Provincial Statistics on Urban and Rural Population Counts

Question

I'm looking for provincial statistics on urban and rural population counts. I found this table in CANSIM (terminated table which ends in 1971) but I was wondering if we can get the same statistics between 1971-2001?

Table 075-0010 - Historical statistics, urban and rural population, every 10 years (Persons)

Answer

If you just want provincial level totals, have a look at the National Overview pubs, otherwise you may have to go through census by census.

National Overview Publications:
2001 Census 93-360 Table 9(Can prov CMA) or Table 10 (Can prov CD CSD), 1996 Census pub 93-357, 1986 Census pub 93-301, etc.

If you need this electronically for the later census years, GeoSuite can again help, bearing in mind the urban rural flags for the pop counts are at extremely low levels of geo (eg. EAs for 96 and blocks for 2001).