A list of population of Canada by years

1867 - 3,463,000

1868 - 3,511,000

1869 - 3,565,000

1870 - 3,625,000

1871 - 3,689,000

1872 - 3,754,000

1873 - 3,826,000

1874 - 3,895,000

1875 - 3,954,000

1876 - 4,009,000

1877 - 4,064,000

1878 - 4,120,000

1879 - 4,185,000

1880 - 4,255,000

1881 - 4,325,000

1882 - 4,375,000

1883 - 4,430,000

1884 - 4,487,000

1885 - 4,537,000

1886 - 4,580,000

1887 - 4,626,000

1888 - 4,678,000

1889 - 4,729,000

1890 - 4,779,000

1891 - 4,833,000

1892 - 4,883,000

1893 - 4,931,000

1894 - 4,979,000

1895 - 5,026,000

1896 - 5,074,000

1897 - 5,122,000

1898 - 5,175,000

1899 - 5,235,000

1900 - 5,301,000

1901 - 5,371,000

1902 - 5,494,000

1903 - 5,651,000

1904 - 5,827,000

1905 - 6,002,000

1906 - 6,097,000

1907 - 6,411,000

1908 - 6,625,000

1909 - 6,800,000

1910 - 6,988,000

1911 - 7,207,000

1912 - 7,389,000

1913 - 7,632,000

1914 - 7,879,000

1915 - 7,981,000

1916 - 8,001,000

1917 - 8,060,000

1918 - 8,148,000

1919 - 8,311,000

1920 - 8,556,000

1921 - 8,788,000

1922 - 8,919,000

1923 - 9,010,000

1924 - 9,143,000

1925 - 9,294,000

1926 - 9,451,000

1927 - 9,637,000

1928 - 9,835,000

1929 - 10,029,000

1930 - 10,208,000

1931 - 10,377,000

1932 - 10,510,000

1933 - 10,633,000

1934 - 10,741,000

1935 - 10,845,000

1936 - 10,950,000

1937 - 11,045,000

1938 - 11,152,000

1939 - 11,267,000

1940 - 11,381,000

1941 - 11,507,000

1942 - 11,654,000

1943 - 11,795,000

1944 - 11,946,000

1945 - 12,072,000

1946 - 12,292,000

1947 - 12,551,000

1948 - 12,823,000

1949 - 13,447,000

1950 - 13,712,000

1951 - 14,009,000

1952 - 14,459,000

1953 - 14,845,000

1954 - 15,287,000

1955 - 15,698,000

1956 - 16,081,000

1957 - 16,610,000

1958 - 17,080,000

1959 - 17,483,000

1960 - 17,870,000

1961 - 18,238,000

1962 - 18,583,000

1963 - 18,931,000

1964 - 19,291,000

1965 - 19,644,000

1966 - 20,015,000

1967 - 20,378,000

1968 - 20,701,000

1969 - 21,001,000

1970 - 21,297,000

1971 - 21,962,082

1972 - 22,219,560

1973 - 22,493,842

1974 - 22,808,446

1975 - 23,142,275

1976 - 23,449,793

1977 - 23,726,345

1978 - 23,963,967

1979 - 24,202,205

1980 - 24,516,278

1981 - 24,820,382

1982 - 25,117,424

1983 - 25,366,965

1984 - 25,607,555

1985 - 25,842,590

1986 - 26,100,587

1987 - 26,449,888

1988 - 26,798,303

1989 - 27,286,239

1990 - 27,700,856

1991 - 28,030,864

1992 - 28,376,550

1993 - 28,703,142

1994 - 29,035,981

1995 - 29,353,854

1996 - 29,671,892

1997 - 29,987,214

1998 - 30,248,412

1999 - 30,509,323

2000 - 30,790,834

2001 - 31,110,565

2002 - 31,413,990

Source:

Statistics Canada's Internet Site (http://www.statcan.ca/english/freepub/98-187-XIE/pop.htm)