The 1991 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population. Census day was June 4, 1991. On that day, Statistics Canada attempted to count every person in Canada. The total population count of Canada was 27,296,859. This was a 7.9% increase over the 1986 census of 25,309,331.

The previous census was the 1986 census and the following census was in 1996 census.

Canada by the numbers

A summary of information about Canada.

Total population27,296,859
Dwellings10,018,270
Men13,454,580
Women13,842,280
Average earnings$24,329

Population by province

RankProvince or territoryPopulation as of 1991 censusPopulation as of 1986 censusChangePercent change
1Ontario10,084,8859,101,694983,19110.8
2Quebec6,895,9636,532,461363,5025.6
3British Columbia3,282,0612,883,367398,69413.8
4Alberta2,545,5532,365,825179,7287.6
5Manitoba1,091,9421,063,01628,9262.7
6Saskatchewan988,9281,009,613-20,685-2.0
7Nova Scotia899,942873,17626,7663.1
8New Brunswick723,900709,44214,4582.0
9Newfoundland and Labrador568,474568,3491250.0
10Prince Edward Island129,765126,6463,1192.5
11Northwest Territories57,64952,2385,41110.4
12Yukon27,79723,5044,29318.3
Canada27,296,85925,309,3311,987,5287.9

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