Canada/ Kanada
Northwest Territories. Inuktitut is the majority language in Nunavut, and one of three official
languages in the territory.
Non-official languages are important in Canada, with 5,202,245 people listing one as a
first language Some significant non-official first languages include Chinese (853,745 first-
language speakers), Italian (469,485), German (438,080), and Punjabi (271,220).
The population clock counts are based on Preliminary Postcensal Estimates as of July
1st, 2007. The growth rate calculated for the year ending June 30th, 2007 is applied to this
population and kept constant.
Actually, the clock's counter increases according to an annual growth rate of 1.000% as
calculated from the following postcensal estimates:
July 1st, 2006 Population: 32,649,482
July 1st, 2007 Population: 32,976,026
The clock is using the annual growth rate (1.000%) measured for the year ending on June
30th, 2007