{"id":131877,"date":"2023-12-20T14:24:17","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T19:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/immigration-drives-fastest-canada-population-growth-since-1957\/"},"modified":"2023-12-20T14:24:17","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T19:24:17","slug":"immigration-drives-fastest-canada-population-growth-since-1957","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/immigration-drives-fastest-canada-population-growth-since-1957\/","title":{"rendered":"Immigration Drives Fastest Canada Population Growth Since 1957"},"content":{"rendered":"

Temporary foreign workers<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0international students<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u2013 and new permanent residents \u2013 drove the fastest quarterly population growth in Canada since 1957 in the three months that ended at the start of October.<\/p>\n

\u201cCanada’s population was estimated at 40,528,396 on Oct. 1, 2023, an increase of 430,635 people up 1.1 per cent from July 1,\u201d reports Statistics Canada.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was the highest population growth rate in any quarter since the second quarter of 1957, which saw growth of 1.2 per cent, when Canada’s population grew by 198,000 people.\u201d<\/p>\n

As the Canadian population ages, the number of deaths to births increases and so natural population growth declines. Almost all, 96 per cent of Canada\u2019s current population growth is due to immigration.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe rest of this gain, four per cent, was the result of natural increase, or the difference between the number of births and deaths,\u201d notes Statistics Canada.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe contribution of natural increase to population growth is expected to remain low in the coming years because of population aging, lower fertility levels, and the high number of immigrants and non-permanent residents coming to Canada.\u201d<\/p>\n

In its report, Record-High Population Growth Continues, Fuelled By Strong Permanent And Temporary Immigration<\/i>, Statistics Canada noted in mid-December that Canada welcomed 107,972 new permanent residents<\/span><\/a> in the third quarter.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom January to September 2023, immigration reached 79.8 per cent, or 371,299 new permanent residents of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada’s (IRCC) target of 465,000 immigrants for the year,\u201d noted the statistical and demographic services agency.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom July 1 to October 1, the country saw the number of non-permanent residents continue to increase. The total non-permanent resident population increased from 2,198,679 to 2,511,437.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s an additional 312,758 temporary residents during the third quarter alone, the greatest quarterly increase going back to 1971 when data on non-permanent residents became available.<\/p>\n

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