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Canada Population by Age and Gender, 1956-1971
 
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Totals

Year        1956       1957       1958       1959       1960       1961       1962       1963       1964       1965       1966       1967
0-4    1,983,600  2,064,100  2,144,900  2,185,700  2,221,800  2,256,401  2,283,300  2,296,931  2,289,744  2,260,538  2,197,387  2,124,796
5-9    1,807,100  1,862,400  1,925,200  1,976,800  2,031,900  2,079,522  2,113,552  2,162,888  2,210,658  2,255,522  2,300,857  2,314,764
10-14  1,434,600  1,530,100  1,615,100  1,695,200  1,776,300  1,855,999  1,912,743  1,957,967  1,998,582  2,040,532  2,093,513  2,147,326
15-19  1,162,300  1,216,700  1,270,500  1,318,500  1,374,900  1,432,559  1,512,097  1,597,802  1,686,472  1,765,499  1,837,725  1,906,157
20-24  1,129,100  1,154,700  1,169,500  1,172,300  1,177,800  1,183,646  1,216,722  1,263,619  1,320,914  1,383,310  1,461,298  1,559,833
25-29  1,198,100  1,220,300  1,227,200  1,222,100  1,216,600  1,209,297  1,197,010  1,188,181  1,191,815  1,207,692  1,241,794  1,292,231
30-34  1,216,300  1,245,900  1,261,800  1,271,600  1,273,700  1,271,810  1,262,014  1,249,135  1,242,228  1,239,125  1,241,697  1,246,508
35-39  1,114,400  1,154,400  1,189,100  1,218,700  1,246,300  1,270,924  1,280,902  1,281,712  1,281,897  1,282,380  1,286,144  1,282,013
40-44  1,025,400  1,046,700  1,065,100  1,085,400  1,102,700  1,118,961  1,142,483  1,170,031  1,202,508  1,232,519  1,257,028  1,275,561
45-49    878,800    909,600    936,800    966,700    992,300  1,015,316  1,032,988  1,045,778  1,056,017  1,069,693  1,089,915  1,116,368
50-54    733,100    757,200    780,500    809,800    837,100    863,188    886,834    911,402    938,456    965,220    988,264  1,007,241
55-59    629,200    643,000    656,000    674,200    690,700    705,835    726,816    747,471    769,311    792,306    816,300    845,106
60-64    524,900    534,700    543,300    557,200    570,100    583,635    596,412    609,656    625,200    643,257    663,410    684,951
65-69    464,100    466,200    467,600    473,900    480,100    487,102    494,362    502,613    510,862    520,309    531,709    543,672
70-74    370,700    378,400    384,500    392,000    397,000    402,175    404,178    406,199    410,552    417,868    427,207    431,913
75-79    227,500    237,800    247,400    257,700    266,300    274,237    281,439    287,511    292,025    296,308    300,365    308,246
80-84    117,100    121,400    126,600    133,100    139,000    146,817    153,955    161,415    167,965    173,307    177,319    183,567
85-89     48,400     49,700     51,700     54,100     56,800     60,784     63,641     66,612     69,871     72,991     76,790     80,536
90+       16,100     16,700     17,200     18,000     18,600     20,039     21,609     23,495     25,391     26,084     26,158     27,233
Total 16,080,800 16,610,000 17,080,000 17,483,000 17,870,000 18,238,247 18,583,057 18,930,418 19,290,468 19,644,460 20,014,880 20,378,022

Year        1968       1969       1970       1971      
0-4    2,036,225  1,950,628  1,879,568  1,836,133
5-9    2,321,770  2,313,267  2,288,523  2,267,863
10-14  2,199,999  2,247,648  2,285,585  2,328,801
15-19  1,963,075  2,012,440  2,064,640  2,164,210
20-24  1,656,725  1,743,107  1,822,418  1,977,495
25-29  1,353,108  1,424,219  1,503,858  1,643,618
30-34  1,250,822  1,259,380  1,276,625  1,342,918
35-39  1,275,054  1,268,761  1,265,737  1,286,328
40-44  1,282,804  1,279,010  1,270,818  1,284,209
45-49  1,149,750  1,186,395  1,218,744  1,252,356
50-54  1,018,628  1,027,230  1,037,811  1,065,525
55-59    875,800    906,874    934,331    964,832
60-64    706,674    729,432    752,620    785,375
65-69    558,712    577,529    597,496    626,442
70-74    435,512    440,541    447,484    461,960
75-79    314,377    319,674    323,287    328,573
80-84    188,864    194,573    199,567    206,126
85-89     84,484     89,029     93,979    101,160
90+       28,724     31,276     34,008     38,075
Total 20,701,107 21,001,013 21,297,099 21,961,999


