Population History
| Population of Montreal, and Metropolitan Area by year | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | City | Island | Metropolitan |
| 1871 | 107,225 | — | 174,090 |
| 1881 | 140,747 | — | 223,512 |
| 1891 | 216,650 | — | 308,169 |
| 1901 | 267,730 | — | 393,665 |
| 1911 | 467,986 | 536,191 | 594,812 |
| 1921 | 618,506 | 724,205 | 774,330 |
| 1931 | 818,577 | 1,003,868 | 1,064,448 |
| 1941 | 903,077 | 1,116,800 | 1,192,235 |
| 1951 | 1,036,542 | 1,320,232 | 1,539,308 |
| 1961 | 1,257,537 | 1,747,696 | 2,215,627 |
| 1971 | 1,214,352 | 1,959,180 | 2,743,208 |
| 1981 | 1,018,609 | 1,760,122 | 2,862,286 |
| 1991 | 1,017,666 | 1,775,871 | 3,127,242 |
| 2001 | 1,039,534 | 1,812,723 | 3,426,350 |
| 2006 | 1,620,693 | 1,854,442 | 3,635,571 |
According to Statistics Canada, at the time of the 2006 Canadian census the city of Montreal proper had 1,620,693 inhabitants. A total of 3,635,571 lived in the Montreal Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) at the same 2006 census, up from 3,451,027 at the 2001 census (within 2006 CMA boundaries), which means a population growth of +1.05% per year between 2001 and 2006. Montreal has been growing more slowly than many other Canadian cities.
In the 2006 census, children under 14 years of age (621,695) constituted 17.1%, while inhabitants over 65 years of age (495,685) numbered 13.6% of the total population.
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