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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

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A summary of information about Canada.

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

Population by province

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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

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Mother tongue

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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

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Population of Indigenous peoples in Canada:

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

Ethnic origin

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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

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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

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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

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References

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