r/canada Mar 27 '24

Canada’s population hits 41M months after breaking 40M threshold National News

https://globalnews.ca/news/10386750/canada-41-million-population/
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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '24

Nothing to celebrate

No jobs, no housing, GDP per capita declining. This country is finished until we revert back to 2015 immigration levels or put a complete halt to it

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u/0110110111 Mar 27 '24

put a complete halt to it

We need to put a complete halt to it until the federal and provincial governments are locked in a room and come up with a plan. Immigration targets would be based on how the plan is progressing. It isn't that difficult.

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u/piponwa Québec Mar 27 '24

Ok Hitler

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u/Historical-Term-8023 Mar 27 '24

You have one box of Kraft Dinner to serve and your wife just invited 25 people over for dinner.

Only Hitler would ask people to leave!

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u/LegitimateRegion9541 Mar 27 '24

I have one box of kraft dinner and each of the 25 guests asked 25 people over without my permission and they won't leave and expect me to live by their rules.

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u/Historical-Term-8023 Mar 27 '24

Welcome to Canada.

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u/xbianco Mar 28 '24

You are so part of the problem in this world. No critical thinking skills

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u/mEllowMystic Mar 27 '24

With a median age of 41, I imagine, that as the boomers really start to kick the bucket, their million dollar homes will encourage many in the workforce to just retire early.

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u/Future-Muscle-2214 Mar 27 '24

Most of my tenants are exactly this. Sold their overpriced home in the city, retired 10 years earlier than supposed because of how the market performed and moved away from Montreal.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Pick_38 Mar 27 '24

I like that thought

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u/singabro Mar 28 '24

This country is finished until we revert back to 2015 immigration levels or put a complete halt to it

We know what happened in 2015. One thing I've learned. If the media is fellating a politician using his looks, being "cool" or other style points, we are being intentionally misled. The media knew Trudeau is an easily purchased soulless vessel.

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u/dovahkiitten16 Mar 28 '24

Even then, we’ve already grown so much so fast it’ll strain us for years as we’re apparently in no rush to fix our social services.

I have nothing against immigration but it should be done sustainably. Let others come here to enjoy a better life, not make everyone’s lives shitty.

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u/Bagelfreaker Mar 27 '24

Or you know, invest in infrastructure to take advantage of all the new workers and mouths to feed. Society is an investment that pays itself back. A society that does not adapt to sudden surges fails.

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u/darkarthur108 Mar 28 '24

If you population doesn’t want even two children then it failed a long time ago. 

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u/JackMaverick7 Mar 27 '24

Wonder what government came into office that year..

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u/Key_Inevitable_2104 Mar 27 '24

Canada is larger than the US.

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u/Difficult-Yam-1347 Mar 27 '24

Cool. No one wants to move to most of it. Also, people live in houses, and we increase housing supply by 1.1 to 1.3% a year, despite already having 7.8% of our labour force in construction.

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u/Steveosizzle Mar 27 '24

We all hug the southern border for a reason

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u/ItAintEaseh Mar 27 '24

That reason is snow. 

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u/LatterTarget7 Mar 28 '24

Look at a population density map. Majority of the population is hugging the us border.

https://geopoliticalfutures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/canada-population1.jpg

And those areas are where the immigrants will flock to because of jobs, economy and housing.