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2006 Population
Though Canada is the second largest land mass in the world, it is one of the least populated countries. According to the 2006 Census, it had a population of 31.6 million and a population density of 3.5 persons per square kilometre. Most Canadians live in urban areas, mainly within 200 kilometres of the United States. Ontario and Quebec, the two largest provinces with, respectively, 12.2 million and 7.5 million people comprised about 62% of the nation’s population. British Columbia and Alberta were next in size with 4.1 million and 3.3 million people, respectively. The four Atlantic provinces—Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick—and the two Prairie provinces—Manitoba and Saskatchewan—had a relatively small share (7.2% and 6.7%, respectively) of the nation’s population. Only 0.3% lived in the three territories—Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut—which make up 40% of the Canadian land mass.
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