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Population, urban and rural, by province and territory
(New Brunswick)
	Population	Urban	Rural	Urban	Rural
	number			% of total population
N.B.
1851	193,800	27,203	166,597	14	86
1861	252,047	32,969	219,078	13	87
1871	285,594	50,213	235,381	18	82
1881	321,233	59,092	262,141	18	82
1891	321,263	48,901	272,362	15	85
1901	331,120	77,285	253,835	23	77
1911	351,889	99,547	252,342	28	72
1921	387,876	124,444	263,432	32	68
1931	408,219	128,940	279,279	32	68
1941	457,401	143,423	313,978	31	69
1951	515,697	215,011	300,686	42	58
1956	554,616	254,290	300,326	46	54
1961	597,936	278,013	319,923	46	54
1966	616,788	312,225	304,563	51	49
1971	634,560	361,150	273,410	57	43
1976	677,250	354,420	322,830	52	48
1981	696,403	353,220	343,183	51	49
1986	709,445	350,305	359,140	49	51
1991	723,900	345,214	378,686	48	52
1996	738,133	360,421	377,712	49	51
2001	729,498	367,902	361,596	50	50
2006	729,997	372,935	357,062	51	49
Note: The rural population for 1981 to 2006 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, Census of Population, 1851 to 2006. Last modified: 2009-09-22.

For more statistical information, consult 2006 Census.

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