Population density is the number of people per square kilometre of land. Place Forecast computes it as population divided by land area.
Density is a fair way to compare places of different size. A small town and a big city can have the same density but very different populations.
Estimated figures come from the Estimated Resident Population. Future density is projected using the cohort-component method. Only the population changes over time. The land area stays fixed within an ASGS edition.
A few things matter when you read density:
The comparison page opens on a Dorling cartogram by default. A plain map can mislead for density. Large areas draw the eye. A cartogram sizes each area by value, not by land area, so the eye reads the rate, not the shape. You can switch to a Demers cartogram or a plain choropleth map from the toolbox.
| Age Group | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 | 2033 | 2034 | 2035 | 2036 | 2037 | 2038 | 2039 | 2040 | 2041 | 2042 | 2043 | 2044 | 2045 | 2046 | 2047 | 2048 | 2049 | 2050 | 2051 | 2052 | 2053 | 2054 |
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| 0-4 | 7.00 | 6.87 | 6.79 | 6.87 | 5.99 | 6.45 | 6.77 | 6.82 | 6.87 | 6.95 | 6.90 | 6.89 | 6.89 | 6.88 | 6.89 | 6.90 | 6.91 | 6.91 | 6.92 | 6.93 | 6.95 | 6.97 | 6.98 | 7.00 | 7.01 | 7.02 | 7.04 | 7.05 | 7.07 | 7.08 | 7.10 | 7.12 | 7.14 | 7.16 | 7.18 |
| 5-9 | 7.05 | 6.84 | 7.13 | 7.27 | 6.87 | 6.42 | 6.48 | 6.58 | 6.59 | 6.62 | 6.94 | 7.02 | 7.02 | 7.03 | 7.08 | 7.07 | 7.08 | 7.08 | 7.09 | 7.11 | 7.12 | 7.14 | 7.15 | 7.17 | 7.18 | 7.19 | 7.21 | 7.22 | 7.24 | 7.25 | 7.27 | 7.29 | 7.31 | 7.33 | 7.34 |
| 10-14 | 7.48 | 7.56 | 7.16 | 6.97 | 6.63 | 6.66 | 6.27 | 6.18 | 6.20 | 6.06 | 5.79 | 5.78 | 5.82 | 5.77 | 5.76 | 5.95 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.02 | 6.07 | 6.07 | 6.07 | 6.08 | 6.09 | 6.10 | 6.12 | 6.13 | 6.14 | 6.15 | 6.16 | 6.18 | 6.19 | 6.21 | 6.22 | 6.24 |
| 15-19 | 6.65 | 6.79 | 6.41 | 6.28 | 6.55 | 6.82 | 7.24 | 7.40 | 7.41 | 7.32 | 7.27 | 7.10 | 7.07 | 7.11 | 7.02 | 6.91 | 6.88 | 6.94 | 6.94 | 6.93 | 7.02 | 7.06 | 7.06 | 7.07 | 7.12 | 7.13 | 7.14 | 7.15 | 7.16 | 7.18 | 7.19 | 7.21 | 7.23 | 7.24 | 7.26 |
| 20-24 | 9.10 | 8.49 | 8.54 | 8.60 | 7.96 | 7.12 | 7.25 | 7.42 | 7.68 | 8.07 | 8.20 | 8.34 | 8.31 | 8.31 | 8.35 | 8.31 | 8.34 | 8.35 | 8.39 | 8.40 | 8.36 | 8.35 | 8.38 | 8.40 | 8.38 | 8.42 | 8.45 | 8.47 | 8.49 | 8.52 | 8.54 | 8.56 | 8.58 | 8.60 | 8.62 |
| 25-29 | 11.42 | 11.31 | 10.25 | 10.41 | 10.46 | 10.41 | 10.41 | 9.92 | 9.59 | 9.41 | 9.33 | 9.34 | 9.36 | 9.39 | 9.46 | 9.50 | 9.54 | 9.55 | 9.58 | 9.62 | 9.63 | 9.66 | 9.68 | 9.71 | 9.72 | 9.73 | 9.75 | 9.77 | 9.79 | 9.80 | 9.84 | 9.87 | 9.90 | 9.92 | 9.95 |
| 30-34 | 10.54 | 10.06 | 10.19 | 10.65 | 10.62 | 10.79 | 10.14 | 9.58 | 9.30 | 9.05 | 8.87 | 8.88 | 8.80 | 8.73 | 8.71 | 8.70 | 8.71 | 8.73 | 8.75 | 8.78 | 8.81 | 8.84 | 8.86 | 8.88 | 8.90 | 8.92 | 8.94 | 8.95 | 8.97 | 8.99 | 9.01 | 9.04 | 9.06 | 9.09 | 9.11 |
