Statistics Canada ~ Canada's National Statistical Agency
2006 Community Profiles
These profiles present community-level information from the 2006 Census of Population. Users on the Statistics Canada web site can search for an area of interest by typing its 'place name' or by clicking on a province or territory from the list and selecting the area from a list.
Canada's population growth between 2001 and 2006 was higher than the previous intercensal period.
Between 2001 and 2006, Canada's population growth was the highest among the G8 countries.
The population growth between 2001 and 2006 was higher in most provinces and territories than during the previous intercensal period.
Nearly 90% of Canada's population growth between 2001 and 2006 was concentrated in large metropolitan areas.
Alberta and Ontario combined for two-thirds of Canada’s growth during the current census period
Canada’s overall population grew to 31,612,897 people, up more than 1.6 million over 2001 figures. Ontario, led by a 19.2 per cent increase in Barrie, Canada’s fastest-growing city, grew by about 750,000.
Sault Ste. Marie
Sault Ste. Marie’s population has increased for the first time in a decade and a half, according to 2006 Census results released on Tuesday.
The city’s population rose .5 per cent since Statistics Canada performed the last census in 2001. Saultites numbered 74,948 in 2006, compared to 74,566 in 2001.
Meanwhile, the population of the Sault Ste. Marie census agglomeration area, including several outlying communities, increased 1.5 per cent since 2001 to 80,098.
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Algoma Distict
Population in 2006 117,461
Population in 2001 118,567
2001 to 2006 population change (%) - 0.9
Total private dwellings2 58,742
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 50,044
Population density per square kilometre 2.4
Land area (square km) 48,734.66 |
Sault Ste. Marie
Population in 2006 74,948
Population in 2001 74,566
2001 to 2006 population change (%) 0.5
Total private dwellings2 33,378
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 31,763
Population density per square kilometre 338.0
Land area (square km) 221.71 |
Sudbury District
Population in 2006 21,392
Population in 2001 22,894
2001 to 2006 population change (%) - 6.6
Total private dwellings2 12,006
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 8,865
Population density per square kilometre 0.6
Land area (square km) 38,504.53 |
Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury
Population in 2006 157,857
Population in 2001 155,219
2001 to 2006 population change (%) 1.7
Total private dwellings2 69,430
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 64,940
Population density per square kilometre 49.3
Land area (square km) 3,200.56 |
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Thunder Bay
Thunder Bay is getting bigger, but at a much slower rate than the rest of Ontario and the country, according to 2006 census results released Tuesday.
The city’s population grew by 0.8 per cent in five years, to 122, 907. That represents an increase of slightly less than 1,000 people. The provincial average was a 6.6 per cent increase. Nationally the figure was a 5.4 per cent growth.
For the purpose of the census, Thunder Bay's census metropolitan area is defined as stretching from the U.S. border in the south to Dorion in the north. It is the 31st largest city in Canada, the 14th largest in Ontario.
Almost 80 per cent of the district's population lives in the Thunder Bay Census Metropolitan Area; no other community in the district exceeds 7,000 in population.
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Thunder Bay District
Population in 2006 149,063
Population in 2001 150,860
2001 to 2006 population change (%) - 1.2
Total private dwellings2 71,635
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 61,836
Population density per square kilometre 1.4
Land area (square km) 103,706.27 |
Thunder Bay (Census Metropolitan Area)
Population in 2006 122,907
Population in 2001 121,986
2001 to 2006 population change (%) 0.8
Total private dwellings2 55,582
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 51,426
Population density per square kilometre 48.2
Land area (square km) 2,550.40 |
City of Thunder Bay
Population in 2006 109,140
Population in 2001 109,016
2001 to 2006 population change (%) 0.1
Total private dwellings2 49,023
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 46,266
Population density per square kilometre 332.3
Land area (square km) 328.48 |
Shuniah
Population in 2006 2,913
Population in 2001 2,466
2001 to 2006 population change (%) 18.1
Total private dwellings 2,106
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents 1,222
Population density per square kilometre 5.1
Land area (square km) 569.18 |
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Oliver Paipoonge
Population in 2006 5,757
Population in 2001 5,862
2001 to 2006 population change (%) - 1.8
Total private dwellings2 2,155
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 2,058
Population density per square kilometre 16.4
Land area (square km) 350.27 |
Neebing
Population in 2006 2,184
Population in 2001 2,049
2001 to 2006 population change (%) 6.6
Total private dwellings2 1,151
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 820
Population density per square kilometre 2.5
Land area (square km) 875.51 |
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Greenstone
Population in 2006 4,906
Population in 2001 5,662
2001 to 2006 population change (%) ... 6.6
Total private dwellings2 2,596
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 1,987
Population density per square kilometre 1.8
Land area (square km) 2,780.99 |
Marathon
Population in 2006 3,863
Population in 2001 4,416
2001 to 2006 population change (%) - 12.5
Total private dwellings2 1,678
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 1,491
Population density per square kilometre 22.7
Land area (square km) 170.48 |
Kenora Distict
Population in 2006 64,419
Population in 2001 61,802
2001 to 2006 population change (%) 4.2
Total private dwellings2 30,940
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 23,018
Population density per square kilometre 0.2
Land area (square km) 407,192.66 |
Kenora
Population in 2006 15,177
Population in 2001 15,838
2001 to 2006 population change (%) - 4.2
Total private dwellings2 6,845
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 6,251
Population density per square kilometre 72.
Land area (square km) 210.91 |
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Rainy River District
Population in 2006 21,564
Population in 2001 22,109
2001 to 2006 population change (%) - 2.5
Total private dwellings 10,823
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents 8,584 51
Population density per square kilometre 1.4
Land area (square km) 15,472.94 |
Fort Frances
Population in 2006 8,103
Population in 2001 8,315
2001 to 2006 population change (%) - 2.5
Total private dwellings2 3,650
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 3,443
Population density per square kilometre 301.8
Land area (square km) 26.85 |
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