Data Race

Canada Province Population Ranking

Population by Province 1951 - 2025

Summary

In 2025, Ontario led with 16.3M, ahead of Quebec at 9.1M.

Ontario alone accounted for 39.0% of the 2025 total.

Prince Edward Island grew the fastest since 2015, up 26.3%.

Full Rankings

Complete dataset - 2025

RankProvinceValueYoYShare %Δ Rank
1OntarioON16.3M+0.7%39.0%
2QuebecQC9.1M+0.7%21.7%
3British ColumbiaBC5.7M+0.5%13.7%
4AlbertaAB5M+2.5%12.1%
5ManitobaMB1.5M+1.2%3.6%
6SaskatchewanSK1.3M+1.5%3.0%
7Nova ScotiaNS1.1M+1.0%2.6%
8New BrunswickNB869.7K+1.3%2.1%
9Newfoundland and LabradorNL549.9K+0.6%1.3%
10Prince Edward IslandPE182.7K+1.6%0.4%
11YukonYT48.3K+1.4%0.1%
12Northwest TerritoriesNT46K+1.5%0.1%
13NunavutNU41.8K+1.0%0.1%

Data Source & License

Statistics Canada

Licensed under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Data is retrieved from the original source and formatted by Data Race.

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