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British Columbia Municipal Census Populations, 1921-2006
 
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Name                             1921      1931      1941      1951      1956      1961      1966      1971      1976      1981      1986      1991      1996      2001      2006
100 Mile House                     --        --        --        --        --        --       829     1,120     1,584     1,925     1,692     1,866     1,850     1,739     1,885
Abbotsford                         --       510       562       785       830       888       792       706     9,507    12,745    14,496    18,864   105,403   115,463   123,864
Aennofield             [1]         --        --        --        --        --        --       989        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --
Alberni                [2]        540       702     1,807     3,323     3,947     4,616     4,783        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --
Alert Bay                          --        --        --       638       695       825       795       760       605       626       679       628       612       583       556
Anmore                             --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --       741       961     1,344     1,785
Armstrong                         983       989       977     1,126     1,197     1,288     1,426     1,648     2,260     2,683     2,706     3,200     3,906     4,256     4,241
Ashcroft                           --        --        --        --       805       868     1,154     1,916     2,032     2,156     1,914     1,714     1,858     1,788     1,664
Belcarra                           --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --       430       549       586       665       682       676
Bowen Island                                                                         --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --     2,957     3,362
Burnaby                        12,883    25,564    30,328    58,376    83,745   100,157   112,036   125,660   131,599   136,494   145,161   158,858   179,209   193,954   202,799
Burns Lake                         --       202       218       801     1,016     1,041     1,290     1,259     1,433     1,777     1,723     1,682     1,793     1,942     2,107
Cache Creek                        --        --        --        --        --       386       674     1,013     1,050     1,308     1,147     1,007     1,115     1,056     1,037
Campbell River                     --        --        --     1,986     3,069     3,737     7,825    10,000    12,072    15,832    16,986    21,175    28,851    28,456    29,572
Canal Flats                        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --       700
Castlegar                          --        --        --     1,329     1,705     2,253     3,440     3,072     6,255     6,902     6,385     6,579     7,027     7,002     7,259
Central Saanich                    --        --        --     2,069     2,477     2,952     3,640     5,136     7,413     9,890    11,475    13,684    14,611    15,348    15,745
Chapman Camp           [3]         --        --       513       588       567       649       664        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --
Chase                              --        --        --        --        --        --        --     1,212     1,425     1,777     1,933     2,083     2,460     2,460     2,409
Chetwynd                           --        --        --        --        --        --     1,368     1,260     1,487     2,553     2,774     2,843     2,980     2,591     2,633
Chilliwack                      1,767     2,461     3,675     5,663     7,297     8,259     8,681     9,135     8,634    40,642    41,337    49,531    60,186    62,927    69,217
Chilliwhack            [4]      3,161     5,802     7,787    13,677    16,350    18,296    20,070    23,739    28,421        --        --        --        --        --        --
Clinton                            --        --        --        --        --        --       983       905       808       804       754       662       729       621       578
Coldstream                        711       867       867     1,402     1,613     2,161     2,660     3,602     4,995     6,450     6,872     7,999     8,975     9,106     9,471
Colwood                            --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --    11,546    13,468    13,848    13,745    14,687
Comox                              --        --        --       714     1,151     1,756     2,671     3,980     5,359     6,607     6,873     8,253    11,069    11,172    12,136
Coquitlam                       2,374     4,871     7,949    15,697    20,800    29,053    40,916    53,073    55,464    61,077    69,291    84,021   101,820   112,890   114,565
Courtenay                         810     1,219     1,737     2,553     3,025     3,485     4,913     7,152     7,733     8,992     9,631    11,652    17,335    18,304    21,940
Cranberry Lake         [5]         --        --        --     1,350        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --
Cranbrook                       2,725     3,067     2,568     3,621     4,562     5,549     7,849    12,000    13,510    15,915    15,893    16,447    18,131    18,476    18,267
