Canada’s population sees biggest one-year increase on record: StatCan report

Credit to Author: Canadian Immigrant| Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2023 03:32:38 +0000

New data from Statistics Canada released on September 27, 2023, finds that Canada’s population grew by the highest rate in a single year since 1957, as the numbers of immigrants, temporary workers and international students surged.

According to the release, the country’s population was estimated at 40,097,761 on July 1, 2023, an increase of over a million people from July 1, 2022.

International migration accounted for 98 per cent of growth. According to StatsCan, if the rate of population growth seen this past year remained constant in the future, it would lead to the Canadian population doubling in 25 years!

During the period, the country also saw a massive 46 per cent increase in the number of temporary residents. This is the largest year-over-year increase in the population of non-permanent residents since comparable data has been available, with the increase in work and study permits accounting for most of the change in the last year.

As of July 1, 2023, Ontario, Quebec, and British Columbia had the largest populations of non-permanent residents. Close to 1 million non-permanent residents lived in Ontario, almost half a million in Quebec and around 400,000 in British Columbia.

Alberta experienced the fastest demographic growth of all provinces and territories during that year, not only due to international migration but with people from within Canada moving to the province.

The estimated number of temporary residents in Canada now outnumbers the Indigenous population accounted for in the 2021 census.

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