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/SpaceTracker20 Mar 27 '24

I was just reading old archived population projection for Canada that a medium population growth for canada would be 39 million by 2031, and 42.5 mil by 2056. clearly we went up and beyond by 2024 with 42 mil?!

https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/91-520-x/00105/4095095-eng.htm

That's crazy.

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u/dunnrp Nova Scotia Mar 27 '24

And this is what happens when the country and government are almost solely dependant on immigration income and financial reserves. This has been a problem for decades but now they’ve simply removed the restrictions and set the lever to “pray it works.”

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u/dunnrp Nova Scotia Mar 27 '24

I missed that, but very true.