Creston                            --       695     1,153     1,626     1,844     2,460     2,920     3,204     3,552     4,190     4,098     4,205     4,816     4,795     4,826
Cumberland                      1,179       907       885       971     1,039     1,303     1,277     1,718     1,697     1,947     1,853     2,220     2,548     2,618     2,762
Dawson Creek                       --        --       518     3,589     7,531    10,946    12,392    11,885    10,528    11,373    10,544    10,981    11,125    10,754    10,994
Delta                           2,839     3,709     4,287     6,701     8,752    14,597    20,664    45,860    64,492    74,692    79,610    88,978    95,411    96,950    96,723
Dufferin               [6]         --        --        --        --        --        --        --       762        --        --        --        --        --        --        --
Duncan                          1,178     1,843     2,189     2,784     3,247     3,726     4,299     4,388     4,106     4,228     4,039     4,301     4,583     4,699     4,986
Elkford                                                                                                         1,873     3,126     3,187     2,846     2,729     2,589     2,463
Enderby                           783       555       538       877       965     1,075     1,114     1,158     1,482     1,816     1,714     2,128     2,754     2,818     2,828
Esquimalt                       3,458     3,274     3,737    10,153    10,384    12,048    12,891    12,922    15,053    15,870    15,972    16,192    16,151    16,127    16,840
Fernie                          2,802     2,732     2,545     2,551     2,808     2,661     2,715     4,422     4,608     5,444     5,188     5,012     4,877     4,611     4,217
Fort Nelson                        --        --        --        --        --        --        --     2,289     2,916     3,724     3,729     3,804     4,401     4,188     4,514
Fort St. James                     --        --        --        --       615     1,081     1,213     1,483     2,110     2,284     1,983     2,058     2,046     1,927     1,355
Fort St. John                      --        --        --       884     1,908     3,619     6,749     8,264     8,947    13,891    13,355    14,156    15,021    16,034    17,402
Fraser Lake                        --        --        --        --        --        --        --     1,292     1,430     1,543     1,182     1,302     1,344     1,268     1,113
Fraser Mills           [7]        600       616       552       369       216       165       164       157        --        --        --        --        --        --        --
Fruitvale                          --        --        --        --       870     1,032     1,203     1,379     1,481     1,904     1,932     2,062     2,117     2,025     1,952
Gibsons                            --       131       262       722       990     1,091     1,450     1,934     2,074     2,594     2,675     3,138     3,732     3,906     4,182
Glenmore               [8]        263       303       404     1,119     1,287        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --
Gold River                         --        --        --        --        --        --       598     1,896     1,942     2,225     1,879     2,166     2,041     1,359     1,362
Golden                             --        --        --        --        --     1,776     2,590     3,010     3,282     3,476     3,584     3,721     3,968     4,020     3,811
Grand Forks                     1,469     1,298     1,259     1,646     1,995     2,347     2,556     3,173     3,096     3,486     3,282     3,610     3,994     4,054     4,036
Granisle                           --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --     1,210     1,430       646       803       446       353       364
Greenwood                         371       171       363       809       815       932       911       868       931       856       767       725       784       666       625
Guisachan              [9]         --        --        --        --        --       171       365       636        --        --        --        --        --        --        --
Harrison Hot Springs               --        --        --       477       613       475       486       598       572       569       652       655       898     1,343     1,573
Hazelton                           --        --        --        --       279       410       403       351       371       393       436       339       347       345       293
Highlands                          --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --     1,423     1,674     1,903
Hope                               --       374       515     1,668     2,226     2,751     2,948     3,153     2,963     3,205     3,046     3,147     6,247     6,184     6,185
Houston                            --        --        --        --        --       699       699     2,232     2,673     3,921     3,905     3,628     3,934     3,577     3,163
Hudson's Hope                      --        --        --        --        --        --     3,068     1,741     1,330     1,365     1,158       985     1,122     1,039     1,012
