▁Statistics ▁Canada ▁stated ▁that ▁they ▁intend ▁to ▁analyze ▁these ▁comments ▁but ▁that ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁technical ▁difficulties ▁of ▁analyz ing ▁free - form ▁text , ▁this ▁analysis ▁will ▁not ▁be ▁released ▁on ▁the ▁same ▁schedule ▁as ▁the ▁binary ▁gender ▁data . ▁ ▁Results ▁▁ ▁In ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 6 ▁Census ▁of ▁Population , ▁Canada ▁recorded ▁a ▁population ▁of ▁ 3 5 , 1 5 1 , 7 2 8 ▁living ▁in ▁ 1 4 , 0 7 2 , 0 7 9 ▁of ▁its ▁ 1 5 , 4 1 2 , 4 4 3 ▁total ▁private ▁dwell ings , ▁a ▁ ▁change ▁from ▁its ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁population ▁of ▁ 3 3 , 4 7 6 , 6 8 8 . ▁With ▁a ▁land ▁area ▁of ▁, ▁it ▁had ▁a ▁population ▁density ▁of ▁ ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 6 . ▁Canada ' s ▁most ▁and ▁least ▁popul ous ▁provinces ▁were ▁Ontario ▁at ▁ 1 3 , 4 4 8 , 4 9 4 ▁and ▁Prince ▁Edward ▁Island ▁at ▁ 1 4 2 , 9 0 7 ▁respectively . ▁Among ▁the ▁three ▁territ ories , ▁the ▁North west ▁Territ ories ▁was ▁the ▁largest ▁with ▁a ▁population ▁of ▁ 4 1 , 7 8 6 ▁while ▁Y uk on ▁was ▁the ▁smallest ▁with ▁a ▁population ▁of ▁ 3 5 , 8 7 4 ▁after ▁N un av ut ' s ▁population ▁over to ok ▁Y uk on ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁in ▁its ▁history . ▁ ▁The ▁majority ▁of