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British Columbia Quarterly Population Estimates 1951-1971

Jan. 1Apr. 1Jul. 1Oct. 1
1951 - - 1,168,000 1,179,000
1952 1,189,000 1,198,000 1,209,000 1,222,000
1953 1,233,000 1,242,000 1,253,000 1,265,000
1954 1,278,000 1,288,000 1,299,000 1,311,000
1955 1,323,000 1,334,000 1,347,000 1,362,000
1956 1,377,000 1,388,000 1,405,000 1,426,000
1957 1,449,000 1,468,000 1,490,000 1,511,000
1958 1,524,000 1,532,000 1,540,000 1,548,000
1959 1,556,000 1,562,000 1,570,000 1,580,000
1960 1,589,000 1,596,000 1,605,000 1,614,000
1961 1,621,000 1,626,000 1,632,000 1,640,000
1962 1,648,000 1,655,000 1,663,000 1,674,000
1963 1,686,000 1,694,000 1,702,000 1,716,000
1964 1,728,000 1,737,000 1,750,000 1,765,000
1965 1,779,000 1,790,000 1,804,000 1,827,000
1966 1,848,000 1,862,000 1,880,000 1,905,000
1967 1,926,000 1,937,000 1,950,000 1,970,000
1968 1,988,000 1,996,000 2,006,000 2,023,000
1969 2,042,000 2,052,000 2,065,000 2,082,000
1970 2,107,000 2,118,000 2,134,000 2,152,000
1971 2,168,000 - - -

British Columbia Quarterly Population Estimates 1971-2011

Jan. 1Apr. 1Jul. 1Oct. 1
1971 - 2,178,000 2,240,470 2,258,651
1972 2,278,085 2,290,667 2,302,086 2,318,552
1973 2,338,148 2,350,837 2,367,271 2,386,932
1974 2,409,913 2,424,995 2,442,578 2,461,396
1975 2,479,085 2,489,116 2,499,564 2,510,751
1976 2,520,425 2,525,812 2,533,899 2,546,813
1977 2,554,051 2,560,711 2,570,315 2,586,668
1978 2,595,858 2,603,502 2,615,162 2,632,020
1979 2,641,872 2,650,940 2,665,238 2,691,121
1980 2,707,690 2,722,921 2,745,861 2,773,680
1981 2,790,754 2,805,394 2,826,558 2,845,212
1982 2,857,268 2,865,557 2,876,513 2,885,875
1983 2,891,441 2,898,574 2,907,502 2,919,166
1984 2,927,258 2,935,384 2,947,181 2,956,332
1985 2,962,108 2,967,584 2,975,131 2,984,237
1986 2,988,964 2,994,267 3,003,621 3,015,876
1987 3,021,900 3,032,807 3,048,651 3,068,995
1988 3,081,368 3,094,274 3,114,761 3,141,854
1989 3,158,092 3,174,623 3,196,725 3,229,220
1990 3,247,419 3,266,888 3,292,111 3,322,896
1991 3,339,935 3,352,585 3,373,787 3,404,049
1992 3,423,217 3,443,237 3,468,802 3,502,209
1993 3,522,509 3,541,936 3,567,772 3,601,746
1994 3,623,717 3,646,632 3,676,075 3,711,468
1995 3,730,564 3,751,377 3,777,390 3,805,461
1996 3,826,739 3,849,847 3,874,317 3,899,256
1997 3,914,490 3,931,056 3,948,583 3,964,677
1998 3,972,821 3,977,912 3,983,113 3,990,451
1999 3,995,643 4,002,433 4,011,375 4,021,600
2000 4,026,664 4,033,319 4,039,230 4,049,297
2001 4,055,229 4,066,132 4,076,264 4,085,114
2002 4,087,260 4,093,058 4,098,178 4,106,462
2003 4,108,700 4,113,449 4,122,396 4,132,718
2004 4,138,930 4,145,260 4,155,170 4,167,424
2005 4,174,367 4,183,527 4,196,788 4,212,574
2006 4,218,189 4,228,090 4,243,580 4,263,376
2007 4,275,038 4,291,222 4,309,632 4,333,743
2008 4,346,076 4,362,206 4,383,860 4,409,086
2009 4,423,994 4,441,686 4,460,292 4,484,403
2010 4,498,790 4,515,482 4,530,960 4,551,853
2011 4,554,085 - - -

Date: April 2011

Source: Statistics Canada, Cansim.

Prepared by: Demographic Analysis Section, BC Stats

Note: Figures from April 1, 1971 onwards contain estimates of Non-Permanent Residents and Returning Canadians while data before that does not.
This data incorporates the latest revisions by Statistics Canada and may not match the BC totals on the sub-provincial estimates found elsewhere on this site.