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Population, urban and rural, by province and territory
(Ontario)
	Population	Urban	Rural	Urban	Rural
	number			% of total population
Ont.
1851	952,004	133,463	818,541	14	86
1861	1,396,091	258,192	1,137,899	18	82
1871	1,620,851	355,997	1,264,854	22	78
1881	1,926,922	575,848	1,351,074	30	70
1891	2,114,321	818,998	1,295,323	39	61
1901	2,182,947	935,978	1,246,969	43	57
1911	2,527,292	1,328,489	1,198,803	53	47
1921	2,933,662	1,706,632	1,227,030	58	42
1931	3,431,683	2,095,992	1,335,691	61	39
1941	3,787,655	2,338,633	1,449,022	62	38
1951	4,597,542	3,251,099	1,346,443	71	29
1956	5,404,933	4,102,919	1,302,014	76	24
1961	6,236,092	4,823,529	1,412,563	77	23
1966	6,960,870	5,593,440	1,367,430	80	20
1971	7,703,105	6,343,630	1,359,480	82	18
1976	8,264,465	6,708,520	1,555,945	81	19
1981	8,625,107	7,047,032	1,578,075	82	18
1986	9,101,695	7,469,420	1,632,275	82	18
1991	10,084,885	8,253,842	1,831,043	82	18
1996	10,753,573	8,958,741	1,794,832	83	17
2001	11,410,046	9,662,547	1,747,499	85	15
2006	12,160,282	10,351,135	1,809,147	85	15
Note: The rural population for 1981 to 2006 refers to persons living outside centres with a population of 1,000 AND outside areas with 400 persons per square kilometre. Previous to 1981, the definitions differed slightly but consistently referred to populations outside centres of 1,000 population. Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 1851 to 2006. Last modified: 2009-09-22.

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