Population urban and rural, by province and territory

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Population urban and rural, by province and territory
(Newfoundland and Labrador)
	Total population	Urban	Rural	Urban	Rural
	number			% of total population
N.L.
1951	361,416	154,795	206,621	43	57
1956	415,074	185,252	229,822	45	55
1961	457,853	232,020	225,833	51	49
1966	493,396	266,689	226,707	54	46
1971	522,100	298,800	223,300	57	43
1976	557,720	328,270	229,450	59	41
1981	567,681	332,898	234,783	59	41
1986	568,350	334,730	233,620	59	41
1991	568,475	304,455	264,023	54	46
1996	551,790	313,820	237,975	57	43
2001	512,930	296,196	216,734	58	42
Note: The rural population for 1981 to 2001 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, Censuses of Population, 1851 - 2001. Last modified: 2005-09-01.

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