

Population growth rates

Population by province and territory, 2006 and 2001 censuses, 5 year real population growth/decline, percentage population change from 2001 to 2006 and each jurisdiction's percent population of the total population of Canada as of the 2006 Census
(sorted by real population growth (or decline) descending)

Derived from: Statistics Canada - (table)
Last modified (by source): N/A
Compiled/added to Wikipedia: 2007-07-22

Vital statistics

Birth rate: 10.28 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Death rate: 7.74 deaths/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Net migration rate: 5.63 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Sex ratio:

• at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female

• under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female

• 15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female

• 65 years and over: 0.78 male(s)/female

• total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 5.04 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

• total population: 81.23 years

• male: 78.69 years

• female: 83.91 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.58 children born/woman (2009 est.)

Ethnicity

Nationality:

• noun: Canadian(s)

• adjective: Canadian

thumb|A map indicating the largest reported ethnic identity by province or territory

Ethnic origin

Canadians were able to self-identify one or more ethnic origins in the 2001 census. It should be noted that percentages may therefore add up to more than 100%. The most common response was 'Canadian'. Since the term 'Canadian' is as much an expression of citizenship as of ethnicity, these figures should not be considered an exact record of the relative prevalence of different ethnocultural ancestries.
Single responses: 22.77% of respondents gave a single response of 'Canadian', while a further 16.65% identified with both 'Canadian', and one or more other ancestries. 4.99% of respondents gave a single response of English, 3.58% gave a single response of French, 3.16% gave a single response of Chinese, 2.45% gave a single response of Italian, 2.38% gave a single response of German, 2.05% gave a single response of Scottish, 1.96% gave a single response of East Indian, 1.68% gave a single response of Irish, 1.54% gave a single response of North American Indian, 1.10% gave a single response of Ukrainian and 1.07% gave a single response of Dutch (Netherlands).
Multiple responses: Counting both single and multiple responses, the most commonly identified ethnic origins were (2006):


The same data is also grouped more geographically by Statistics Canada as follows:


Percentages are calculated as a proportion of the total number of respondents (29,639,035 in 2001) and may total more than 100% due to dual responses.
All ethnocultural ancestries with more than 56,000 responses are listed in the table above according to the exact terminology used by Statistics Canada.

Visible minorities

1996 http://www.statcan.gc.ca/c1996-r1996/feb17-17fev/vm-mv-can-eng.htm

2001 http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/products/highlight/Ethnicity/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo=PR&Code=0&View=1&Table=1&StartRec=1&Sort=2&B1=Counts

2006 http://www.recensement2006.ca/english/census06/data/highlights/ethnic/pages/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo=PR&Code=01&Table=1&Data=Count&StartRec=1&Sort=2&Display=Page

Aboriginal status

The 2006 census counted a total Canadian Aboriginal population of 1,172,790 (3.75%) which includes 698,025 First Nations (2.23%), 389,785 Métis (1.25%), and 50,480 Inuit (0.16%). Percentages are calculated as a proportion of the total number of respondents (31,241,030)

Religions

Sources: Statistics Canada

Note(s):

• Roman and Old Catholic includes Roman Catholic, Eastern Catholic, Polish National Catholic Church, and Old Catholic

• Other Religions also includes Bahá'í Faith, Eckankar, Jainism, Shinto, Taoism, Zoroastrianism, Aboriginal belief systems, Neo-Paganism, Wicca, Unity - New Thought - Pantheist, Scientology, Rastafari movement, New Age, Gnostic, Satanism, et cetera

• No Religion includes Atheism, Agnosticism, Humanism, et cetera

However, a more recent research in the year 2005 indicates that the non-religious group has risen significantly. , an Associate Professor of Sociology at Pitzer College writes of several academic sources who have in recent years placed atheism rates in Canada between 19% and 30%.

Languages

Language used most often at work:

• English: 78.3%

• French: 21.7%

• Non-official languages: 2.0%

Languages by mothertongue:

• English: 58.2%

• French: 21.7%

• Non-official languages: 19.0%

:*Chinese: 3.1%

:*Italian: 1.4%

:*German 1.2%

:*Spanish: 1.2%

:*Punjabi: 1.1%

:*Tagalog: 0.9%

:*Tamil: 0.8%

Literacy

• definition: age 15 and over can read and write

• total population: 99% (2003 est.)

• male: 99%

• female:'' 99%

Education expenditures

• 5.2% of total GDP (2002)

City populations

• As of 2006, Canada's 13 largest cities (metro areas) have a combined population of 17,885,000

• Canada has 100 cities with 45,000 inhabitants or more for a combined population of 20,687,000

• Canada has 230 cities with 15,000 inhabitants or more

See also

• Immigration to Canada

• Canada 2006 Census

• Canada 2001 Census

• Aboriginal peoples in Canada

• Religion in Canada

• List of Canadian provinces and territories by population

• Demographics of British Columbia

• Demographics of Ontario

• Places in Canada with notable demographic characteristics

• List of population of Canada by years