Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario District Health Councils (DHC), Ontario Public Health Units (PHU), Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories, Nunavut

Ontario rates are presented for two different geographic levels: DHCs are more relevant for health system analysis; and PHUs are more relevant for health status measures.

Table 4.1: Population, by sex, Canada, provinces, territories and health regions, 1996 and 1997
		1996			1997
Code	Health Region Name	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
0	Canada	29,671,892	14,691,777	14,980,115	29,987,214	14,850,874	15,136,340
10	Newfoundland	560,584	279,383	281,201	554,076	275,813	278,263
1001	Health and Community Services St John's Region	186,547	91,642	94,905	185,287	90,998	94,289
1002	Health and Community Services Eastern Region	124,569	61,929	62,640	122,961	61,057	61,904
1003	Health and Community Services Central Region	113,303	57,133	56,170	111,319	55,956	55,363
1004	Health and Community Services Western Region	92,581	46,260	46,321	91,304	45,547	45,757
1005	Grenfell Regional Health Services Board	17,902	9,155	8,747	17,542	8,976	8,566
1006	Health Labrador Corporation	25,696	13,270	12,426	25,671	13,290	12,381
		1996			1997
Code	Health Region Name	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
11	Prince Edward Island	136,188	67,191	68,997	136,852	67,466	69,386
1101	Urban Health Region	63,510	31,075	32,435	63,971	31,278	32,693
1102	Rural Health Region	72,678	36,116	36,562	72,881	36,188	36,693
		1996			1997
Code	Health Region Name	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
12	Nova Scotia	931,235	456,839	474,396	934,538	458,535	476,003
1201	Zone 1	127,547	63,025	64,522	127,220	62,836	64,384
1202	Zone 2	83,479	41,229	42,250	84,021	41,525	42,496
1203	Zone 3	106,212	52,284	53,928	106,552	52,452	54,100
1204	Zone 4	99,996	49,371	50,625	99,591	49,154	50,437
1205	Zone 5	142,626	69,294	73,332	141,359	68,681	72,678
1206	Zone 6	371,375	181,636	189,739	375,795	183,887	191,908
		1996			1997
Code	Health Region Name	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
13	New Brunswick	752,995	373,792	379,203	754,237	374,152	380,085
1301	Region 1	182,851	90,535	92,316	183,833	90,904	92,929
1302	Region 2	177,849	87,172	90,677	177,971	87,161	90,810
1303	Region 3	165,395	82,598	82,797	165,946	82,791	83,155
1304	Region 4	54,709	27,033	27,676	54,653	27,019	27,634
1305	Region 5	32,949	16,261	16,688	32,826	16,190	16,636
1306	Region 6	89,264	44,946	44,318	89,132	44,877	44,255
1307	Region 7	49,983	25,247	24,736	49,872	25,206	24,666
		1996			1997
Code	Health Region Name	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
24	Quebec	7,274,019	3,588,185	3,685,834	7,302,553	3,603,159	3,699,394
2401	Région du Bas-Saint-Laurent	209,209	103,672	105,537	208,586	103,303	105,283
2402	Région du Saguenay - Lac-Saint-Jean	291,089	145,908	145,181	290,803	145,799	145,004
2403	Région de Québec	644,505	313,868	330,637	645,259	314,468	330,791
2404	Région de la Mauricie et Centre-du-Québec	483,800	239,262	244,538	484,940	239,765	245,175
2405	Région de l�Estrie	283,599	140,274	143,325	285,809	141,539	144,270
2406	Région de Montréal-Centre	1,808,188	870,423	937,765	1,805,549	870,059	935,490
2407	Région de l�Outaouais	313,029	155,555	157,474	315,085	156,672	158,413
2408	Région de l�Abitibi-Témiscamingue	156,504	79,695	76,809	156,654	79,726	76,928
2409	Région de la Côte-Nord	105,096	54,021	51,075	105,055	53,995	51,060
2410	Région du Nord-du-Québec	18,703	9,902	8,801	18,420	9,724	8,696
2411	Région de la Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine	106,755	53,423	53,332	106,102	53,049	53,053
