Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Kenora Census

New census data shows the population of Kenora fell below the national growth rate over the last five years

Statistics Canada released the first batch of numbers from the 2011 census this morning and the population of Kenora increased by 1.1 per cent since the last census in 2006.

The city's growth rate was below the national growth rate of 5.9 per cent, while the population of Ontario increased by 5.7 per cent.

When the 2011 census was taken last May 10, the population of Kenora was 15,348, compared with 15,177 from the 2006 census.