<P> The Canada 2001 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population . Census day was May 15, 2001 . On that day, Statistics Canada attempted to count every person in Canada . The total population count of Canada was 30,007,094 . This was a 4% increase over 1996 Census of 28,846,761 . In contrast, the official Statistics Canada population estimate for 2001 was 31,021,300 . This is considered a more accurate population number than the actual count . </P> <P> The following census was the 2006 Census . </P>

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