| Total population and total number of private dwellings,
Québec Census Metropolitan Areas, 2001 |
|
| Québec Census |
Population |
Private |
| Metropolitan Areas |
|
|
dwelling1 |
| |
Percentage change |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2001 |
1996 |
2001/1996 |
|
2001 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
n |
% |
|
n |
|
| 408 Saguenay2 |
154 938 |
160 454 |
-3,4 |
|
65 118 |
| 421 Québec |
682 757 |
671 889 |
1,6 |
|
310 826 |
| 433 Sherbrooke |
153 811 |
149 569 |
2,8 |
|
72 218 |
| 442 Trois-Rivières |
137 507 |
139 956 |
-1,7 |
|
64 486 |
| 462 Montréal |
3 426 350 |
3 326 447 |
3,0 |
|
1 473 491 |
| 505 Gatineau3 |
257 568 |
247 072 |
4,2 |
|
109 657 |
| |
| Québec |
7 237 479 |
7 138 795 |
1,4 |
|
3 230 196 |
|
| 1. The notion "private dwelling" covers
all dwellings occupied by usual, temporary or foreign residents, and all
ordinary unoccupied dwellings. Note that unoccupied dwellings were not included
in the private dwelling category in the censuses prior to 2001. |
| 2. Previously the Chicoutimi-Jonquière CMA. |
| 3. Québec part of the Gatineau-Ottawa CMA. |
| Source: Statistics Canada, 2001 Census of Canada. |
| Compilation and processing: Institut de la statistique du Québec, 2003. |
| |
| January 31, 2003 |
