La population historique du Canada, 1867-présent. * La population canadienne augmente d'une unité toutes les minutes et 16 secondes (2010). * La population canadienne augmente par 1,137 personnes chaque jour (2010). * Cet accroissement se décompose ainsi: •Une naissance toutes les minutes et 23 secondes, •Un décès toutes les deux minutes et 10 secondes, •Une hausse du solde migratoire international d'une personne toutes les minutes et 52 secondes. (fr)
Canada ranks 37th by population, comprising about 0.5% of the world's total, with over 38 million Canadians as of 2022. Being, however, the fourth-largest country by land area (second-largest by total area), the vast majority of the country is sparsely inhabited, with most of its population south of the 55th parallel north and just over 60 percent of Canadians live in just two provinces: Ontario and Quebec. Though Canada's population density is low, many regions in the south, such as the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor, have population densities higher than several European countries. Canada's largest population centres are Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton and Ottawa, with those six being the only ones with more than one million people. The large size of Canada's north, which is not at present arable, and thus cannot support large human populations, significantly lowers the country's carrying capacity. In 2021, the population density of Canada was 4.2 people per square kilometre. As contrast, Russia's similar figure was 8.4 people per square kilometre. The historical growth of Canada's population is complex and has been influenced in many different ways, such as indigenous populations, expansion of territory, and human migration. Being a new world country, immigration has been, and remains, the most important factor in Canada's population growth. The 2021 Canadian census counted a total population of 36,991,981, an increase of around 5.2 percent over the 2016 figure. Between 1990 and 2008, the population increased by 5.6 million, equivalent to 20.4 percent overall growth. (en)
La population historique du Canada, 1867-présent. * La population canadienne augmente d'une unité toutes les minutes et 16 secondes (2010). * La population canadienne augmente par 1,137 personnes chaque jour (2010). * Cet accroissement se décompose ainsi: •Une naissance toutes les minutes et 23 secondes, •Un décès toutes les deux minutes et 10 secondes, •Une hausse du solde migratoire international d'une personne toutes les minutes et 52 secondes. (fr)
Canada ranks 37th by population, comprising about 0.5% of the world's total, with over 38 million Canadians as of 2022. Being, however, the fourth-largest country by land area (second-largest by total area), the vast majority of the country is sparsely inhabited, with most of its population south of the 55th parallel north and just over 60 percent of Canadians live in just two provinces: Ontario and Quebec. Though Canada's population density is low, many regions in the south, such as the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor, have population densities higher than several European countries. Canada's largest population centres are Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton and Ottawa, with those six being the only ones with more than one million people. (en)