The major applications of copper are electrical wire (60%), roofing and plumbing (20%), and industrial machinery (15%). Copper is used mostly as a pure metal, but when greater hardness is required, it is put into such alloys as brass and bronze (5% of total use).
Population Distribution, 2006. According to the 2006 census, the population of Canada was 31 612 897 on May 16, 2006. This map shows the population distribution, based on the population density and the population counts of census dissemination blocks. A dissemination block is generally an area the size of a city block bounded by intersecting streets. There are 478 831 blocks across Canada.
Canada's population has surpassed 35 million over the past year, a 1.2 per cent increase with growth generally higher in the western provinces, according to Statistics Canada. The information is contained in the agency's population estimates released Thursday morning.rovato is a professor of demography and population studies at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. The 1.2 per cent increase is the same as the previous year's and similar to the annual growth in the country over the last three decades. 1  Why Canada still needs a census in the age of data mining.