2412	Région de la Chaudière-Appalaches	386,841	193,715	193,126	388,135	194,233	193,902
2413	Région de Laval	336,226	165,612	170,614	339,811	167,181	172,630
2414	Région de Lanaudière	381,883	192,032	189,851	387,120	194,617	192,503
2415	Région des Laurentides	440,928	221,137	219,791	448,414	224,769	223,645
2416	Région de la Montérégie	1,287,111	639,085	648,026	1,295,762	643,421	652,341
2417	Région du Nunavik	8,860	4,578	4,282	9,158	4,727	4,431
2418	Région des Terres-Cries-de-la-Baie-James	11,667	5,984	5,683	11,888	6,092	5,796
		1996			1997
Code	Health Region Name	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
35	Ontario (DHC)	11,100,876	5,470,272	5,630,604	11,249,490	5,546,221	5,703,269
3501	Champlain District Health Council	1,033,965	509,478	524,487	1,041,594	513,400	528,194
3502	Quinte-Kingston and Rideau DHC	497,764	246,121	251,643	498,653	246,500	252,153
3503	Durham-Haliburton-Kawartha and Pine Ridge DHC	761,290	377,003	384,287	774,243	383,515	390,728
3504	Toronto District Health Council	2,462,510	1,195,073	1,267,437	2,490,914	1,210,528	1,280,386
3505	Simcoe-York District Health Council	951,584	472,650	478,934	983,636	488,674	494,962
3506	Halton-Peel District Health Council	1,231,974	612,906	619,068	1,272,781	633,224	639,557
3507	Waterloo-Wellington-Dufferin DHC	642,079	319,060	323,019	653,707	325,096	328,611
3508	Hamilton-Wentworth DHC	481,531	236,397	245,134	486,376	239,009	247,367
3509	Niagara District Health Council	414,774	203,015	211,759	417,782	204,528	213,254
3510	Grand River DHC	229,588	113,554	116,034	231,038	114,280	116,758
3511	Thames Valley DHC	584,794	286,729	298,065	588,570	288,757	299,813
3512	Essex-Kent and Lambton DHC	607,192	299,339	307,853	611,989	301,835	310,154
3513	Grey-Bruce-Huron and Perth DHC	293,723	145,767	147,956	293,837	145,741	148,096
3514	Muskoka-Nipissing and Parry Sound DHC	218,900	108,466	110,434	217,966	107,874	110,092
3515	Algoma-Cochrane-Manitoulin and Sudbury DHC	434,915	216,787	218,128	432,645	215,624	217,021
3516	Northwestern Ontario DHC	254,293	127,927	126,366	253,759	127,636	126,123
		1996			1997
Code	Health Region Name	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
35	Ontario (PHU)	11,100,876	5,470,272	5,630,604	11,249,490	5,546,221	5,703,269
3526	Algoma Public Health Unit	129,890	64,329	65,561	129,117	63,890	65,227
3527	Brant Public Health Unit	123,451	60,582	62,869	123,944	60,812	63,132
3530	Durham Public Health Unit	472,754	234,948	237,806	483,134	240,118	243,016
3531	Elgin-St Thomas Public Health Unit	81,364	40,210	41,154	82,056	40,602	41,454
3533	Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound Public Health Unit	157,854	78,328	79,526	157,850	78,275	79,575
3534	Haldimand-Norfolk Public Health Unit	106,137	52,972	53,165	107,094	53,468	53,626
3535	Haliburton-Kawartha-Pine Ridge Public Health Unit	161,808	80,542	81,266	163,501	81,450	82,051
3536	Halton Public Health Unit	350,180	173,397	176,783	356,700	176,551	180,149
3537	Hamilton-Wentworth Public Health Unit	481,531	236,397	245,134	486,376	239,009	247,367
3538	Hastings and Prince Edward Public Health Unit	156,594	77,137	79,457	157,097	77,347	79,750
3539	Huron Public Health Unit	61,740	30,730	31,010	61,722	30,706	31,016
3540	Kent-Chatham Public Health Unit	112,626	55,463	57,163	112,772	55,504	57,268
3541	Kingston-Frontenac-Lennox and Addington Public Health Unit	180,723	89,811	90,912	180,418	89,605	90,813
3542	Lambton Public Health Unit	133,255	65,770	67,485	132,834	65,529	67,305
3543	Leeds-Grenville-Lanark Public Health Unit	160,447	79,173	81,274	161,138	79,548	81,590
3544	Middlesex-London Public Health Unit	403,547	197,141	206,406	405,902	198,397	207,505
