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Immigration drives massive Canadian population increase: StatCan
- Canada experienced rapid population growth between July 2022 and July 2023, with an increase of 1,158,705 people. This growth was primarily fueled by net international migration, with immigrants contributing 98% of the population increase.
- Non-Permanent residents in Canada reached an estimated 2,198,679 by July 2023, showing a significant 46% increase from the previous year. This is the largest year-over-year increase in non-permanent residents since comparable data became available.
- Alberta had the fastest demographic growth among provinces and territories during this period, with a growth rate of 4%. Quebec had the second lowest growth rate at 2.3% compared to other provinces.
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Immigration drives massive Canadian population increase: StatCan
Immigration is almost solely responsible for the largest annual population boom Canada has seen since 1957, new estimates from Statistics Canada show. The newly released data estimates showCanada's population grew by more than a million people between from July 2022 to July 2023, which represent...
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Total News Sources29
Leaning Left15Leaning Right2Center5Last UpdatedBias Distribution68% Left
Bias Distribution
- 68% of the sources lean Left
68% Left
L 68%
C 23%
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