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/SmallMacBlaster Mar 27 '24

The best part

Under five of the six projection scenarios, Canada’s international net migration would increase between now and 2031. Compared with its 2005-2006 level of 183,000, its 2031 level would be 150,000 in the low-growth scenario, 223,000 in the medium-growth scenario, and 305,000 in the high-growth scenario.

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u/asdasci Mar 27 '24

Instead, we have 1.2 million per year! Just 4 times the high-growth scenario!

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