Canada 2001 Census The Canada 2001 Census was a detailed
enumeration of the Canadian population. Census day was May 15,
2001. On that day, Statistics Canada attempted to count every
person in Canada. The total population count of Canada was
30,007,094. This was a 4% increase over 1996 Census of
28,846,761. In contrast, the official Statistics Canada
population estimate for 2001 was 31,021,300. This is considered
a more accurate population number than the actual count. The
following census was the 2006 Census. Canada by the numbers A
summary of information about Canada. |Median age||37.6 years|
|Average earnings||$ 31,757| Canada has experienced one of the
smallest census-to-census growth rates in its population. From
1996 to 2001, the nation's population increased only 4.0%. The
Census counted 30,007,094 people on May 15, 2001, compared with
28,846,761 on May 14, 1996. Only three provinces and one
territory had growth rates above the national average. Alberta's
population soared 10.3%, Ontario gained 6.1% and