| 35-39 | 10.73 | 11.02 | 10.91 | 10.65 | 9.61 | 9.64 | 9.60 | 10.03 | 10.41 | 10.53 | 10.52 | 10.33 | 10.15 | 10.07 | 10.00 | 9.97 | 9.98 | 9.97 | 9.95 | 9.96 | 9.98 | 10.00 | 10.03 | 10.05 | 10.07 | 10.10 | 10.12 | 10.14 | 10.16 | 10.18 | 10.21 | 10.24 | 10.26 | 10.29 | 10.32 |
| 40-44 | 8.44 | 8.01 | 8.09 | 8.06 | 8.60 | 9.39 | 9.63 | 9.38 | 9.09 | 8.73 | 8.67 | 8.62 | 8.82 | 9.07 | 9.14 | 9.17 | 9.12 | 9.04 | 9.00 | 8.99 | 8.98 | 9.00 | 9.01 | 9.01 | 9.02 | 9.03 | 9.05 | 9.07 | 9.09 | 9.11 | 9.13 | 9.16 | 9.18 | 9.20 | 9.22 |
| 45-49 | 9.37 | 9.08 | 8.73 | 8.70 | 8.12 | 7.73 | 7.86 | 8.33 | 8.48 | 9.26 | 9.89 | 10.10 | 10.05 | 9.88 | 9.63 | 9.55 | 9.54 | 9.66 | 9.84 | 9.91 | 9.92 | 9.90 | 9.86 | 9.85 | 9.85 | 9.85 | 9.87 | 9.88 | 9.89 | 9.90 | 9.92 | 9.95 | 9.97 | 10.00 | 10.02 |
| 50-54 | 7.80 | 8.41 | 8.76 | 9.53 | 9.53 | 9.29 | 8.59 | 8.22 | 8.01 | 7.64 | 7.44 | 7.56 | 7.80 | 7.94 | 8.45 | 8.83 | 8.91 | 8.83 | 8.73 | 8.59 | 8.58 | 8.57 | 8.66 | 8.77 | 8.81 | 8.83 | 8.82 | 8.81 | 8.80 | 8.81 | 8.82 | 8.84 | 8.86 | 8.87 | 8.89 |
| 55-59 | 8.28 | 8.25 | 8.09 | 8.04 | 8.30 | 7.96 | 8.48 | 9.09 | 9.54 | 9.52 | 9.28 | 8.62 | 8.35 | 8.15 | 7.90 | 7.80 | 7.84 | 8.01 | 8.05 | 8.37 | 8.66 | 8.76 | 8.73 | 8.71 | 8.63 | 8.62 | 8.61 | 8.68 | 8.78 | 8.83 | 8.86 | 8.86 | 8.86 | 8.86 | 8.87 |
| 60-64 | 8.73 | 8.81 | 8.97 | 8.70 | 8.36 | 8.60 | 8.48 | 8.08 | 7.72 | 7.73 | 7.50 | 7.97 | 8.41 | 8.76 | 8.73 | 8.51 | 8.09 | 7.92 | 7.79 | 7.61 | 7.52 | 7.57 | 7.71 | 7.77 | 8.04 | 8.26 | 8.34 | 8.31 | 8.28 | 8.21 | 8.20 | 8.20 | 8.26 | 8.33 | 8.36 |
| 65-69 | 7.05 | 7.48 | 7.48 | 7.98 | 8.68 | 8.55 | 8.47 | 8.18 | 7.94 | 7.56 | 7.67 | 7.55 | 7.25 | 7.00 | 7.05 | 6.93 | 7.26 | 7.55 | 7.77 | 7.74 | 7.60 | 7.31 | 7.18 | 7.09 | 6.98 | 6.92 | 6.96 | 7.06 | 7.10 | 7.29 | 7.43 | 7.48 | 7.47 | 7.46 | 7.42 |
| 70-74 | 6.10 | 6.04 | 6.49 | 6.20 | 6.18 | 6.61 | 6.97 | 6.70 | 7.13 | 7.50 | 7.33 | 7.27 | 7.10 | 6.97 | 6.75 | 6.83 | 6.78 | 6.66 | 6.51 | 6.53 | 6.44 | 6.62 | 6.80 | 6.96 | 6.96 | 6.89 | 6.73 | 6.67 | 6.63 | 6.58 | 6.54 | 6.56 | 6.64 | 6.67 | 6.79 |
| 75-79 | 4.60 | 4.74 | 5.03 | 5.24 | 5.14 | 5.45 | 5.50 | 6.09 | 5.78 | 5.85 | 6.16 | 6.44 | 6.25 | 6.46 | 6.73 | 6.63 | 6.60 | 6.47 | 6.38 | 6.24 | 6.31 | 6.29 | 6.17 | 6.06 | 6.06 | 6.02 | 6.17 | 6.32 | 6.43 | 6.41 | 6.37 | 6.26 | 6.21 | 6.19 | 6.15 |
| 80-84 | 2.56 | 2.85 | 3.25 | 3.67 | 3.86 | 3.69 | 3.85 | 4.04 | 4.28 | 4.46 | 4.74 | 4.80 | 5.20 | 5.01 | 5.04 | 5.25 | 5.41 | 5.19 | 5.27 | 5.46 | 5.39 | 5.37 | 5.34 | 5.27 | 5.17 | 5.20 | 5.18 | 5.09 | 5.05 | 5.08 | 5.08 | 5.17 | 5.24 | 5.28 | 5.28 |
| 85+ | 2.77 | 2.87 | 2.69 | 2.64 | 2.90 | 3.37 | 3.67 | 3.89 | 4.30 | 4.49 | 4.62 | 4.91 | 5.24 | 5.74 | 5.99 | 6.25 | 6.47 | 7.01 | 7.24 | 7.39 | 7.69 | 7.93 | 8.13 | 8.35 | 8.57 | 8.71 | 8.85 | 8.97 | 9.06 | 9.13 | 9.24 | 9.31 | 9.33 | 9.38 | 9.45 |
| Total | 135.66 | 135.48 | 134.97 | 136.46 | 134.33 | 134.95 | 135.67 | 135.95 | 136.34 | 136.73 | 137.12 | 137.51 | 137.90 | 138.29 | 138.68 | 139.07 | 139.46 | 139.85 | 140.24 | 140.63 | 141.02 | 141.41 | 141.80 | 142.19 | 142.58 | 142.97 | 143.36 | 143.75 | 144.14 | 144.53 | 144.92 | 145.31 | 145.70 | 146.09 | 146.48 |