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Population, urban and rural, by province and territory
(Saskatchewan)
	Population	Urban	Rural	Urban	Rural
	number			% of total population
Sask.
1901	91,279	14,266	77,013	16	84
1911	492,432	131,395	361,037	27	73
1921	757,510	218,958	538,552	29	71
1931	921,785	290,905	630,880	32	68
1941	895,992	295,146	600,846	33	67
1951	831,728	252,470	579,258	30	70
1956	880,665	322,003	558,662	37	63
1961	925,181	398,091	527,090	43	57
1966	955,344	468,327	487,017	49	51
1971	926,240	490,630	435,615	53	47
1976	921,325	511,330	409,990	55	45
1981	968,313	563,166	405,147	58	42
1986	1,009,610	620,195	389,415	61	39
1991	988,928	623,397	365,531	63	37
1996	990,237	627,178	363,059	63	37
2001	978,933	629,036	349,897	64	36
2006	968,157	628,913	339,244	65	35
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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