Males

Year        1956       1957       1958       1959       1960       1961       1962       1963       1964       1965       1966       1967
0-4    1,011,800  1,053,600  1,096,000  1,117,200  1,136,400  1,154,091  1,167,459  1,175,126  1,171,976  1,158,921  1,128,771  1,090,164
5-9      920,000    948,900    981,100  1,008,600  1,037,300  1,063,840  1,081,824  1,107,095  1,131,070  1,152,347  1,172,821  1,182,021
10-14    732,000    780,900    824,500    866,300    907,600    948,160    975,883    998,703  1,020,247  1,043,140  1,071,255  1,098,156
15-19    586,600    616,300    643,800    669,600    699,300    729,035    768,552    809,862    853,249    892,578    928,958    964,912
20-24    567,200    580,700    587,100    587,300    587,700    587,139    604,182    628,747    658,714    690,031    727,115    779,634
25-29    605,800    619,400    623,900    623,200    619,800    613,897    605,009    597,132    596,084    602,509    619,462    646,339
30-34    602,500    620,300    631,000    639,700    643,000    644,407    640,419    634,821    631,038    629,195    630,498    632,655
35-39    555,800    574,800    591,600    605,400    618,700    631,072    637,056    639,838    642,575    645,414    649,769    650,637
40-44    522,600    530,600    538,000    546,600    553,200    559,996    569,421    581,005    595,947    610,924    624,709    635,591
45-49    455,800    470,000    482,300    496,000    506,400    515,516    522,474    526,993    529,627    534,228    542,752    554,236
50-54    381,900    393,500    404,500    418,600    431,200    442,909    453,480    464,697    476,658    488,445    498,283    505,281
55-59    321,900    329,200    335,900    345,400    354,100    362,145    371,918    381,489    391,370    402,132    413,389    426,214
60-64    265,700    269,800    273,000    279,400    285,700    292,569    298,494    305,006    312,486    321,019    330,006    339,890
65-69    237,600    237,100    235,700    236,700    238,000    239,685    242,124    244,781    247,391    250,997    254,938    259,961
70-74    187,500    190,000    191,500    193,800    195,100    196,076    195,383    194,913    195,370    196,989    198,808    199,388
75-79    113,600    118,200    122,600    127,200    130,900    134,186    136,138    137,516    138,081    138,539    138,967    140,339
80-84     55,700     57,700     60,000     62,800     65,400     69,046     72,296     75,512     78,208     79,865     80,664     81,991
85-89     21,700     22,200     22,800     24,000     25,400     27,178     28,381     29,538     30,685     31,703     33,073     34,522
90+        6,200      6,500      6,700      7,100      7,400      7,946      8,634      9,494     10,317     10,438     10,106     10,311
Total  8,151,900  8,419,700  8,652,000  8,854,900  9,042,600  9,218,893  9,379,127  9,542,268  9,711,093  9,879,414 10,054,344 10,232,242

Year        1968       1969       1970       1971     
0-4    1,043,984    999,034    961,505    938,816
5-9    1,187,176  1,184,281  1,171,339  1,159,505
10-14  1,124,302  1,148,322  1,167,521  1,190,029
15-19    994,738  1,021,302  1,048,904  1,100,199
20-24    830,224    874,496    911,922    991,812
25-29    678,582    715,647    758,347    838,701
30-34    634,090    637,387    645,855    685,931
35-39    649,175    647,199    646,262    661,340
40-44    641,862    642,800    642,027    655,484
45-49    569,476    586,899    602,970    623,234
50-54    508,438    510,473    513,631    526,492
55-59    439,535    452,980    464,319    478,828
60-64    349,957    360,171    370,509    386,123
65-69    266,535    275,264    284,565    299,271
70-74    199,508    200,426    202,211    207,927
75-79    140,709    141,045    140,749    141,292
80-84     83,006     84,044     85,053     86,500
85-89     35,897     37,365     38,762     41,095
90+       10,646     11,580     12,650     14,214
Total 10,387,840 10,530,715 10,669,101 11,026,793

