Population since 1851:
| Year | Population | Five-year % change |
Ten-year % change |
Rank among provinces |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1851 | 892,061 | n/a | n/a | 2 |
| 1861 | 1,111,566 | n/a | 24.6 | 2 |
| 1871 | 1,191,516 | n/a | 7.2 | 2 |
| 1881 | 1,359,027 | n/a | 14.1 | 2 |
| 1891 | 1,488,535 | n/a | 9.5 | 2 |
| 1901 | 1,648,898 | n/a | 10.8 | 2 |
| 1911 | 2,005,776 | n/a | 21.6 | 2 |
| 1921 | 2,360,665 | n/a | 17.8 | 2 |
| 1931 | 2,874,255 | n/a | 21.8 | 2 |
| 1941 | 3,331,882 | n/a | 15.9 | 2 |
| 1951 | 4,055,681 | n/a | 21.8 | 2 |
| 1956 | 4,628,378 | 14.1 | n/a | 2 |
| 1961 | 5,259,211 | 13.6 | 29.7 | 2 |
| 1966 | 5,780,845 | 9.9 | 24.9 | 2 |
| 1971 | 6,027,765 | 4.3 | 14.6 | 2 |
| 1976 | 6,234,445 | 3.4 | 7.8 | 2 |
| 1981 | 6,438,403 | 3.3 | 6.8 | 2 |
| 1986 | 6,532,460 | 1.5 | 4.8 | 2 |
| 1991 | 6,895,963 | 5.6 | 7.1 | 2 |
| 1996 | 7,138,795 | 3.5 | 9.3 | 2 |
| 2001 | 7,237,479 | 1.4 | 5.0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 7,546,131 | 4.3 | 5.7 | 2 |
| 2011 | 7,903,001 | 4.7 | 9.2 | 2 |
Source: Statistics Canada
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