North of 50
Albertans VERSUS other Canadians
Province
|
Total Popualtion
|
Population North of 50
|
% North of 50
|
Alberta
|
4,067,175
|
3,775,863
|
93
|
CANADA <without Alberta>
|
35,151,728
|
2,172,376
|
6
|
Saskatchewan
|
1,098,352
|
1,020,297
|
93
|
British Columbia
|
4,648,055
|
558,710
|
12
|
Manitoba
|
1,278,365
|
255713
|
20
|
Quebec
|
8,164,361
|
98541
|
1
|
Ontario
|
13,448,494
|
82707
|
0.6
|
Newfoundland
|
519,716
|
42804
|
8
|
Northwest Territories
|
41,786
|
41,786
|
100
|
Nunavut
|
35,944
|
35,944
|
<
100
|
Yukon
|
35,874
|
35,874
|
100
|
Nova Scotia
|
923,598
|
0
|
0
|
New Brunswick
|
747,101
|
0
|
0
|
Prince Edward Island
|
142,907
|
0
|
0
|
North of 50 Population figures are estimates.
For more information please continue reading.
Our sources:
For Population figures:
Statistics Canada Census Division Population Totals
from 2016.
Statistics Canada Provincial Population Totals from
2016.
For help with lines of latitude:
Atlas of Canada and the World, third edition.
Published by Key Porter Books Limited. 1998.
Our method:
We used 2016 Canada Census population totals because
that was an actual count and not an estimate (which you will find for every
year after 2016 until the next census).
We used the provincial and territorial totals from
the 2016 census as our starting point.
From looking at our atlas, we knew that all 3 territories were
completely north of 50 degrees latitude.
So these numbers could be fully included in the total population north
of 50.
We also found that 3 provinces
were completely south of 50 degrees latitude (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick,
PEI). These totals were ignored as we
were only adding up population north of 50.
This left 7 provinces that had populations both
south and north of 50. To figure this
out, we turned to Statistics Canada’s Census Divisions. Each province has its own divisions and does
not share any with any other province.
In
the four (north)western Canadian provinces (BC, AB, SK, MB), we determined
which Census divisions were south of 50 degrees latitude by comparing Census
Division Maps with our Atlas. Then
we subtracted their populations from those provincial totals to arrive at the "north of 50 population" for each province.
However, some census divisions crossed over 50 degrees latitude. With these Census divsions, we took the
division totals and subtracted Census population center (cities, towns, etc.) totals - that we could
find (or estimate with some certainty) on the south side of 50 degrees.
In Alberta, we erred on the south side of 50
degrees for 3 census divisions (#1,#2,#3). But for all other provinces, we erred on the north side of 50 degrees north latitude. This means that our estimates favour all provinces - except Alberta - when it comes to comparing populations north of 50, which makes our results all the more surprising!
Below you will find a list of the census divisions used to calculate the "north of 50 populations for each province:
List of Census
Divisions
(or considered) fully north of 50:
Quebec
Minganie-LeGolfe du Sanit Laurent (2498)
Nord du Quebec (2499) – not quite but too close to
split up division total
Sept-Iles (2497) – not quite but too close to split
up division total
Newfoundland & Labrador
9, 10, 11
List of Census
Divsisions
(or considered) fully south of 50:
British
Columbia
Kootenay Boundary (5905),
Okanagan Similkameen (5907)
Fraser Valley (5909)
Greater Vancouver (5915)
Capital (5917)
Cowichan Valley (5919)
Nanaimo (5921)
Alberni Clayoquot (5923)
Comox Valley (5926)
Alberta
1, 2, 3
Saskatchewan
1, 2, 3, 4
Manitoba
2, 3, 4, 5, 11
List of Census Divisions
with populations
both north + south of 50
British
Columbia
East Kootenay (5901)
Central Kootenay (5903)
Strathcona (5924)
Powell River (5927)
Sunshine Coast (5929)
Squamish-Lillooet (5931)
Thompson-Nicola (5933)
Central Okanagan (5935)
North Okanagan (5937)
Mount Waddington (5943)
Manitoba
1,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14
Ontario
Cochrane (3556)
Thunder Bay (3558)
Kenora (3560)
Quebec
(2496)
(2494), (2492) - both of these divisions did not seem to have significant populations north of 50
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