1971 Canadian census

1971 Canadian census
← 1966 June 1, 1971 1976 →
General information
Country	Canada
Results
Total population	21,568,311 (7.8)
Most populous ​province/territory	Ontario (7,703,106)
Least populous ​province/territory	Yukon (18,388)

The 1971 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population. Census day was June 1, 1971. On that day, Statistics Canada attempted to count every person in Canada. The total population count was 21,568,311. This was a 7.8% increase over the 1966 Census of 20,014,880.^[1]