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Originally Posted by someone123
I do not know, but the 2011 estimates are now out ( http://www40.statcan.ca/l01/cst01/demo05a-eng.htm) and there is a wide range of differences between cities. In some cities the estimates are 4% higher than the census totals, and in other cases the estimates are actually lower than the census totals.
Halifax's 2011 estimate is 408,200 and its 2011 census population count was 390,328 (~4% lower).
For St. John's the 2011 estimate is 196,200 and the 2011 census population count was slightly higher at 196,966. |
It may be that Halifax has a large proportion of short-term residents who don't bother to fill-out census forms; for example, university/college students from other provinces and other towns within Nova Scotia, and military personal, such as in the Navy who come from outside the HRM and don't consider themselves to be permanent residents (even if, technically, they are).
When I was in my twenties, I don't remember ever filling out a census form.