Invermere                          --        --        --       418       543       744     1,022     1,065     1,194     1,969     1,998     2,207     2,687     2,858     3,002
Kamloops                        4,501     6,167     5,959     8,099     9,096    10,076    10,759    26,168    58,311    64,048    61,773    67,057    76,394    77,281    80,376
Kaslo                             950       523       468       730       669       646       940       755       756       854       858       863     1,063     1,032     1,072
Kelowna                         2,520     4,655     5,118     8,517     9,181    13,188    17,006    19,412    51,955    59,196    61,213    75,950    89,442    96,288   106,707
Kent                            1,054     1,207     1,287     1,725     1,989     2,194     2,642     2,966     2,924     3,394     3,741     4,322     4,844     4,926     4,738
Keremeos                           --        --        --        --        --       563       525       605       702       830       839       933     1,167     1,197     1,289
Kimberley                          --        --        --     5,933     5,774     6,013     5,901     7,641     7,111     7,375     6,732     6,531     6,738     6,484     6,139
Kinnaird               [10]        --        --        --       947     1,305     2,123     2,869     2,846        --        --        --        --        --        --        --
Kitimat                            --        --        --        --     9,676     8,217     9,792    11,803    11,956    12,814    11,196    11,305    11,136    10,285     8,987
Ladysmith                       1,967     1,443     1,706     2,094     2,107     2,173     3,410     3,664     4,004     4,558     4,393     4,875     6,456     6,587     7,538
Lake Country                       --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --     9,007     9,267     9,606
Lake Cowichan                      --        --        --     1,628     1,949     2,149     2,353     2,364     2,369     2,391     2,170     2,241     2,856     2,827     2,948
Langford                           --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --    17,484    18,840    22,459
Langley C                          --        --        --        --     2,131     2,365     2,800     4,684    10,123    15,124    16,557    19,765    22,523    23,643    23,606
Langley DM                      4,881     5,537     7,769    12,267    12,441    14,585    15,767    21,936    36,659    44,617    53,434    66,040    80,179    86,896    93,726
Lantzville                         --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --     3,661
Lillooet                           --        --        --       469     1,083     1,304     1,379     1,514     2,218     1,725     1,758     1,782     1,988     2,741     2,324
Lions Bay                          --        --        --        --        --        --        --       396       785     1,078     1,152     1,328     1,347     1,379     1,328
Logan Lake                         --        --        --        --        --        --        --         3     1,388     2,637     2,001     2,379     2,492     2,185     2,162
Lumby                              --        --        --        --       786       842       879       940     1,081     1,266     1,181     1,265     1,689     1,618     1,634
Lytton                             --        --        --       312       329       442       414       494       468       428       368       335       322       319       235
Mackenzie                          --        --        --        --        --        --        --     2,332     5,338     5,890     5,542     5,796     5,997     5,206     4,539
Maple Ridge                     3,772     4,932     6,476     9,891    12,502    16,748    19,287    24,476    29,462    32,232    36,023    48,422    56,173    63,169    68,949
Marysville             [3]         --        --        --       807       930     1,057     1,126        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --
Masset                             --        --        --        --        --       547       541       975     1,563     1,569     1,529     1,476     1,293       926       940
Matsqui                [16]     3,763     3,835     5,601    10,308    11,521    14,293    16,161    23,554    31,178    42,001    51,449    68,064        --        --        --
McBride                            --        --       237       489       582       590       652       658       619       641       592       580       740       711       660
Merritt                         1,389     1,296       940     1,251     1,790     3,039     4,500     5,289     5,680     6,110     6,180     6,253     7,631     7,088     6,998
Metchosin                          --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --     3,676     4,232     4,709     4,857     4,795
Midway                             --        --        --        --        --        --        --       502       589       633       640       611       686       638       621
Mission                         3,025     2,279     2,718     4,467     4,711     5,324     5,351    10,220    14,997    20,056    21,985    26,202    30,519    31,272    34,505
