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Check out the population table below. (I don't why the big space)What gets me is from 1911 to 1941, Saskatchewan had the lagest population in the West. Note the big jump from '01 to '11! <table width="95%" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><div align="center"></div></td><td> <div align="center"> B.C.</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> AB</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> SK</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> MB</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div align="center"> 1901</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> 178,657</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> 73,022</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> 91,279</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> 255,211</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div align="center"> 1911</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> 392,480</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> 374,295</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> 492,432</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> 461,394</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div align="center"> 1921</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> 524,582</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> 588,454</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> 757,510</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> 610,118</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div align="center"> 1931</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> 694,263</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> 731,605</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> 921,785</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> 700,139</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div align="center"> 1941</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> 817,861</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> 796,169</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> 895,992</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> 729,744</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div align="center"> 1951</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> 1,165,210</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> 939,501</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> 831,728</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> 776,541</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div align="center"> 1956</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> 1,398,464</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> 1,123,116</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> 880,665</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> 850,040</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div align="center"> 1961</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> 1,629,082</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> 1,331,944</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> 925,181</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> 921,686</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div align="center"> 1966</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> 1,873,674</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> 1,463,203</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> 955,344</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> 963,066</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div align="center"> 1971</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> 2,184,620</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> 1,627,875</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> 926,240</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> 988,245</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div align="center"> 1976</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> 2,466,610</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> 1,838,035</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> 921,325</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> 1,021,505</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div align="center"> 1981</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> 2,744,467</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> 2,237,724</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> 968,313</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> 1,026,241</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div align="center"> 1986</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> 2,883,370</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> 2,365,830</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> 1,009,610</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> 1,063,015</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div align="center"> 1991</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> 3,282,061</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> 2,545,553</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> 988,928</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> 1,091,942</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div align="center"> 1996</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> 3,724,500</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> 2,696,826</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> 990,237</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> 1,113,898</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div align="center"> 2001</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> 3,907,738</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> 2,974,807</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> 978,933</div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> 1,119,583</div> </td> </tr> </table>