Indicator	Value
Total population	39,700,000–41,300,000 peopleUN DESA WPP [2024] 39,740,000 people·World Bank WDI [2024] 41,290,000 people
Median age	40.5 yearsUN DESA WPP [2024]
Life expectancy	82.1–82.6 yearsWorld Bank WDI [2024] 82.11 years·UNDP HDI [2023] 82.63 years
Ethnic groups	Canadian 15.6%, English 14.7%, Scottish 12.1%, French 11%, Irish 12.1%, German 8.1%, Chinese 4.7%, Italian 4.3%, First Nations 1.7%, Indian 3.7%, Ukrainian 3.5%, Metis 1.5% (2021 est.); note: percentages add up to more than 100% because respondents were able to identify more than one ethnic originCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Languages	English (official) 87.1%, French (official) 29.1%, Chinese languages 4.2%, Spanish 3.2%, Punjabi 2.6%, Arabic 2.4%, Tagalog 2.3%, Italian 1.5% (2022 est.)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Religions	Christian 53.3%, Muslim 4.9%, Hindu 2.3%, Sikh 2.1%, Buddhist 1%, Jewish 0.9%, Traditional (North American Indigenous) 0.2%, other religions and traditional spirituality 0.6%, none 34.6% (2021 est.)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Urbanization	81.9% of total population (2023)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Population growth	2.96 %World Bank WDI [2024]
Birth rate	8.9 per 1,000World Bank WDI [2024]
Death rate	7.9 per 1,000World Bank WDI [2024]
Urban population	82.7 %World Bank WDI [2024]
Languages (structured)	Algonquin American Sign Language Assiniboine Atikamekw Basque-Amerindian Pidgin Beaver Bella Coola Belle-Isle Pidgin Beothuk Broken Oghibbeway Broken Slavey Cayuga Central Carrier Central Ojibwa Chilcotin-Nicola Chipewyan Chippewa Comox Creolized Grand Ronde Chinook Jargon Dakota Ditidaht Dogrib Eastern Canadian Inuktitut Eastern Ojibwa Eastern Yiddish English French Gitxsan Gwich'in Haisla Halkomelem Han Heiltsuk-Oowekyala Heritage Michif Hutterite German Inuit Sign Language Jargon Loucheux Kaska Kutenai Kwak'wala Lakota Laurentian Lillooet Malecite-Passamaquoddy Maritime Sign Language Mi'kmaq Mohawk Montagnais Moose Cree Munsee Naskapi Nisga'a Nootka North Alaskan Inupiatun North Slavey Northern East Cree Northern Haida Northern Straits Salish Northern Tutchone Northwestern Ojibwa Nuu-chah-nulth Okanagan Oneida Onondaga Ottawa Pennsylvania German Pentlatch Pidgin Chinook Jargon Plains Cree Plains Indian Sign Language Plautdietsch Potawatomi Quebec Sign Language Sarsi Sechelt Sekani Seneca Severn Ojibwa Shuswap Siksika South Slavey Southern Carrier Southern East Cree Southern Haida Southern Tutchone Southern-Coastal Tsimshian Squamish Stoney Swampy Cree Tagish Tahltan Thompson Tlingit Toki Pona Tsetsaut Tuscarora Upper Tanana Western Abenaki Western Canadian Inuktitut Western Ojibwa Witsuwit'en-Babine Woods Cree Glottolog [2026]