The 1976 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population. Census day was June 1, 1976. On that day, Statistics Canada attempted to count every person in Canada. The total population count of Canada was 22,992,604. This was a 6.6% increase over the 1971 census of 21,568,311.
The previous census was the 1971 census and the following census was in 1981 census.
Canada by the numbers A summary of information about Canada.
Total population 22,992,604 Dwellings 7,166,095 Men 11,449,525 Women 11,543,075
Population by province Rank Province or territory Population as of1976 census Population as of1971 census Change Percentchange 1Ontario 8,264,465 7,703,106 561,359 7.3 2Quebec 6,234,445 6,027,764 206,681 3.4 3British Columbia 2,466,608 2,184,621 281,987 12.9 4Alberta 1,838,037 1,627,874 210,163 12.9 5Manitoba 1,021,506 988,247 33,259 3.4 6Saskatchewan 921,323 926,242 −4,919 −0.5 7Nova Scotia 828,571 788,960 39,611 5.0 8New Brunswick 677,250 634,557 42,693 6.7 9Newfoundland and Labrador 557,725 522,104 35,621 6.8 10Prince Edward Island 118,229 111,641 6,588 5.9 11Northwest Territories 42,609 34,807 7,802 22.4 12Yukon 21,836 18,388 3,448 18.8 Canada 22,992,604 21,568,311 1,424,293 6.6
See also Population and housing censuses by country References