{"id":240560,"date":"2019-12-21T03:43:35","date_gmt":"2019-12-21T08:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=240560"},"modified":"2019-12-21T03:43:35","modified_gmt":"2019-12-21T08:43:35","slug":"immigration-helped-drive-record-population-growth-in-third-quarter-of-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/12\/21\/immigration-helped-drive-record-population-growth-in-third-quarter-of-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Immigration helped drive record population growth in third quarter of 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On October 1, Canada\u2019s population was estimated at 37,797,496, which Statistics Canada reports was an increase of 208,234 from July 1. (Pixabay photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The largest recorded surge in Canada\u2019s population growth took place in the third quarter of 2019.<\/p>\n

<\/span>On October 1, Canada\u2019s population was estimated at 37,797,496, which Statistics Canada reports was an increase of 208,234 from July 1.<\/p>\n

It was the first time Canada\u2019s population has increased by more than 200,000 in a single quarter. This represents a quarterly population increase of 0.6 per cent, which is the largest growth Statistics Canada has observed since implementing the current demographic accounting system in July 1971.<\/p>\n

This gain was driven mainly by immigrants and non-permanent residents such as temporary workers.<\/p>\n

An estimated 103,751 new immigrants arrived in Canada during the third quarter, and 82,438 non-permanent residents. Growth of this magnitude had never before been seen in a single quarter, Statistics Canada says.<\/p>\n

Both permanent and temporary international migrants accounted for 83.4 per cent of the total Canadian population growth in the third quarter.<\/p>\n

The growth was highest in British Columbia at an increase of 0.7 per cent. The lowest population growth was in Newfoundland and Labrador at 0.1 per cent.<\/p>\n

The remaining 16.6 per cent of the gain was the result of natural increase or the difference between the number of births and deaths.<\/p>\n

Canada\u2019s population is expected to continue to grow as a result of high immigration levels, while the natural increase is expected to maintain a downward trend due to an ageing population and low birth rate.<\/p>\n

Interprovincial migration from Q3<\/h3>\n

Alberta had its strongest interprovincial migratory increase in four years at an additional 2,285. This rebound comes after several quarters of declines in the western-Canadian province.<\/p>\n

Ontario continued to grow from interprovincial migration, up 2,959 in the third quarter.<\/p>\n

Manitoba and Saskatchewan experienced their largest quarterly interprovincial migration losses since the late 1980s and early 1990s, respectively. Manitoba\u2019s population lost 3,370 to interprovincial migration, while Saskatchewan lost 3,477.<\/p>\n

Quebec, a province where interprovincial migration losses are generally observed, only lost 200 in the third quarter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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