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According to Ross Stevenson, Durham MP, the number of peo- ple living in the federal constit- uency of Durham, which makes up only a small portion of Dur- ham Region, increased dramati- cally. In a five-year period from 1986 to 1991, the constituency increased by 27.3 per cent. The 1991 population was 119,575 up from 93,897 in 1986. The federal riding now has 40,815 individu- al dwellings. These findings are contained in Statistics Canada's latest re- MORTGAGE ih OF CANADA SINCE 1846 Upto*1,0 cashback! Thinking of buying a home, or transferring your mortgage loan? Then take advantage of this opportunity! Until July 15, 1992, get up to $1,000 cash back on your new mortgage loan, or on a free-of-charge mortgage transfer to our bank. And the interest rate will be guaranteed until this offer ends! Don't miss this unique opportunity! 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Canada's two largest growing municipalities were Richmond Hill at 71.4 per cent and Vau- ghan 71.2 per cent. In 40 years the population of Canada has almost doubled. In 1951 the population was 14 mil- lion people. Today the popula- tion of Canada is 27,296,859. This is a 7.9-per cent jump in five years. "Population figures for Cana- da and the provinces offer fasci- nating insights into how our country is changing," Mr. Ste- venson said. The population of Ontario in- creased 10.8 per cent to more than 10 million. Thirty-seven per cent of the population of Canadanow livein Ontario. British Columbia was the fastest growing province with 13.8 per cent. The fastest grow- ing territory was the Yukon which grew by 18.3 per cent. Saskatchewan was the only province to show a negative growth. Its population fell by two per cent. Newfoundland, al- though a positive growth, grew by only 125 people. Quebec's population grew to 6.5 million, but declined as a proportion of the national total over the last five years from 28.9 percent to 25.3 per cent. The first instalment of the 1991 census was limited to pop- ulation counts. Further statis- tics will be released over the next year. Oshawa man injured in explosion in Raglan A man is listed in critical, but stable condition in a Toronto hospital following an explosion in Raglan last week. According to Durham Region- al Police, a 34-year-old Oshawa man was applying a sealer to a large tank truck inside one of the bays at Raglan Welding Shop, just south of the Town- ship of Scugog. Foranunknown reason an ex- plosion occurred, throwing the man to the ceiling ofthe shop. He is listed in critical but stable condition in Wellesley Hospital. Police were unable to release the name of the victim under the Freedom of Informa- tion Act. Certificates D. J. 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