3545	Muskoka-Parry Sound Public Health Unit	81,054	40,387	40,667	81,422	40,513	40,909
3546	Niagara Public Health Unit	414,774	203,015	211,759	417,782	204,528	213,254
3547	North Bay Public Health Unit	96,060	47,325	48,735	95,213	46,846	48,367
3549	Northwestern Public Health Unit	84,453	42,774	41,679	84,803	42,921	41,882
3551	Ottawa Carleton Public Health Unit	742,969	364,841	378,128	748,981	367,981	381,000
3552	Oxford Public Health Unit	99,883	49,378	50,505	100,612	49,758	50,854
3553	Peel Public Health Unit	881,794	439,509	442,285	916,081	456,673	459,408
3554	Perth Public Health Unit	74,129	36,709	37,420	74,265	36,760	37,505
3555	Peterborough Public Health Unit	126,728	61,513	65,215	127,608	61,947	65,661
3556	Porcupine Public Health Unit	100,274	50,752	49,522	99,971	50,569	49,402
3557	Renfrew Public Health Unit	100,695	50,155	50,540	101,418	50,600	50,818
3558	Eastern Ontario Public Health Unit	191,744	95,190	96,554	192,634	95,524	97,110
3560	Simcoe Public Health Unit	339,925	168,418	171,507	348,454	172,698	175,756
3561	Sudbury Public Health Unit	207,841	103,271	104,570	206,665	102,736	103,929
3562	Thunder Bay Public Health Unit	167,060	83,738	83,322	166,159	83,287	82,872
3563	Timiskaming Public Health Unit	40,037	19,906	20,131	39,602	19,669	19,933
3565	Waterloo Public Health Unit	418,334	207,454	210,880	425,536	211,214	214,322
3566	Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health Unit	223,745	111,606	112,139	228,171	113,882	114,289
3568	Windsor-Essex Public Health Unit	361,311	178,106	183,205	366,383	180,802	185,581
3570	York Public Health Unit	611,659	304,232	307,427	635,182	315,976	319,206
3595	City of Toronto Public Health Unit	2,462,510	1,195,073	1,267,437	2,490,914	1,210,528	1,280,386
		1996			1997
Code	Health Region Name	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
46	Manitoba	1,134,346	562,333	572,013	1,136,584	563,710	572,874
4610	Winnipeg	639,999	311,829	328,170	638,287	311,276	327,011
4615	Brandon	47,256	23,000	24,256	47,208	23,004	24,204
4620	North Eastman	38,180	19,659	18,521	38,804	19,953	18,851
4625	South Eastman	51,879	26,395	25,484	52,692	26,859	25,833
4630	Interlake	74,629	38,488	36,141	75,831	38,987	36,844
4640	Central	95,443	48,005	47,438	95,938	48,286	47,652
4650	Marquette	38,169	19,149	19,020	38,160	19,132	19,028
4655	South Westman	35,354	17,616	17,738	35,257	17,585	17,672
4660	Parkland	43,559	22,029	21,530	43,616	22,028	21,588
4670	Norman	23,621	12,149	11,472	23,671	12,160	11,511
4680	Burntwood	45,168	23,434	21,734	45,999	23,852	22,147
4690	Churchill	1,110	585	525	1,109	584	525
		1996			1997
Code	Health Region Name	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
47	Saskatchewan	1,019,459	507,159	512,300	1,022,020	508,425	513,595
4701	Weyburn (A) Service Area	59,267	30,082	29,185	59,223	30,044	29,179
4702	Moose Jaw (B) Service Area	58,870	29,306	29,564	58,522	29,088	29,434
4703	Swift Current (C) Service Area	46,864	23,397	23,467	46,749	23,314	23,435
4704	Regina (D) Service Area	245,532	120,843	124,689	245,280	120,845	124,435
4705	Yorkton (E) Service Area	62,302	30,812	31,490	61,868	30,591	31,277
4706	Saskatoon (F) Service Area	278,699	137,323	141,376	280,308	138,110	142,198
4707	Rosetown (G) Service Area	48,366	24,472	23,894	48,594	24,574	24,020
4708	Melfort (H) Service Area	44,010	22,188	21,822	44,016	22,176	21,840
4709	Prince Albert (I) Service Area	75,634	37,950	37,684	75,981	38,120	37,861
4710	North Battleford (J) Service Area	67,723	34,447	33,276	68,797	34,967	33,830
4711	Northern Health Services Branch (K) Service Area	32,184	16,348	15,836	32,696	16,597	16,099
		1996			1997
Code	Health Region Name	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