Females

Year        1956       1957       1958       1959       1960       1961       1962       1963       1964       1965       1966       1967
0-4      971,800  1,010,500  1,048,900  1,068,500  1,085,400  1,102,310  1,115,841  1,121,805  1,117,768  1,101,617  1,068,616  1,034,632
5-9      887,100    913,500    944,100    968,200    994,600  1,015,682  1,031,728  1,055,793  1,079,588  1,103,175  1,128,036  1,132,743
10-14    702,600    749,200    790,600    828,900    868,700    907,839    936,860    959,264    978,335    997,392  1,022,258  1,049,170
15-19    575,700    600,400    626,700    648,900    675,600    703,524    743,545    787,940    833,223    872,921    908,767    941,245
20-24    561,900    574,000    582,400    585,000    590,100    596,507    612,540    634,872    662,200    693,279    734,183    780,199
25-29    592,300    600,900    603,300    598,900    596,800    595,400    592,001    591,049    595,731    605,183    622,332    645,892
30-34    613,800    625,600    630,800    631,900    630,700    627,403    621,595    614,314    611,190    609,930    611,199    613,853
35-39    558,600    579,600    597,500    613,300    627,600    639,852    643,846    641,874    639,322    636,966    636,375    631,376
40-44    502,800    516,100    527,100    538,800    549,500    558,965    573,062    589,026    606,561    621,595    632,319    639,970
45-49    423,000    439,600    454,500    470,700    485,900    499,800    510,514    518,785    526,390    535,465    547,163    562,132
50-54    351,200    363,700    376,000    391,200    405,900    420,279    433,354    446,705    461,798    476,775    489,981    501,960
55-59    307,300    313,800    320,100    328,800    336,600    343,690    354,898    365,982    377,941    390,174    402,911    418,892
60-64    259,200    264,900    270,300    277,800    284,400    291,066    297,918    304,650    312,714    322,238    333,404    345,061
65-69    226,500    229,100    231,900    237,200    242,100    247,417    252,238    257,832    263,471    269,312    276,771    283,711
70-74    183,200    188,400    193,000    198,200    201,900    206,099    208,795    211,286    215,182    220,879    228,399    232,525
75-79    113,900    119,600    124,800    130,500    135,400    140,051    145,301    149,995    153,944    157,769    161,398    167,907
80-84     61,400     63,700     66,600     70,300     73,600     77,771     81,659     85,903     89,757     93,442     96,655    101,576
85-89     26,700     27,500     28,900     30,100     31,400     33,606     35,260     37,074     39,186     41,288     43,717     46,014
90+        9,900     10,200     10,500     10,900     11,200     12,093     12,975     14,001     15,074     15,646     16,052     16,922
Total  7,928,900  8,190,300  8,428,000  8,628,100  8,827,400  9,019,354  9,203,930  9,388,150  9,579,375  9,765,046  9,960,536 10,145,780

Year        1968       1969       1970       1971    
0-4      992,241    951,594    918,063    897,317
5-9    1,134,594  1,128,986  1,117,184  1,108,358
10-14  1,075,697  1,099,326  1,118,064  1,138,772
15-19    968,337    991,138  1,015,736  1,064,011
20-24    826,501    868,611    910,496    985,683
25-29    674,526    708,572    745,511    804,917
30-34    616,732    621,993    630,770    656,987
35-39    625,879    621,562    619,475    624,988
40-44    640,942    636,210    628,791    628,725
45-49    580,274    599,496    615,774    629,122
50-54    510,190    516,757    524,180    539,033
55-59    436,265    453,894    470,012    486,004
60-64    356,717    369,261    382,111    399,252
65-69    292,177    302,265    312,931    327,171
70-74    236,004    240,115    245,273    254,033
75-79    173,668    178,629    182,538    187,281
80-84    105,858    110,529    114,514    119,626
85-89     48,587     51,664     55,217     60,065
90+       18,078     19,696     21,358     23,861
Total 10,313,267 10,470,298 10,627,998 10,935,206

Source: Statistics Canada

Notes: All figures are as of July 1st of the year stated.
Important to note that this data does not include estimates of net census undercount or estimates of non-permanent residents.
Population estimates after 1971 include these estimates. The 1971 population estimate presented here does not include these estimates, while the 1971-2004 series presented does. This data incorporates the latest revisions by Statistics Canada.

Last updated: March 2005.

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