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Population, urban and rural, by province and territory
(Manitoba)
	Population	Urban	Rural	Urban	Rural
	number			% of total population
Man.
1871	25,228	1,058	24,170	4	96
1881	62,260	10,245	52,015	16	84
1891	152,506	41,008	111,498	27	73
1901	255,211	70,436	184,775	28	72
1911	461,394	200,365	261,029	43	57
1921	610,118	261,616	348,502	43	57
1931	700,139	315,969	384,170	45	55
1941	729,744	321,873	407,871	44	56
1951	776,541	439,580	336,961	57	43
1956	850,040	510,583	339,457	60	40
1961	921,686	588,807	332,879	64	36
1966	963,066	646,048	317,018	67	33
1971	988,245	686,445	301,800	69	31
1976	1,021,505	714,480	307,025	70	30
1981	1,026,241	730,659	295,582	71	29
1986	1,063,015	766,850	296,165	72	28
1991	1,091,942	787,175	304,767	72	28
1996	1,113,898	800,063	313,835	72	28
2001	1,119,583	805,321	314,262	72	28
2006	1,148,401	820,922	327,479	72	29
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.

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