Statistics Canada report says immigration behind growth

According to a new report released by Statistics Canada, immigration to Canada is the main reason behind the growth of Canada’s population, more so in Western Provinces of Alberta, Manitoba, British Columbia and Saskatchewan.

According to a new report released by Statistics Canada, immigration to Canada is the main reason behind the growth of Canada’s population, more so in Western Provinces of Alberta, Manitoba, British Columbia and Saskatchewan. The new report shows that the population has increased by 0.19 percent, which is the fastest fourth-quarter growth since 1992, and the cause for the same is said to be international immigration. Following this increase, the population of Canada reaches 33,504,700, which is 63,400 more than what the population was on October 1st 2008.

The western provinces of Canada saw greater population growth than the national average, with Alberta experiencing the maximum growth of 0.6 percent. Meanwhile, Ontario and New Brunswick saw population growth below the national average of 0.19 percent. They saw population growth of 0.08 and 0.07 percent respectively. The most significant increase in birth was seen in the province of Quebec where birth rate increased by 3.9 percent, more than in any part of the country.

Economists have time and again pointed out that population growth is an extremely important part of Canada’s economic growth. Some economists have suggested that one percent of the population is presently the ideal level of growth annually.