Talk:Population of Canada by province and territory

Suggestion
an Area column, like say List of municipalities of Lithuania would improve this list. -- &mdash;Moondyne 01:34, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
 * done. -- &mdash;Moondyne 03:53, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

the pop of ontario is more like 12odd MM, not 19odd MM, the total does not foot and the %pop is correct, probably a typo
192.193.216.216 13:16, 13 April 2007 (UTC)buck

"As a result, most Canadians live in areas with densities higher than the national average of 3.60 persons per square kilometer."

That always counts, for every country, isn't it?

17th of May 2007
 * Of course, but not everyone is as sharp as you, so it is worth using the resources of the English language to make the point a little more emphatic. In any case, the population density of Canada is exceptionally uneven. Luwilt (talk) 19:14, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Census results and estimates
Per WP:CANSTYLE, "the last official Statistics Canada census is the primary and definitive source for population data in articles". Per the same, "properly sourced intercensal population updates from a government source such as Statistics Canada ... may be provided in addition to the 2011 census data." It is my intent to add the latest federal census results to this article and retain estimates in this article (updated to the first quarter of 2012) per CANSTYLE. Please reply should there be any concerns. Cheers, Hwy43 (talk) 05:35, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
 * ✅, and I see what happened here... the 2011 census results were already added. It was an IP user that changed the 2011 census results to subsequent estimates for six of the provinces. Hwy43 (talk) 07:23, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

Pie chart
Why does the pie chart label Newfoundland and Labrador as NL+LD?

NL means Newfoundland and Labrador. The L is for Labrador. Newfoundland alone is represented as NF. After the province was renamed -- long before the image was uploaded -- the postal abbreviation changed (NF -> NL), as did the provincial domain (.nf.ca -> .nl.ca).

Newfoundland and Labrador should be labeled as NL alone. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.163.158.64 (talk) 17:25, 27 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Better question: why does this article use a pie chart at all? They're notoriously bad at displaying most data, and besides, this particular one appears blurry in the article! A bar chart would be a great deal better at displaying the percentage data for a multitude of reasons I'm too sleep deprived and short of time to go into (google "pie charts suck" or something similar for why most statisticians hate them).  — Demonic Party Hat  talk  04:25, 19 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Here are very quick and dirty column and pie charts for comparison that resolve the abbreviation issue. Some initial thoughts before I shut down for the night... Benefits of the pie chart is it can be seen how each part compares to the whole and different colours for each of the 13 pieces make it more aesthetically pleasing, while in the column chart colour is not a necessity but the lack of it makes it less aesthetically pleasing (not saying unique colours can't be added, but unique colours aren't necessary to distinguish each entry from each other). More tomorrow... Hwy43 (talk) 07:09, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

Hearing nothing but crickets, I've refined the revised pie chart originally prepared above and used it to replace the one with the incorrect abbreviations. Hwy43 (talk) 01:42, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

Charts associated with new content
With all this content now added, can we please: The 13 charts, as they currently exist, unintentionally make them appear they all joined confederation and/or were established at the same time in comparison with each other. As for the final chart, perhaps the prose before it introduces the chart, but readers shouldn't have to hunt for it. They should be able to determine right away what the chart presents via a title. Cheers, Hwy43 (talk) 03:41, 1 April 2020 (UTC)
 * apply a uniform 1840-2020 x-axis to all 13 province/territory charts; and
 * apply a title to the final chart?
 * Done, and expanded to 1820. Mottezen (talk) 07:12, 1 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks. That will do for now for the first 13 charts. For the last chart, could you embed the chart title within the actual chart image instead, like done for the pie chart at the start of the section? Cheers, Hwy43 (talk) 07:28, 1 April 2020 (UTC)
 * I tried and I don't think that's possible at all. I've seen other line graphs on this site work around it by embedding the title in the legend but I don't think that's very effective. Mottezen (talk) 07:32, 1 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Just discovered that it uses Template:Graph:Chart and there is a limitation. Revised the heading format as a workaround. Hwy43 (talk) 07:37, 1 April 2020 (UTC)