12/17/2020 14:19 EST | Updated 12/18/2020 09:33 EST
Canadian Population Growth Hits Lowest On Record As Ontario, B.C. Shrink
More people emigrated out of Canada than moved to it in the third quarter of this year.
Canada’s population increase of 2,767 people in the third quarter of this year is the smallest increase in records going back to 1946
Not so this time, and the result is that six provinces and two territories saw their populations shrink in the third quarter by small margins. It’s the first time any of these places recorded a population decline in records going back to 1951, StatCan said.
More people emigrated out of Canada than moved to it in the third quarter of this year.
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