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Population, urban and rural, by province and territory
(Alberta)
	Population	Urban	Rural	Urban	Rural
	number			% of total population
Alta.
1901	73,022	18,533	54,489	25	75
1911	374,295	137,662	236,633	37	63
1921	588,454	222,904	365,550	38	62
1931	731,605	278,508	453,097	38	62
1941	796,169	306,586	489,583	39	61
1951	939,501	449,675	489,826	48	52
1956	1,123,116	635,824	487,292	57	43
1961	1,331,944	843,211	488,733	63	37
1966	1,463,203	1,007,407	455,796	69	31
1971	1,627,875	1,196,250	431,615	73	27
1976	1,838,035	1,379,170	458,870	75	25
1981	2,237,724	1,727,545	510,179	77	23
1986	2,365,830	1,877,760	488,070	79	21
1991	2,545,553	2,030,893	514,660	80	20
1996	2,696,826	2,142,815	554,011	79	21
2001	2,974,807	2,405,160	569,647	81	19
2006	3,290,350	2,699,851	590,499	82	18
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.

For more statistical information, consult 2006 Census.

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