1976 Canadian census
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General information
Country	Canada
Authority	Statistics Canada
Results
Total population	22,992,604 ( 6.6%)
Most populous province/territory	Ontario (8,264,465)
Least populous province/territory	Yukon (21,836)

The1976 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of theCanadian population. Census day was June 1, 1976. On that day, Statistics Canada attempted to count every person in Canada. The total population count of Canada was 22,992,604. This was a 6.6% increase over the 1971 census of 21,568,311.^[1]

The previous census was the1971 census and the following census was in1981 census.

A summary of information about Canada.^[2]

Rank	Province or territory	Population as of 1976 census	Population as of 1971 census	Change	Percent change
1	Ontario	8,264,465	7,703,106	561,359	7.3
2	Quebec	6,234,445	6,027,764	206,681	3.4
3	British Columbia	2,466,608	2,184,621	281,987	12.9
4	Alberta	1,838,037	1,627,874	210,163	12.9
5	Manitoba	1,021,506	988,247	33,259	3.4
6	Saskatchewan	921,323	926,242	−4,919	−0.5
7	Nova Scotia	828,571	788,960	39,611	5.0
8	New Brunswick	677,250	634,557	42,693	6.7
9	Newfoundland and Labrador	557,725	522,104	35,621	6.8
10	Prince Edward Island	118,229	111,641	6,588	5.9
11	Northwest Territories	42,609	34,807	7,802	22.4
12	Yukon	21,836	18,388	3,448	18.8
	Canada	22,992,604	21,568,311	1,424,293	6.6

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