Canada, Province and Territory growth rates over 50 years

	Canada	New- found- land and Labrador	Prince Edward Island	Nova Scotia	New Bruns- wick	Quebec	Ontario	Man- itoba	Saskat- chewan	Alberta	British Columbia	Yukon	Northwest Territories	Nunavut
1951-1956	14.8%	14.8%	0.9%	8.1%	7.5%	14.1%	17.6%	9.5%	5.9%	19.5%	20.0%	34.0%	20.7%
1956-1961	13.4%	10.3%	5.4%	6.1%	7.8%	13.6%	15.4%	8.4%	5.1%	18.6%	16.5%	20.0%	19.1%
1961-1966	9.7%	7.8%	3.7%	2.6%	3.2%	9.9%	11.6%	4.5%	3.3%	9.9%	15.0%	-1.7%	25.0%
1966-1971	7.8%	5.8%	2.9%	4.4%	2.9%	4.3%	10.7%	2.6%	-3.0%	11.3%	16.6%	27.9%	21.1%
1971-1976	6.6%	6.8%	5.9%	5.0%	6.7%	3.4%	7.3%	3.4%	-0.5%	12.9%	12.9%	18.7%	22.4%
1976-1981	5.9%	1.8%	3.6%	2.3%	2.8%	3.3%	4.4%	0.5%	5.1%	21.7%	11.3%	6.0%	7.3%
1981-1986	4.0%	0.1%	3.4%	3.0%	1.9%	1.5%	5.5%	3.6%	4.3%	5.7%	5.1%	1.5%	14.2%
1986-1991	7.9%	0.0%	2.5%	3.1%	2.0%	5.6%	10.8%	2.7%	-2.0%	7.6%	13.8%	18.3%	10.4%
1991-1996	5.7%	-2.9%	3.7%	1.0%	2.0%	3.5%	6.6%	2.0%	0.1%	5.9%	13.5%	10.7%	9.0%	16.4%
1996-2001	4.0%	-7.0%	0.5%	-0.1%	-1.2%	1.4%	6.1%	0.5%	-1.1%	10.3%	4.9%	-6.8%	-5.8%	8.1%

Note: The 1986-1991 Northwest Territory growth rate is calculated including Nunavut in both 1986 and 1991.

Population of Canada, Provinces and Territories over 50 years
(000's)

	Canada	New- found- land and Labrador	Prince Edward Island	Nova Scotia	New Bruns- wick	Quebec	Ontario	Man- itoba	Saskat- chewan	Alberta	British Columbia	Yukon	Northwest Territories	Nunavut
1951	14,009	361	98	643	516	4,056	4,598	777	832	940	1,165	9	16
1956	16,081	415	99	695	555	4,628	5,405	850	881	1,123	1,398	12	19
1961	18,238	458	105	737	598	5,259	6,236	922	925	1,332	1,629	15	23
1966	20,015	493	109	756	617	5,781	6,961	963	955	1,463	1,874	14	29
1971	21,568	522	112	789	635	6,028	7,703	988	926	1,628	2,185	18	35
1976	22,993	558	118	829	677	6,234	8,264	1,022	921	1,838	2,467	22	43
1981	24,343	568	123	847	696	6,438	8,625	1,026	968	2,238	2,744	23	46
1986	25,309	568	127	873	709	6,532	9,102	1,063	1,010	2,366	2,883	24	52
1991	27,297	568	130	900	724	6,896	10,085	1,092	989	2,546	3,282	28	36	21
1996	28,847	552	135	909	738	7,139	10,754	1,114	990	2,697	3,725	31	40	25
2001	30,007	513	135	908	729	7,237	11,410	1,120	979	2,975	3,908	29	37	27

Note: In this table Nunavut is included in the Northwest Territories up to 1986.