1971 Canadian census

1971 Canadian census
June 1, 1971
General information
Country	Canada
Results
Total population	21,568,311 (7.8)
Most populous ​province/territory	Ontario (7,703,106)
Least populous ​province/territory	Yukon (18,388)

The 1971 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population. Census day was June 1, 1971. On that day, Statistics Canada attempted to count every person in Canada. The total population count was 21,568,311. This was a 7.8% increase over the 1966 Census of 20,014,880.

This census was the first time Statistics Canada made the census as the Dominion Bureau of Statistics changed its name on August 3, 1971 due to the Statistics Act on May 1, 1970. It one of the reasons it did this is because the word Dominion cannot be well translated into French.

Canada by the numbers

A summary of information about Canada.

Total population	21,568,311
Dwellings	6,034,508
Men	10,795,369
Women	10,772,942

Population by province

The population of each province in Canada

Rank	Province or territory	Population as of 1971 census	Population as of 1966 census	Change	Percent change
1	Ontario	7,703,106	6,960,870	742,236	9.6
2	Quebec	6,027,764	5,780,845	246,919	4.0
3	British Columbia	2,184,621	1,873,674	310,947	14.2
4	Alberta	1,627,874	1,463,203	164,671	10.1
5	Manitoba	988,247	963,066	25,181	2.5
6	Saskatchewan	926,242	955,344	-29,102	-3.0
7	Nova Scotia	788,960	756,039	32,921	4.2
8	New Brunswick	634,557	616,788	17,769	2.8
9	Newfoundland	522,104	493,396	28,708	5.5
10	Prince Edward Island	111,641	108,535	3,106	2.8
11	Northwest Territories	34,807	28,738	6,069	17.4
12	Yukon	18,388	14,382	4,006	21.7
	Canada	21,568,311	20,014,880	1,553,431	7.2

Mother tongue

Population by mother tongue:

Mother tongue	Population
English	12,973,810
French	5,793,650
German	561,085
Italian	538,360
Ukrainian	309,855
Other	1,391,551