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POPULATIONS OF CITIES, AND VILLAGES 191

The 922 incorporated urban centres in having a population of 1,000 or more at the time of the 1961 Census are listed alphabetically by province in Table 9 and their populations given for the two census years 1956 and 1961. Each population figure is for the boundary in effect at the time of the respective census. 9.—Incorporated Cities, Towns and Villages having Populations of 1,000 or Over in 1961, by Province, Census Years 1956 and 1961 NOTE.—Population totals are based on areas as incorporated at each of these dates; a change in municipal boun­ dary since the preceding census is indicated by an asterisk (*). Urban centres are designated in this table by the following abbreviations: c.=city, t.=, and v.=village.

Province and Incorporated Centre Province and Incorporated Centre 1956

No. No. No. - No?a Scotia—concluded , t 1,328 Louisburg, t 1,314 , t 3,680 Lunenburg, t 2,859 , t 1,138 1,454 Mahone Bay, t 1,109 Burin, t 1,116 1,144 Middleton, t 1,769 , t 3,955 4,234 Mulgrave, t 1,227 Catalina, t i 1,110 New Glasgow, t 9,998 Channel-Port aux Basques, t.. 3,320 4,141 New Waterford, t 10,381 , t 1,195 1,541 North Sydney, t 8,125 , c 23,225 25,185 Oxford, t 1,545 Deer Lake, t 3,481 3,998 , t 1,849 Fogo, t 1,184 1,152 , t 4,564 Fortune, t 1,194 1,360 Port Hawkesbury, t— 1,078 Freshwater, t 1,048 1,396 Shelburne, t 2,337 Gander, t i 5,725 Springhill, t 7,348 Glovertown, t 604 1,197' , t 5,445 , t 2,430 2,703' , t 1,024 , t I 1,076 Sydney, c 32,162 , t 2,545 2,650 Sydney Mines, t 8,731 , t 2,076 2,702 Trenton, t 3,240 , t 1,460 1,691 Truro,t 12,250 , t 1,979 2,785 Westville.t 4,247 Placentia, t 1,233 1,610 Windsor, t 3,651 St. Anthony, t 1,761 1,820 , t 2,497 St. John's, c 57,078 63,633 Yarmouth, t 8,095 St. Lawrence, t 1,837 2,095 Stephenville, t 3,762 6,043 Stephenville Crossing, t I 2,209 New Brunswick— Wabana, t 7,873" 8,026 Bathurst, t 5,267 Wesley ville, t 1,313 1,285 Campbellton, c. 8,389 Windsor, t 4,520 5,505 Chatham, t 6,332 Dalhousie, t 5,468 Dieppe, t 3,876' Prince Edward Island— Edmundston, c. 11,997 Charlottetown, c 16,707 18,318 Fredericton, c... 18,303 Montague, t 1,152 1,126 Grand Fallsit... 3,672 Parkdale, v 1,422 1,735 Hartland, t 1,022 St. Eleanors, v 1,002 Lancaster, c 12,371 Sherwood, v 1,580 Marysville, t 2,538 Souris, t 1,449 1,537 Milltown, t 1,975 Summerside. t 7,242 8,611 Moncton, c 36,003" Newcastle, t.... 4,670 Oromocto, t 661 — St. Andrews, t.. 1,534 Amherst, t 10,301 10,788 St. George, t 1,322 Antigonish, t— 3,592: 4,344 Saint John, c 52,491 Berwick, t 1,134 1,282 St. Leonard, t... 1,593 Bridgetown, t... 1,041 1,043 St. Stephen, t... 3,491 Bridgewater, t.. 4,445 4,497 Sackville, t 2,849 Canso, t 1,261 1,151 Shediac, t 2,173 Dartmouth, c... 21,093 46,966' Shippegan, t 1,362 Digby, t 2,145' 2,308 Sussex, t 3,403 Dominion, t 2,964 2,999 Woodstock, t 4,308 Glace Bay, t.. . 24,416 24,186 Halifax, c 93,301 92,511 , t 1,298 1,381 Quebec— Inverness, t.... 2,026 2,109 Acton Vale, t.. 3,547 , t 4,937! 4,612 Alma, c 10,822* Liverpool, t 3,500 3,712' Amos, t 5,145 , t— 1,207 1,231 Amqui, v 3,247

For footnotes, see end of table, p. 197.