OTTAWA - Results of the 2001 Canadian Census reveals one of the smallest growth rates in the country’s history. The population has grown 4 per cent from 28,846,761 in 1996 to 30,007,094 as of May 15, 2001.

Census 2001 showed that half of the population resides in four metropolitan centres: the Golden Horseshoe of southern Ontario, Montreal and the surrounding area, British Columbia’s Lower Mainland and southern Vancouver Island, and the Calgary-Edmonton corridor. Seven cities in these regions grew twice as fast as the national average with Calgary seeing the biggest increase.

In fact, urban settings with populations of 10,000 and more are the preferred choice of 79.4 per cent of the population. Consequently, rural and small town populations decreased by 0.4 per cent.

Alberta (10.3%), Ontario (6.1%), British Columbia (4.9%), and Nunavut (8.1%) each surpassed the national average, while Newfoundland and Labrador saw it’s population shrink for the second consecutive census.

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