Canada\u2019s population is expected to as much as almost double to 74 million people by the year 2068 due to a steady flow of immigrants from throughout the world, reports Statistics Canada.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom 38.2 million people in 2021, Canada’s population may reach between 42.9 million and 52.5 million in 2043 and between 44.9 million and 74 million in 2068, according to the various projection scenarios,\u201d the statistical and demographic services agency reports.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn one medium-growth scenario, Canada’s population would reach 47.8 million people in 2043 and 56.5 million in 2068.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Canada Immigration Drives Fastest First Quarter Population Growth For 30 Years<\/a> Even that medium-growth strategy would mean an additional 9.6 million people in Canada by 2043, or 457,143 per year steadily for the next 21 years.<\/p>\n That\u2019s roughly the current level of immigration to Canada.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Under its Immigration Levels Plan for 2022-2024<\/i>, Ottawa plans to welcome 431,645 permanent residents this year, 447,055 next year, and 451,000 in 2024.<\/p>\n Unless current trends change drastically in the coming decades, Canada\u2019s population growth will not be coming from Canadian families having more children.<\/p>\n \u201cNatural growth (births minus deaths) is expected to decrease in the coming years, namely because of an aging population and the low fertility of Canadian couples. In 2020, the number of children per woman reached a historically low level in Canada at 1.4,\u201d reports Statistics Canada.<\/p>\n \u201cThis natural growth continues to decrease in Canada in the coming years in a medium-growth scenario, even becoming negative in the brief period between 2049 and 2058.\u201d<\/p>\n Immigration is expected to be responsible for almost all of Canada\u2019s population growth in the coming decades.<\/p>\n \u201cIf Canada’s population continues to increase in the future, it will be mainly because of immigration, which is expected to remain quite significant in the coming decades, albeit at varying levels according to the different growth scenarios,\u201d states Statistics Canada.<\/p>\n In its Population Projections for Canada, Provinces and Territories, 2021 to 2068, 2022<\/i>, the federal agency recognizes the average age of immigrants to Canada means this strategy of resolving labour shortages will leave the country with an ongoing shortage of young people.<\/p>\n Watch Video<\/b><\/p>\n
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