The population of Canada was approximately 11,250,000 when Canada entered WW2 1939, and increased to a little more than 12,000,000 by the end of the war in 1945.
The highest was 11.95 million people in 1944, the lowest was 11.27 million people in 1939.
(In 1929 Canada's population reached 10,000,000 for the first time in history - it reached 10,029,000 by the end of the year. In 1939 the population of Canada was 11,267,000 approx; 1940: 11,382,000 approx; 1941: 11,507,000 approx; 1942: 11,654,000 approx; 1943: 11,795,000 approx; 1944: 11,946,000 approx; and in 1945: 12,072,000 approx).
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