The Canadian population saw a record surge in growth last year, fuelled almost entirely by immigration to the country, reveals Statistics Canada.<\/p>\n
In the year that ended on Jan. 1, 2023, the country\u2019s population boomed, increasing by more than one million people for the first time in Canadian history, to hit just under 39.6 million, reports the statistical and demographic services agency of the federal government.<\/p>\n
With that spike in its population, Canada saw a growth rate of 2.7 per cent, a rate not seen since the Baby Boom years, since 1957.<\/p>\n
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Canada Invites Another 7,000 Express Entry Candidates In Second Draw In Eight Days<\/a> But this time around, the Canadian population boom isn\u2019t due to romantic goings on in the nation\u2019s bedrooms.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The rate of population growth last year was fuelled by record levels of immigration to Canada.<\/p>\n \u201cThis previous record population growth rate in 1957 was related to the high number of births during the post-war baby boom and the high immigration of refugees following the Hungarian Revolution of 1956,\u201d reports Statistics Canada.<\/p>\n \u201cIn 2022, the reason behind Canada’s record-high population growth was somewhat different, since international migration accounted for nearly all growth recorded, about 95.9 per cent of it.\u201d<\/p>\n Among the G7 countries – Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States \u2013 Canada is by far the population growth leader.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Video<\/b><\/p>\n
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