Mission City           [11]        --     1,314     1,957     2,668     3,010     3,251     3,412        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --
Montrose                           --        --        --        --        --       862     1,079     1,137     1,197     1,229     1,183     1,197     1,137     1,067     1,012
Nakusp                             --        --        --        --        --        --     1,282     1,163     1,416     1,495     1,410     1,374     1,736     1,698     1,524
Nanaimo                         6,304     6,745     6,635     7,196    12,705    14,135    15,188    14,948    40,336    47,069    49,029    60,129    70,130    73,000    78,692
Natal                  [12]        --        --        --        --        --       829        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --
Nelson                          5,230     5,992     5,912     6,772     7,226     7,074     9,504     9,400     9,235     9,143     8,113     8,760     9,585     9,298     9,258
New Denver                         --       306       310       771       736       564       623       644       668       642       596       571       579       538       512
New Hazelton                       --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --       712       796       786       822       750       627
New Westminster                14,495    17,524    21,967    28,639    31,665    33,654    38,013    42,835    38,393    38,550    39,972    43,585    49,350    54,656    58,549
North Cowichan                  2,664     3,291     4,590     6,665     7,781     9,166    10,384    12,170    15,956    18,210    18,674    21,373    25,305    26,148    27,557
North Kamloops         [6]         --        --        --     1,979     4,398     6,456    11,319        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --
North Saanich                      --        --        --        --        --        --     2,891     3,601     4,697     6,117     7,247     9,645    10,411    10,436    10,823
North Vancouver C               7,652     8,510     8,914    15,687    19,951    23,656    26,851    31,847    31,934    33,952    35,698    38,436    41,475    44,303    45,165
North Vancouver DM              2,950     4,788     5,931    14,469    26,252    38,971    48,124    57,861    63,471    65,367    68,241    75,157    80,418    82,310    82,562
Oak Bay                         4,159     5,892     9,240    11,960    14,857    16,935    18,123    18,426    17,658    16,990    17,065    17,815    17,865    17,798    17,908
Oliver                             --        --        --     1,000     1,147     1,774     1,563     1,615     1,641     1,893     1,963     3,743     4,285     4,224     4,370
Osoyoos                            --        --        --       899       860     1,022     1,166     1,285     2,100     2,738     2,956     3,403     4,021     4,295     4,752
Parksville                         --        --        --       882     1,112     1,183     1,426     2,169     3,187     5,216     5,828     7,306     9,472    10,323    10,993
Peachland                         466       318       479       614       705       641       709     1,446     2,286     2,865     2,988     3,459     4,524     4,654     4,883
Pemberton                          --        --        --        --        --       181       172       157       254       282       347       502       855     1,637     2,192
Penticton                       3,979     4,640     5,777    10,548    11,894    13,859    15,330    18,146    21,344    23,181    23,588    27,258    30,987    30,985    31,909
Pitt Meadows                      595       832     1,119     1,434     1,652     2,187     2,247     2,771     4,689     6,209     8,004    11,147    13,436    14,670    15,623
Point Grey             [13]    13,736        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --
Port Alberni                    1,056     2,356     4,584     7,845    10,373    11,560    13,755    20,063    19,585    19,892    18,241    18,403    18,468    17,743    17,548
Port Alice                         --        --        --        --        --        --     1,383     1,507     1,497     1,668     1,387     1,371     1,331     1,126       821
Port Clements                      --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --       409       380       539       483       558       516       440
Port Coquitlam                  1,178     1,312     1,539     3,232     4,632     8,111    11,121    19,560    23,926    27,535    29,115    36,773    46,682    51,257    52,687
Port Edward                        --        --        --        --        --        --        --     1,019     1,189       989       704       739       700       659       577
Port Hardy                         --        --        --        --        --        --     1,262     1,761     3,653     5,075     5,389     5,082     5,283     4,574     3,822
Port McNeill                       --        --        --        --        --        --       437       934     1,480     2,474     2,559     2,641     2,925     2,821     2,623
Port Moody                      1,030     1,260     1,512     2,246     2,713     4,789     7,021    10,778    11,649    14,917    15,754    17,712    20,847    23,816    27,512
