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Canada City Population History:
Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto & Vancouver

Year Montreal Ottawa Toronto Vancouver
1891 217,000 44,000 181,000 19,000
1911 471,000 87,000 377,000 100,000
1921 619,000 107,000 522,000 117,000
1931 819,000   631,000 308,000
1941 875,000 142,000 645,000 253,000
1951 1,021,000 202,000 676,000 344,000
1961 1,191,000 268,000 672,000 385,000
1971 1,214,000 302,000 713,000 426,000
1981 980,000 295,000 599,000 426,000
1991 1,018,000 314,000 634,000 471,000
1996 1,016,000 323,000 653,000 514,000
2001 1,040,000 337,031 676,000 546,000
         
Change from Peak -14.3% 0.0% -5.2% 0.0%
         
Yellow Shading Indicates Peak Population Year  
Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, various years

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