The 1936 Canadian census was the fourth of a series of special
census
A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...
es conducted by the
Government of Canada
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covering the rapidly expanding Northwest Provinces of
Alberta
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,
Saskatchewan
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, and
Manitoba
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. These censuses were conducted every ten years from 1906 to 1946. This census was conducted as at June 1, 1936.
The entire population of Canada for 1936 was estimated at 10,950,000, an increase of 1.0% over the previous year. The Northwest Provinces had 2,415,545 people in this census, of which Alberta had 772,782, Saskatchewan 931,547, and Manitoba 711,216. Due to the
Dust Bowl
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, Saskatchewan would not return to this population peak until
1966
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Canada's ''
Statistics Act
The ''Statistics Act'' () is an Act of the Parliament of Canada passed in 1918 which created the Dominion Bureau of Statistics, now called Statistics Canada since 1971.
The ''Statistics Act'' gives Statistics Canada the authority to "collect, c ...
'' legislation does not permit the release of personal information until 92 years have elapsed. Detailed information from this census is not due for release until 2028.
The previous census was the nationwide
1931 census and the following census was the nationwide
1941 census.
See also
*
Population and housing censuses by country
This is a list of national population and housing censuses.
Census advisory
The United Nations recommends a census enumeration at least once every ten years, and once every five years for even better data, rather than simply relying on estim ...
References
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