Pouce Coupe                        --        --       251       459       585       669       602       595       776       821       813       832       894       833       739
Powell River                       --        --        --        --     9,969    10,748    12,578    13,726    13,694    13,423    12,440    12,991    13,131    12,983    12,957
Prince George                   2,053     2,479     2,027     4,703    10,563    13,877    24,471    33,101    59,929    67,559    67,621    69,653    75,150    72,406    70,981
Prince Rupert                   6,393     6,350     6,714     8,546    10,498    11,987    14,677    15,747    14,754    16,197    15,755    16,620    16,714    14,643    12,815
Princeton                          --        --        --        --     2,245     2,163     2,151     2,601     3,132     3,051     2,910     2,796     2,826     2,610     2,677
Qualicum Beach                     --        --        --       771       726       759       855     1,245     1,724     2,844     3,410     4,418     6,728     6,921     8,502
Queen Charlotte                    --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --       948
Quesnel                            --       446       653     1,587     4,384     4,673     5,725     6,252     7,637     8,240     8,358     8,179     8,468    10,044     9,326
Radium Hot Springs                 --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --       395       530       583       735
Revelstoke                      2,782     2,736     2,106     2,917     3,469     3,624     4,791     4,867     4,615     5,544     8,279     7,729     8,047     7,500     7,230
Richmond                        4,825     8,182    10,370    19,186    25,978    43,323    50,460    62,121    80,034    96,154   108,492   126,624   148,867   164,345   174,461
Rossland                        2,097     2,848     3,657     4,604     4,344     4,354     4,264     3,896     3,716     3,967     3,472     3,557     3,802     3,646     3,278
Saanich                        10,534    12,968    18,173    28,481    38,358    48,876    58,845    65,040    73,383    78,710    82,940    95,577   101,388   103,654   108,265
Salmo                              --        --        --       593       846       889       925       872     1,089     1,169     1,014     1,069     1,202     1,120     1,007
Salmon Arm C/VL        [14]       627       830       836     1,201     1,344     1,506     1,854        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --
Salmon Arm DM                     967     1,671     1,786     2,389     3,100     4,007     4,801     7,793     9,391    10,780    11,199    12,115    14,664    15,210    16,012
Sayward                            --        --        --        --        --        --        --       465       383       482       417       406       440       379       341
Sechelt                            --        --        --        --       439       488       468       590       822     1,096     1,224     6,123     7,343     7,775     8,454
Sicamous                                                                             --        --        --        --        --        --     2,501     2,827     2,720     2,676
Sidney                             --        --        --        --     1,371     1,558     3,165     4,868     6,732     7,946     8,982    10,082    10,701    10,929    11,315
Silverton                          --       272       207       339       347       285       247       246       253       280       233       231       241       222       185
Slocan                            286       202       183       374       326       293       357       346       351       351       294       263       335       336       314
Smithers                           --       999       759     1,204     1,962     2,487     3,135     3,864     3,783     4,570     4,713     5,029     5,624     5,414     5,217
Sooke                              --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --     8,735     9,704
South Fort George      [15]        --        --        --        --        --        --        --     1,282        --        --        --        --        --        --        --
South Vancouver        [13]    32,267        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --
Spallumcheen                      523     1,629     1,805     1,936     1,937     2,123     2,076     2,302     3,378     4,213     4,310     4,719     5,322     5,134     4,960
Sparwood                           --        --        --        --        --        --     1,928     2,990     4,050     4,157     4,540     4,211     3,982     3,812     3,618
Squamish                           --        --        --       589     1,292     1,557     4,240     6,121     8,368    10,272    10,157    11,709    13,994    14,247    14,949
Stewart                            --       610       446       283       435       327       522     1,357     1,382     1,456       858     1,151       858       661       496
Sumas                  [16]     2,299     1,812     2,473     4,015     4,505     5,145     5,445     6,773        --        --        --        --        --        --        --
Summerland                      1,892     1,791     2,054     3,567     3,893     4,307     4,585     5,551     6,724     7,473     7,755     9,253    10,584    10,713    10,828
