Home / Society & Health

👥 Canadian Provinces by Population

Population of the provinces and territories at the 2021 census.

📅 2021📏 million people13 entries🇨🇦 See all of this country’s rankings →
Each tile’s area is its share of the combined total of 36.99M (13 entries). Stronger colour means a higher rank.
1
Ontario
14.22M
2
Quebec
8.50M
3
British Columbia
5.00M
4
Alberta
4.26M
5
Manitoba
1.34M
6
Saskatchewan
1.13M
7
Nova Scotia
0.97M
8
New Brunswick
0.78M
9
Newfoundland and Labrador
0.51M
10
Prince Edward Island
0.15M
11
Northwest Territories
0.04M
12
Yukon
0.04M
13
Nunavut
0.04M

Highlights

Within Canada, Ontario ranks first in 2021 with 14.22M, followed by Quebec (8.50M) and British Columbia (5.00M).

Ontario is 1.7 times higher than Quebec, the runner-up.

Across 13 entries, values run from 14.22M (Ontario) to 0.04M (Nunavut), with a median of 0.97M.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2021 census (via Wikipedia), 2021. Unit: million people.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2021 census (via Wikipedia) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikipedia); underlying data © the cited publisher · fetched Oct 13, 2026