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class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above">1996 Canadian census</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="line-height:130%;"><hr /> <table style="width:100%; margin:1px; display:inline-table;"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle; padding:0 0.5em 0 0;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/1991_Canadian_census" title="1991 Canadian census">1991</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 1px;" class=""><b>May 14, 1996</b></td> <td style="text-align:right; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 0 0 0.5em;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/2001_Canadian_census" title="2001 Canadian census">2001</a> →</td> </tr></tbody></table> <hr /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Statistics_Canada_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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class="infobox-data">28,846,761 (<span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 5.7%)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Most<span class="nowrap"> </span>populous<span class="nowrap"> </span><wbr />province/territory</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a> (10,753,573)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Least<span class="nowrap"> </span>populous<span class="nowrap"> </span><wbr />province/territory</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Yukon" title="Yukon">Yukon</a> (30,766)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>1996 Canadian census</b> was a detailed enumeration of the <a href="/wiki/Canadians" title="Canadians">Canadian</a> population. Census day was May 14, 1996. On that day, <a href="/wiki/Statistics_Canada" title="Statistics Canada">Statistics Canada</a> attempted to count every person in Canada. The total population count of Canada was 28,846,761.<sup id="cite_ref-dwelling_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dwelling-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was a 5.7% increase over the 1991 census of 27,296,859.<sup id="cite_ref-dwelling_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dwelling-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The previous census was the <a href="/wiki/1991_Canadian_census" title="1991 Canadian census">1991 census</a> and the following census was in <a href="/wiki/2001_Canadian_census" title="2001 Canadian census">2001 census</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Canada_by_the_numbers">Canada by the numbers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1996_Canadian_census&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Canada by the numbers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A summary of information about Canada. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Total population</th> <th>28,846,761 </th></tr> <tr> <td>Dwellings</td> <td>10,899,427 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Men</td> <td>14,170,025 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Women</td> <td>14,676,735 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Median age</td> <td>35.3 years </td></tr> <tr> <td>Average earnings</td> <td>$26,474 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Population_by_province">Population by province</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1996_Canadian_census&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Population by province"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align: right;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="text-align: center;">Rank </th> <th style="text-align: center;">Province or territory </th> <th style="text-align: center;" data-sort-type="number">Population as of<br />1996 census </th> <th style="text-align: center;" data-sort-type="number">Population as of<br />1991 census </th> <th style="text-align: center;" data-sort-type="number">Change </th> <th style="text-align: center;" data-sort-type="number">Percent<br />change </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a> </td> <td>10,753,573 </td> <td>10,084,885 </td> <td>668,688 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td>6.6 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Quebec" title="Quebec">Quebec</a> </td> <td>7,138,795 </td> <td>6,895,963 </td> <td>242,832 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td>3.5 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/British_Columbia" title="British Columbia">British Columbia</a> </td> <td>3,724,500 </td> <td>3,282,061 </td> <td>442,439 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td>13.5 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Alberta" title="Alberta">Alberta</a> </td> <td>2,696,826 </td> <td>2,545,553 </td> <td>151,273 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td>5.9 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Manitoba" title="Manitoba">Manitoba</a> </td> <td>1,113,898 </td> <td>1,091,942 </td> <td>21,956 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td>2.0 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Saskatchewan" title="Saskatchewan">Saskatchewan</a> </td> <td>990,237 </td> <td>988,928 </td> <td>2,969 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td>0.1 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </td> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Nova_Scotia" title="Nova Scotia">Nova Scotia</a> </td> <td>909,282 </td> <td>899,942 </td> <td>9,340 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td>1.0 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 </td> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/New_Brunswick" title="New Brunswick">New Brunswick</a> </td> <td>738,133 </td> <td>723,900 </td> <td>14,233 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td>2.0 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 </td> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Newfoundland_and_Labrador" title="Newfoundland and Labrador">Newfoundland and Labrador</a> </td> <td>551,792 </td> <td>568,474 </td> <td>-16,682 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td>-2.9 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 </td> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Prince_Edward_Island" title="Prince Edward Island">Prince Edward Island</a> </td> <td>134,557 </td> <td>129,765 </td> <td>4,792 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td>3.7 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>11 </td> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Northwest_Territories" title="Northwest Territories">Northwest Territories</a> </td> <td>64,402 </td> <td>57,649 </td> <td>6,753 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td>11.7 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>12 </td> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Yukon" title="Yukon">Yukon</a> </td> <td>30,766 </td> <td>27,797 </td> <td>2,969 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td>10.7 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th> </th> <th style="text-align: left;">Canada </th> <th>28,846,761 </th> <th>27,296,859 </th> <th>1,549,902 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </th> <th>5.7 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1996_Canadian_census&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mother_tongue">Mother tongue</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1996_Canadian_census&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Mother tongue"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Population by <a href="/wiki/Mother_tongue" class="mw-redirect" title="Mother tongue">mother tongue</a> of Canada's official languages: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Mother tongue</th> <th>Population </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a></td> <td>16,890,615 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a></td> <td>6,636,660 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bilingual" class="mw-redirect" title="Bilingual">Bilingual</a></td> <td>107,945 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Other</td> <td>4,598,290 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Aboriginal_peoples">Aboriginal peoples</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1996_Canadian_census&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Aboriginal peoples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Population of <a href="/wiki/Aboriginal_peoples_in_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Aboriginal peoples in Canada">Aboriginal peoples in Canada</a>: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td>Aboriginal Population</td> <td>799,010 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/First_Nations_of_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="First Nations of Canada">North American Indian</a></td> <td>529,035 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/M%C3%A9tis_people_(Canada)" class="mw-redirect" title="Métis people (Canada)">Metis</a></td> <td>204,115 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Inuit" title="Inuit">Inuit</a></td> <td>40,225 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ethnic_origin">Ethnic origin</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1996_Canadian_census&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Ethnic origin"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Canadians_by_ethnicity" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Canadians by ethnicity">List of Canadians by ethnicity</a></div> <p>Population by <a href="/wiki/Ethnic_origin" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethnic origin">ethnic origin</a>. Only those origins with more than 250,000 respondents are included here. This is based entirely on self reporting. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Ethnic origins</th> <th>Total responses</th> <th>Single responses</th> <th>Multiple responses 2 </th></tr> <tr> <td>Total population</td> <td>28,528,125</td> <td>18,303,625</td> <td>10,224,495 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Canadian_ethnicity" title="Canadian ethnicity">Canadian</a></td> <td>8,806,275</td> <td>5,326,995</td> <td>3,479,285 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/English-Canadian" class="mw-redirect" title="English-Canadian">English</a></td> <td>6,832,095</td> <td>2,048,275</td> <td>4,783,820 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/French_Canadian" class="mw-redirect" title="French Canadian">French</a></td> <td>5,597,845</td> <td>2,665,250</td> <td>2,932,595 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Scottish-Canadian" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish-Canadian">Scottish</a></td> <td>4,260,840</td> <td>642,970</td> <td>3,617,870 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Irish_Canadian" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish Canadian">Irish</a></td> <td>3,767,610</td> <td>504,030</td> <td>3,263,580 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/German-Canadian" class="mw-redirect" title="German-Canadian">German</a></td> <td>2,757,140</td> <td>726,145</td> <td>2,030,990 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Italian-Canadian" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian-Canadian">Italian</a></td> <td>1,207,475</td> <td>729,455</td> <td>478,025 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/First_Nations_in_Canada" title="First Nations in Canada">North American Indian</a></td> <td>1,101,955</td> <td>477,630</td> <td>624,330 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Canadian" class="mw-redirect" title="Ukrainian Canadian">Ukrainian</a></td> <td>1,026,475</td> <td>331,680</td> <td>694,790 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Canadian" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinese Canadian">Chinese</a></td> <td>921,585</td> <td>800,470</td> <td>121,115 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Canadians" title="Dutch 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href="/wiki/1961_Canadian_census" title="1961 Canadian census">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_Canadian_census" title="1966 Canadian census">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_Canadian_census" title="1971 Canadian census">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Canadian_census" title="1976 Canadian census">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_Canadian_census" title="1981 Canadian census">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_Canadian_census" title="1986 Canadian census">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Canadian_census" title="1991 Canadian census">1991</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Canadian_census" title="2001 Canadian census">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Canadian_census" title="2006 Canadian census">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Canadian_census" title="2011 Canadian census">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Canadian_census" title="2016 Canadian census">2016</a></li> <li><a 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1666_census_of_New_France" title="1666 census of New France">1666 (New France)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1825_census_of_Lower_Canada&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1825 census of Lower Canada (page does not exist)">1825 (Lower Canada)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1831_census_of_Lower_Canada&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1831 census of Lower Canada (page does not exist)">1831 (Lower Canada)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1842_census_of_Canada_East&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1842 census of Canada East (page does not exist)">1842 (Canada East)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1842_census_of_Canada_West&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1842 census of Canada West (page does not exist)">1842 (Canada West)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1851_Canadian_census&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1851 Canadian census (page does not 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Canadians">Zimbabwean</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">West Africa</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ghanaian_Canadians" title="Ghanaian Canadians">Ghanaian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nigerian_Canadians" title="Nigerian Canadians">Nigerian</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Igbo_Canadians" title="Igbo Canadians">Igbo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoruba_Canadians" title="Yoruba Canadians">Yoruba</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Americas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/West_Asian_Canadians" title="West Asian Canadians">Central Asia</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Afghan_Canadians" title="Afghan Canadians">Afghan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazakh_Canadians" title="Kazakh Canadians">Kazakh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tajik_Canadians" title="Tajik Canadians">Tajik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tatar_Canadians" title="Tatar Canadians">Tatar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uzbek_Canadians" title="Uzbek Canadians">Uzbek</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/East_Asian_Canadians" title="East Asian Canadians">East Asia</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 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