48	Alberta	2,780,639	1,400,474	1,380,165	2,837,191	1,429,780	1,407,411
4801	Chinook Regional Health Authority	145,450	72,982	72,468	147,198	73,892	73,306
4802	Palliser Health Authority	86,900	43,452	43,448	88,126	43,938	44,188
4803	Headwaters Health Authority	71,179	35,978	35,201	72,873	36,846	36,027
4804	Calgary Regional Health Authority	845,283	424,472	420,811	873,351	438,965	434,386
4805	Health Authority #5	52,824	26,897	25,927	53,530	27,235	26,295
4806	David Thompson Regional Health Authority	181,469	91,441	90,028	185,201	93,395	91,806
4807	East Central Health Authority	103,872	52,536	51,336	104,426	52,834	51,592
4808	WestView Regional Health Authority	89,437	45,264	44,173	90,827	46,038	44,789
4809	Crossroads Regional Health Authority	39,004	19,464	19,540	39,539	19,749	19,790
4810	Capital Health Authority	783,177	390,823	392,354	794,051	396,623	397,428
4811	Aspen Regional Health Authority	88,223	45,406	42,817	88,744	45,625	43,119
4812	Lakeland Regional Health Authority	108,400	55,389	53,011	110,219	56,294	53,925
4813	Mistahia Regional Health Authority	85,898	44,498	41,400	87,016	45,097	41,919
4814	Peace Regional Health Authority	21,193	10,967	10,226	21,512	11,128	10,384
4815	Keeweetinok Lakes Regional Health Authority	23,565	12,263	11,302	23,984	12,463	11,521
4816	Northern Lights Regional Health Authority	37,151	19,483	17,668	38,656	20,336	18,320
4817	Northwestern Regional Health Authority	17,638	9,181	8,457	17,951	9,328	8,623
		1996			1997
Code	Health Region Name	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
59	British Columbia	3,882,043	1,934,104	1,947,939	3,959,698	1,971,354	1,988,344
5901	East Kootenay	79,083	40,106	38,977	80,418	40,750	39,668
5902	West Kootenay-Boundary	81,625	40,945	40,680	82,217	41,215	41,002
5903	North Okanagan	114,080	56,709	57,371	116,752	57,989	58,763
5904	South Okanagan Similkameen	220,663	108,016	112,647	226,124	110,600	115,524
5905	Thompson	130,390	65,783	64,607	133,390	67,239	66,151
5906	Fraser Valley	231,345	116,271	115,074	236,019	118,532	117,487
5907	South Fraser Valley	542,707	270,783	271,924	555,640	276,992	278,648
5908	Simon Fraser	302,550	151,335	151,215	309,664	154,769	154,895
5909	Coast Garibaldi	73,323	37,509	35,814	76,366	39,054	37,312
5910	Central Vancouver Island	233,459	116,233	117,226	239,425	119,095	120,330
5911	Upper Island / Central Coast	118,586	60,327	58,259	121,438	61,720	59,718
5912	Cariboo	73,352	37,716	35,636	75,903	38,997	36,906
5913	North West	90,212	47,103	43,109	91,786	47,884	43,902
5914	Peace Liard	64,721	33,481	31,240	65,415	33,816	31,599
5915	Northern Interior	129,112	66,651	62,461	132,125	68,152	63,973
5916	Vancouver	546,211	271,040	275,171	556,171	275,800	280,371
5917	Burnaby	187,086	92,642	94,444	188,976	93,500	95,476
5918	North Shore	176,772	85,550	91,222	178,395	86,262	92,133
5919	Richmond	155,005	75,963	79,042	158,897	77,805	81,092
5920	Capital	331,761	159,941	171,820	334,577	161,183	173,394
5921	Vancouver/Richmond	701,216	347,003	354,213	715,068	353,605	361,463
5922	Simon Fraser/Burnaby	489636	243977	245659	498,640	248,269	250,371
		1996			1997
Code	Health Region Name	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
60	Yukon Territory	31938	16661	15277	32,240	16,802	15,438
6001	Yukon Territory	31938	16661	15277	32,240	16,802	15,438
61	Northwest Territories	41,829	21,780	20,049	41,788	21,758	20,030
6101	Northwest Territories	41,829	21,780	20,049	41,788	21,758	20,030
62	Nunavut	25,741	13,604	12,137	25,947	13,699	12,248
6201	Nunavut	25,741	13,604	12,137	25,947	13,699	12,248

Health region level estimates do not aggregate exactly to official provincial estimates (shown) due to rounding.