[1] Rural areas cover approximately 9,197,138 km2 (3,551,035 sq mi) of Canada's land area as of 2015[update].
[2] Rural Canada is usually defined by low population density, small population size, and distance from major agglomerations.
As of the 2021 census[update], nearly 6 million people (16% of the total Canadian population) lived in rural areas of Canada.
[3] In the 2006 census, the Canadian population living in a rural area was between 19% and 30% of the total population, depending on the definition of "rural" used.
[5] This Canadian location article is a stub.