1981 Canadian census

Detailed enumeration of Canadian residents in 1981 October 2023 October 2023 1981 Canadian census Statistics Canada logo.svg Canada June 3, 1981 24,343,181 5.9% province/territory Ontario (8,625,107) Yukon (23,153) 1976 Canadian census 1976 1986 Canadian census 1986 The 1981 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population. Census day was June 3, 1981. On that day, Statistics Canada attempted to count every person in Canada. The total population count of Canada was 24,343,181. This was a 5.9% increase over the 1976 census of 22,992,604.2020 Data tables, 1981 Census https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/English/census81/data/tables/Rp-eng.cfm?LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=1&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=1&GC=0&GID=0&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=113751&PRID=0&PTYPE=113743&S=0&SHOWALL=No&SUB=0&Temporal=1986&THEME=134&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF= 2023-10-08 97-570-X1981004 Statistics Canada The previous census was the 1976 census and the following census was in 1991 census. Canada by the numbers A summary of information about Canada. Total population 24,343,181 Dwellings 8,281,530 Men 12,068,290 Women 12,274,890 Population by province Rank Province or territory Population as of1981 census Population as of1976 census Change Percentchange 1Ontario 8,625,107 8,264,465 360,642 4.4 2Quebec 6,438,403 6,234,445 203,958 3.3 3British Columbia 2,744,467 2,466,608 277,859 11.3 4Alberta 2,237,724 1,838,037 399,687 21.7 5Manitoba 1,026,241 1,021,506 4,735 0.5 6Saskatchewan 968,313 921,323 46,990 5.1 7Nova Scotia 847,442 828,571 18,871 2.3 8New Brunswick 696,403 677,250 19,153 2.8 9Newfoundland and Labrador 567,681 557,725 9,956 1.8 10Prince Edward Island 122,506 118,229 4,277 3.6 11Northwest Territories 45,741 42,609 3,132 7.4 12Yukon 23,153 21,836 1,317 6.0 Canada 24,343,181 22,992,604 1,350,577 5.9 Largest municipalities Rank Municipality Province Population1981 Census subdivisions in decreasing population order https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/statcan/CS94-905-1981.pdf 2024-06-09 Statistics Canada 1 Montreal Quebec 980,354 2 Toronto Ontario 599,217 3 Calgary Alberta 592,743 4 Winnipeg Manitoba 564,473 5 North York Ontario 559,521 6 Edmonton Alberta 532,246 7 Scarborough Ontario 443,353 8 Vancouver British Columbia 414,281 9 Mississauga Ontario 315,056 10 Hamilton Ontario 306,434 11 Etobicoke Ontario 298,713 12 Ottawa Ontario 295,163 13 Laval Quebec 268,335 14 London Ontario 254,280 15 Windsor Ontario 192,083 16 Quebec Quebec 166,474 17 Regina Saskatchewan 162,613 18 Saskatoon Saskatchewan 152,210 19 Brampton Ontario 149,030 20 Surrey British Columbia 147,138 21 Kitchener Ontario 139,734 22 Burnaby British Columbia 136,494 23 York Ontario 134,617 24 Longueuil Quebec 124,320 25 St. Catharines Ontario 124,018 See also Population and housing censuses by country References Category:Censuses in Canada Census Census