The 1996 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population. Census day was May 14, 1996. On that day, Statistics Canada attempted to count every person in Canada. The total population count of Canada was 28,846,761.[1] This was a 5.7% increase over the 1991 census of 27,296,859.[1]
The previous census was the 1991 census and the following census was in 2001 census.
A summary of information about Canada.
Population by mother tongue of Canada's official languages:
Population of Aboriginal peoples in Canada:
Population by ethnic origin. Only those origins with more than 250,000 respondents are included here. This is based entirely on self reporting.
Population by age: