Population Trends

During the twentieth century, growth rates in Canada rose and fell at different times. The Great Depression of the 1930s and the post-industrial period during the last three decades of the century witnessed rates of growth as low as 1% (birth rates were 20 per 1,000 Canadians in 1937). Conversely, during the Baby Boom (1947-1966) following the Second World War (1939-1945), they increased markedly, reaching a high of 28 per 1,000 in 1959. Because of the Baby Boom during that twenty-year period (1947-1966), each age group through which the Baby Boom generation passes will increase is size until the year 2031. The current birth rate is about 12 per 1,000 population.

Population of Canada by Province and Territory (1999)
Total Population	30,491,294	100.0%
Alberta	2,964,689	9.7%
British Columbia	4,023,100	13.2%
Manitoba	1,143,509	3.7%
New Brunswick	754,969	2.5%
Newfoundland	541,000	1.8%
Nova Scotia	939,791	3.1%
Northwest Territories	41,606	0.1%
Nunavut	27,039	0.1%
Ontario	11,513,808	37.8%
Prince Edward Island	137,980	0.5%
Québec	7,345,390	24.1%
Saskatchewan	1,027,780	3.4%
Yukon Territory	30,633	0.1%