1717:
1723:
148:
573:
120:
legislation does not permit the release of personal information until 92 years have elapsed. Detailed information from this census is not due for release until 2038.
104:. These censuses were conducted every ten years from 1906 to 1946, and ceased when the nationwide census switched from decennial (every year ending in 1) to
216:
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611:
578:
644:
960:
620:
1433:
558:
1796:
209:
1760:
1693:
525:
469:
1310:
604:
634:
1786:
494:
473:
520:
530:
202:
111:
The entire population of Canada for 1946 was estimated at 12,292,000, an increase of 1.8% over the previous year.
504:
1753:
1187:
418:
413:
408:
428:
423:
818:
597:
489:
484:
443:
1666:
1172:
839:
639:
1791:
1617:
1143:
955:
499:
438:
433:
294:
289:
284:
254:
249:
244:
1654:
678:
479:
1698:
1521:
1300:
1268:
1220:
1133:
1125:
464:
459:
1688:
1562:
1516:
1475:
1407:
1240:
1230:
1205:
1177:
1075:
1016:
1006:
996:
844:
568:
387:
382:
377:
372:
355:
349:
344:
339:
334:
329:
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319:
314:
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304:
299:
279:
274:
269:
264:
259:
239:
128:
124:
89:
40:
30:
1501:
1453:
1448:
1417:
1371:
1258:
1215:
1195:
1160:
1110:
1105:
1088:
1011:
991:
981:
976:
935:
925:
747:
173:
1680:
1622:
1536:
1526:
1506:
1491:
1465:
1356:
1341:
1295:
1290:
1263:
1200:
1155:
1095:
1001:
950:
940:
904:
865:
860:
823:
800:
788:
783:
773:
742:
695:
663:
656:
1733:
1612:
1607:
1602:
1595:
1590:
1567:
1557:
1552:
1531:
1496:
1470:
1458:
1443:
1412:
1386:
1327:
1322:
1315:
1305:
1210:
1165:
1115:
1083:
986:
945:
909:
690:
685:
546:
1737:
1649:
1639:
1572:
1438:
1381:
1376:
1366:
1283:
1278:
1100:
1050:
1045:
875:
795:
778:
768:
752:
668:
225:
1716:
1634:
1627:
1511:
1391:
1361:
1273:
1253:
1148:
1065:
1060:
1055:
1030:
930:
727:
712:
700:
1661:
1248:
1225:
1138:
870:
717:
707:
552:
116:
1780:
589:
563:
108:(every year ending in 1 or 6) in 1956. This census was conducted as of June 1, 1946.
439:
1861 (Canada East, Canada West, New
Brunswick, Nova Scotia & Prince Edward Is.)
97:
1722:
105:
1644:
673:
101:
93:
85:
194:
651:
434:
1851 (Canada East, Canada West, New
Brunswick & Nova Scotia)
593:
198:
1741:
92:
covering the rapidly expanding
Northwest Provinces of
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1583:
1545:
1484:
1426:
1400:
1349:
1340:
1239:
1186:
1124:
1074:
1038:
1029:
969:
918:
897:
890:
853:
832:
811:
761:
735:
726:
627:
539:
513:
452:
401:
365:
232:
70:
65:
57:
52:
18:
84:was the fifth, and last, of a series of special
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605:
210:
8:
127:and the following census was the nationwide
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1754:
1346:
1035:
894:
732:
612:
598:
590:
217:
203:
195:
149:"Population of Canada and the provinces"
140:
123:The previous census was the nationwide
15:
470:Newfoundland and Labrador (1671–1945)
7:
1712:
1710:
1740:. You can help Knowledge (XXG) by
621:Ethnic origins of people in Canada
14:
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1715:
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495:Prince Edward Is. (1787–1871)
574:Population by municipalities
505:British Columbia (1870–1891)
178:Library and Archives Canada
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1709:
961:Trinidadian and Tobagonian
970:Central and South America
490:New Brunswick (1773–1848)
23:
579:Largest cities by census
1434:Nordic and Scandinavian
559:Census geographic units
485:Nova Scotia (1767–1838)
1797:Canadian history stubs
526:Census of Agriculture
74:12,292,000 (estimate)
500:Manitoba (1827–1856)
90:Government of Canada
82:1946 Canadian census
19:1946 Canadian census
569:Population by years
480:Ontario (1719–1907)
419:1831 (Lower Canada)
414:1825 (Lower Canada)
53:General information
1787:Censuses in Canada
664:Canadian ethnicity
531:Municipal censuses
465:Acadia (1671–1763)
460:Quebec (1640–1880)
429:1842 (Canada West)
424:1842 (Canada East)
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1706:
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1485:Southeast Europe
1347:
1036:
895:
733:
669:French Canadians
614:
607:
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591:
219:
212:
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196:
189:
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71:Total population
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1720:
1714:
1708:
1703:
1671:
1579:
1546:Southern Europe
1541:
1480:
1427:Northern Europe
1422:
1396:
1332:
1235:
1182:
1120:
1070:
1021:
965:
914:
882:
849:
833:Southern Africa
828:
807:
757:
722:
713:Irish Canadians
623:
618:
588:
583:
535:
509:
448:
444:1870 (Manitoba)
397:
361:
228:
223:
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12:
11:
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1778:
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1747:
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1702:
1701:
1696:
1691:
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1587:
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1581:
1580:
1578:
1577:
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1424:
1423:
1421:
1420:
1415:
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1404:
1402:
1401:Eastern Europe
1398:
1397:
1395:
1394:
1389:
1384:
1379:
1374:
1369:
1364:
1359:
1353:
1351:
1350:Central Europe
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1338:
1337:
1334:
1333:
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1203:
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1180:
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984:
979:
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830:
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815:
813:
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808:
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804:
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792:
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739:
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730:
724:
723:
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718:Black Loyalist
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710:
708:Newfoundlander
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1736:article is a
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1730:
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1699:New Zealander
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1039:Central Asia
956:Puerto Rican
762:North Africa
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98:Saskatchewan
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79:
36:June 1, 1946
35:
1522:Montenegrin
1301:Azerbaijani
1269:Palestinian
1221:Singaporean
1134:Bangladeshi
854:West Africa
812:East Africa
474:1921 census
453:Early local
129:1951 census
125:1941 census
1781:Categories
1689:Australian
1563:Portuguese
1517:Macedonian
1476:Lithuanian
1408:Belarusian
1231:Vietnamese
1206:Indonesian
1178:Sri Lankan
1126:South Asia
1017:Venezuelan
1007:Salvadoran
997:Guatemalan
845:Zimbabwean
635:Indigenous
135:References
1655:Québécois
1502:Bulgarian
1454:Norwegian
1449:Icelandic
1418:Ukrainian
1387:Slovenian
1372:Hungarian
1259:Jordanian
1241:West Asia
1216:Malaysian
1196:Cambodian
1161:Pakistani
1111:Taiwanese
1106:Mongolian
1089:Hong Kong
1076:East Asia
1012:Uruguayan
992:Colombian
982:Brazilian
977:Argentine
936:Dominican
926:Barbadian
919:Caribbean
748:Ethiopian
679:Québécois
183:3 October
114:Canada's
1694:Hawaiian
1645:Acadians
1623:Scottish
1537:Yugoslav
1527:Romanian
1507:Croatian
1492:Albanian
1466:Estonian
1357:Austrian
1296:Assyrian
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