Demographics of Canada

Population of Canada: 32,320,000 (October 2005 est.); 30,007,894 (2001 Census)

Age structure

(2001 Census)

	Males		Females
Age Group	Number	Per cent	Number	Per cent
0-4	868,075	2.9%	828,210	2.8%
5-9	1,011,460	3.4%	964,675	3.2%
10-14	1,051,450	3.5%	1,001,665	3.3%
15-19	1,052,145	3.5%	1,001,180	3.3%
20-24	982,280	3.3%	973,530	3.2%
25-29	935,510	3.1%	962,685	3.2%
30-34	1,041,255	3.5%	1,065,490	3.6%
35-39	1,245,000	4.1%	1,277,855	4.3%
40-44	1,271,725	4.2%	1,307,040	4.4%
45-49	1,151,155	3.8%	1,182,380	3.9%
50-54	1,033,365	3.4%	1,052,395	3.5%
55-59	789,205	2.6%	805,030	2.7%
60-64	621,570	2.1%	652,215	2.2%
65-69	543,825	1.8%	589,800	2.0%
70-74	461,785	1.5%	547,430	1.8%
75-79	338,820	1.1%	474,850	1.6%
80-84	192,645	0.6%	323,490	1.1%
85+	125,580	0.4%	290,325	1.0%
Totals	14,716,850	49.0%	15,300,245	51.0%

Median age

total: 37.8 years
- male: 36.9 years
- female: 38.8 years (2002)

Median age by province and territory, 2001 Census

CANADA: 37.6

Population growth rates

Canada: 0.94% (2003 est.)

5-year Change (1996-2001) by province and territory

Alberta: 10.3%
Nunavut: 8.1%
Ontario: 6.1%
British Columbia: 4.9%
Quebec: 1.4%
Manitoba: 0.5%
Prince Edward Island: 0.5%
Nova Scotia: -0.1%
Saskatchewan: -1.1%
New Brunswick: -1.2%
Northwest Territories: -5.8%
Yukon: -6.8%
Newfoundland and Labrador: -7.0%

Vital statistics

Birth rate: 10.99 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)

Death rate: 7.61 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)

Net migration rate: 6.01 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.)

Sex ratio:

at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.74 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2003 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 4.88 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population: 79.83 years
male: 76.44 years
female: 83.38 years (2003 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.61 children born/woman (2003 est.)

Ethnicity

Nationality:

noun: Canadian(s)

adjective: Canadian

Ethnic groups

Note: Respondents to the 2001 Canadian Survey were free to fill in any ethnic group that applied, thus many people belong to more than one group, and the percentages from each ethnicity do not add up to 100% overall. However the most popular choice was "Canadian", and this may mean that the other figures are not reliable as a record of the relative prevalence of the various ancestries represented by the other choices. Source: Statistics Canada 2001 Census

Canadian (39.42%)
English (20.17%)
French (15.75%)
Scottish (14.03%)
Irish (12.90%)
German (9.25%)
Italian (4.29%)
Chinese (3.69%)
Ukrainian (3.61%)
First Nations (3.38%)
Dutch (3.12%)
Polish (2.76%)
East Indian (2.41%)
Black African (2.23%)
Norwegian (1.23%)
Portuguese (1.21%)
Welsh(1.18%)
Jewish (1.18%)
Russian (1.14%)
Filipino (1.11%)
Métis (1.04%)
Swedish (0.95%)
Hungarian (0.90%)

Visible minorities

Note that Aboriginal peoples are not considered visible minorities.

	Population	Per cent of population
Chinese	1,029,395	3.5%
South Asian	917,075	3.1%
Black	662,210	2.2%
Filipino	308,575	1.0%
Latin American	216,975	0.7%
Southeast Asian	198,880	0.7%
Arab	194,680	0.7%
West Asian	109,285	0.4%
Korean	100,660	0.3%
Japanese	73,315	0.2%
Visible minority, n.i.e.	98,920	0.3%
Multiple visible minorities	73,875	0.2%
Total visible minority population	3,983,845	13.4%
Source: Statistics Canada, 2001 Census, 97F0010XCB2001002

Religions

**Top Self-Identified Religious Affiliations in Canada**
	Number	%	Number	%	% change (in numbers)
	1991		2001		% change (in numbers)
Christian		81		73
- Roman Catholic	12,203,625	45.2	12,793,125	43.2	+4.8
- Christian Orthodox	387,395	1.4	479,620	1.6	+23.8
- Total Other Christian	9,427,675	34.9	8,654,845	29.2	-8.2
- United Church of Canada	3,093,120	11.3	2,839,125	9.5	-8.2
- Anglican Church of Canada	2,188,110	8.0	2,035,495	6.8	-7.0
- Baptist	663,360	2.4	729,475	2.4	+10.0
- Lutheran	636,205	2.3	606,590	2.0	-4.7
- Presbyterian	636,295	2.3	409,830	1.4	-35.6
- Pentecostal	436,435	1.6	369,475	1.2	-15.3
- Mennonite	207,970	0.8	191,465	0.6	-7.9
- Jehovah's Witnesses	168,375	0.6	154,745	0.5	-8.1
- Mormon	100,770	0.4	104,750	0.3	+3.9
- Salvation Army	112,345	0.4	87,785	0.3	-21.9
- Christian Reformed Church in North America	84,685	0.3	76,665	0.3	-9.5
- Evangelical Missionary Church of Canada	44,935	0.2	66,705	0.2	+48.4
- Christian and Missionary Alliance	59,365	0.2	66,280	0.2	+11.9
- Adventists	52,365	0.2	62,875	0.2	+20.1
- Christian, not included elsewhere¹	353,040	1.3	780,450	2.6	+121.1
No religion	3,333,245	12.3	4,796,325	16.2	+43.9
Other
- Muslim	253,265	0.9	579,640	2.0	+128.9
- Jewish	318,185	1.2	329,995	1.1	+3.7
- Buddhist	163,415	0.6	300,345	1.0	+83.8
- Hindu	157,015	0.6	297,200	1.0	+89.3
- Sikh	147,440	0.5	278,415	0.9	+88.8
¹ Includes persons who report only “Christian”, only "Protestant", and those in denominations less than 60,000 * For comparability purposes, 1991 data are presented according to 2001 boundaries.

Source:

http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/Products/Analytic/companion/rel/contents.cfm

Notes:

Catholic includes Roman Catholic, Eastern Catholic, Polish National Catholic Church, and Old Catholic
Other Religions also includes Bahá'í, Eckankar, Jainism, Shinto, Taoism, Zoroastrianism, Aboriginal belief systems, Neo-Paganism, Wicca, Unity - New Thought - Pantheist, Scientology, Rastafari movement, New Age, Gnostic, Satanism, etc.)
No Religion includes Atheism, Agnosticism, Humanism, Darwinism, et cetera

Languages

Main article: Language in Canada

English 59.3% (official),
French 23.2% (official),
Italian 1.6%,
German 1.5%,
Cantonese 1.1%

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99% (2003 est.)
male: 99%
female: 99%

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