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Canada Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 29,771   Population 2000 (UN '000) 30,757
Area (km2) 9,458,886   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 40
Number of Administrative Units 5,984   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 5
Number of Urban Extents 327   Number of Settlement Points 884

Canada Details

Names
ISO3-Code CAN
Continent North America
Country Name Canada
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 3.0
Leve1 Type Province
Level2 Type Census Division
Level3 Type Census Subdivision
Number of Units 5,984
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 5
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 1996
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 27,121
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 28,638
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 29,771
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 27,701
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 29,354
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 30,757
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 9,458,886
Average Input Resolution (km) 40
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 884
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 4,307,398
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 1,001
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 26,628
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 327
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 7,181
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 1
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 386
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 126,354
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 5,560,794
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 1,141
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 79,807
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 26,096,761
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 1%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 85%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 79%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 782
Regression-estimated Extents 13
Digital Chart of the World 0
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
Statistics Canada
Administrative Boundary Source Data:
Statistics Canada
Settlement Point Population Source Data:
2001 Canada Census, Statistics Canada, www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/products/
Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
Canadian Geographical Names, DCW, National Atlas of Canada, NIMA
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
Areas with at least 1,000 inhabitants and a population density of at least 400 persons per square kilometer at the previous census.
Administrative Population Edits and Notes:
Subdivision growth rates based on 1991 and 1996 were used to estimate 1990 and 1995 populations. Used Census division population totals (and boundaries) for 1996 and 2001 to calculate growth rates. These were applied to 1996 to estimate 2000 through 2015.
Administrative Spatial Edits and Notes:
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