User:Auric/Canada 1951 Census

The Canada 1951 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population. Census day was ?, 1951. On that day, Statistics Canada attempted to count every person in Canada. The total population count of Canada was 14,009,429. This was a ?% increase over the 1941 Census of 11,506,655.

The following census was the 1956 Census.

Canada by the numbers

A summary of information about Canada.

Total Population	14,009,429
Dwellings
Men
Women
Median age	- years
Average earnings	$-

Population by province

Province	1951 Census	1956 Census	% Change
Newfoundland	361,416	415,074
Prince Edward Island	98,429	99,285
Nova Scotia	642,584	694,717
New Brunswick	515,697	554,616
Quebec	4,055,681	4,628,378
Ontario	4,597,542	5,404,933
Manitoba	776,541	850,040
Saskatchewan	831,728	880,665
Alberta	939,501	1,123,116
British Columbia	1,165,210	1,398,464
Yukon	9,096	12,190
Northwest Territories	16,004	19,313

Demographics

Mother tongue

Population by mother tongue of Canada's official languages:

Mother tongue	Population
English	16,890,615
French	6,636,660
Bilingual	107,945
Other	4,598,290

Indigenous peoples

Population of Indigenous peoples in Canada:

Aboriginal Population	799,010
North American Indian	529,035
Metis	204,115
Inuit	40,225

Ethnic origin

Main article: Ethnic origins of people in Canada

Population by ethnic origin. Only those origins with more than 250,000 respondents are included here. This is based entirely on self reporting.

Ethnic origins	Total responses	Single responses	Multiple responses 2
Total population	28,528,125	18,303,625	10,224,495
Canadians	8,806,275	5,326,995	3,479,285
English	6,832,095	2,048,275	4,783,820
French	5,597,845	2,665,250	2,932,595
Scottish	4,260,840	642,970	3,617,870
Irish	3,767,610	504,030	3,263,580
German	2,757,140	726,145	2,030,990
Italian	1,207,475	729,455	478,025
North American Indian	1,101,955	477,630	624,330
Ukrainian	1,026,475	331,680	694,790
Chinese	921,585	800,470	121,115
Dutch (Netherlands)	916,215	313,880	602,335
Polish	786,735	265,930	520,805
East Indian	723,345	590,145	133,200
Jewish	351,705	195,810	155,900
Norwegian	346,310	47,805	298,500
Welsh	338,905	27,915	310,990
Portuguese	335,110	252,640	82,470
Swedish	278,975	31,200	247,775
Russian	272,335	46,885	225,450
Hungarian (Magyar)	250,525	94,185	156,340

Visible minorities

Visible minority	Total responses	% of Population
Chinese	860,150	3.02
South Asian	670,590	2.35
Black	573,860	2.01
Arab/West Asian	244,665	0.86
Filipino	234,195	0.82
Others	614,025	2.15
Not a visible minority	25,330,645	88.79

Age

Population by age:

Age	Population
Under 15 years	5,901,275
15–24 years	3,857,175
25–44 years	9,360,615
45–64 years	6,199,855
65–74 years	2,061,935
75 years and over	1,465,910

See also

• Population of Canada
• Demographics of Canada
• Ethnic origins of people in Canada
• History of immigration to Canada

External links

• 1951 Census - Statistics Canada's page on the 1951 Census.

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• Censuses in Canada