Surrey                          5,814     8,388    14,840    33,670    49,366    70,838    81,826    98,601   116,497   147,138   181,447   245,173   304,477   347,825   394,976
Tadanac                [17]       292       464       510       479       325       347       367        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --
Tahsis                             --        --        --        --        --        --        --     1,351     1,663     1,739     1,445     1,053       940       600       366
Taylor                             --        --        --        --        --       438       595       605       649       966       711       821     1,031     1,143     1,384
Telkwa                             --        --        --        --       580       576       668       712       691       840       863       959     1,194     1,371     1,295
Terrace                            --       352       355       961     1,473     5,940     8,637     9,991    10,251    10,914    10,532    11,433    12,779    12,109    11,320
Tofino                             --        --       246       302       389       440       477       461       612       705       940     1,103     1,170     1,466     1,655
Trail                           3,020     7,573     9,392    11,430    11,395    11,580    11,600    11,149     9,976     9,599     7,948     7,919     7,696     7,575     7,237
Tumbler Ridge                      --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --     4,387     4,650     3,775     1,851     2,454
Ucluelet                           --        --        --        --       520       782     1,054     1,018     1,180     1,593     1,512     1,595     1,658     1,559     1,487
Valemount                          --        --        --        --        --        --       656       693       878     1,130     1,161     1,128     1,303     1,195     1,018
Valleyview             [6]         --        --        --        --        --        --        --     3,787        --        --        --        --        --        --        --
Vancouver                     117,217   246,593   275,353   344,833   365,844   384,522   410,375   426,256   410,188   414,281   431,147   471,844   514,008   545,671   578,041
Vanderhoof                         --       305       350       644     1,085     1,460     1,507     1,653     1,990     2,323     3,505     4,023     4,401     4,390     4,064
Vernon                          3,685     3,937     5,209     7,822     8,998    10,250    11,423    13,283    17,546    19,987    20,241    23,514    31,817    33,494    35,944
Victoria                       38,727    39,082    44,068    51,331    54,584    54,941    57,453    61,761    62,551    64,379    66,303    71,228    73,504    74,125    78,057
View Royal                         --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --     5,925     6,441     7,271     8,768
Warfield                           --        --        --        --     2,051     2,212     2,255     2,132     1,957     1,969     1,840     1,814     1,788     1,739     1,729
Wells                              --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --       235       236
West Vancouver                  2,434     4,786     7,669    13,990    19,197    25,454    31,987    36,440    37,144    35,728    36,266    38,783    40,882    41,421    42,131
Westview               [5]         --        --        --     3,507        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --
Whistler                           --        --        --        --        --        --        --        --       531     1,365     2,002     4,459     7,172     8,896     9,248
White Rock                         --        --        --        --        --     6,453     7,787    10,349    12,497    13,550    14,387    16,314    17,210    18,250    18,755
Williams Lake                      --       402       540       913     1,790     2,120     3,167     4,072     6,199     8,362    10,280    10,385    10,472    11,153    10,744
Zeballos                           --        --        --        --       154       235       229       186       337       329       195       220       232       224       189

Note: All figures correspond to municipal boundaries as of the year stated

[1] Amalgamated with Fort St. John                       [10] Amalgamated with Castlegar
[2] Amalgamated with Port Alberni                        [11] Amalgamated with Mission
[3] Annexed to Kimberley                                 [12] Amagalmated to form Sparwood
[4] Amalgamated with Chilliwack                          [13] Annexed to Vancouver
[5] Amalgamated to form Powell River                     [14] Amalgamated with Salmon Arm District
[6] Amalgamated with Kamloops                            [15] Amalgamated with Prince George
[7] Amalgamated with Coquitlam                           [16] Amalgamated with Abbotsford
[8] Dissolved with part annexed to Kelowna, and part to u[17] Amalgamated with Trail
[9] Amalgamated with Kelowna

Source: Statistics Canada, Prepared by BC Stats, March, 2007
1941, 1951, 1956, 1961, 1966, 1971, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006 Census of Canada

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