2. Table 1: This is a table of population in thousands of people for each province from 2007 to 2011.
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Canada
32,929.70 33,319.10 33,729.70 34,126.20 34,482.80
Newfoundland and
Labrador 506.4 506.4 508.9 511.3 510.6
Prince Edward
Island 138.2 139.6 141.2 143.4 145.9
Nova Scotia
935.8 937.2 940.3 944.8 945.4
New Brunswick
745.5 747 750 752.8 755.5
Quebec
7,687.40 7,750.70 7,826.90 7,905.70 7,979.70
Ontario
12,792.90 12,934.50 13,072.70 13,227.80 13,373.00
Manitoba
1,193.60 1,205.50 1,219.20 1,234.50 1,250.60
Saskatchewan
1,000.30 1,013.90 1,029.30 1,044.00 1,057.90
Alberta
3,512.70 3,591.80 3,671.70 3,720.90 3,779.40
British Columbia
4,309.60 4,384.00 4,459.90 4,529.70 4,573.30
Yukon
32.6 33.1 33.7 34.6 34.7
Northwest
Territories 43.5 43.7 43.6 43.8 43.7
Nunavut
31.3 31.6 32.2 32.8 33.3
3. Graphs:
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y = 73.96x - 140756
7,000.00
6,000.00
Population in Thousands
5,000.00
Manitoba
Quebec
4,000.00
Linear (Manitoba)
3,000.00 Linear (Quebec)
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y = 14.3x - 27508
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2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Year
Figure 1: This graph show how the population of Quebec and Manitoba change from 2007 to 2011.
Canada’s population is slowly increasing, and it is not equal between the provinces. There seems to be a
trend where the larger, more urbanised provinces are increasing in population faster. I have not done
analysis to illustrate how these numbers are related to percentage of the population.
There are a number of factors involved, probably the most important of which is the availability of
employment. Though this analysis disregards the importance of other family members, and support
from other people in the area; we need to consider the immigrant population as the major source of
population growth. Births and deaths in Canada do not account for much growth as our aging
population, and small family sizes do not cause the population explosions that developing countries
experience.
