Manitoba’s population sees new records due to immigration

Canada, 23rd June: Population growth of Manitoba has reached a record level and this is being attributed to higher rates of immigration.

According to Peter Bjornson, Minister for Entrepreneurship, Training and Trade, the current increase in population growth of this Canadian province is the best in the period of last 4 decades, the minister asserted.

Best rate of population growth in Manitoba--According to official figures released by Statistics Canada for the month of April 2011, there has been a growth of a total of 16,121 people in last one year period in Manitoba taking the total population of this Canadian province to 1,24,396.

This means an increase of 1,31 percent in Manitoba’s population rate. Its quite higher than the national growth rate of 1.06 percent n Canada and is regarded to be the third-highest among all Canadian provinces, the minister added.

Immigration contributing towards population growth of Manitoba--Out of the total increase of 16,121 people in Manitoba in the last one year, nearly 15,700 are new immigrants, the figures by Stats Can show. As per the figures, the number of new immigrants coming to Manitoba is the highest ever since the year 1946.

It may be clarified that the in terms of population performance, Manitoba has gone up than the national growth rate for the last two consecutive years, the minister stated.

During the period of last one year, Manitoba registered birth of 16,214 new babies, the official figures show. This makes Manitoba having highest rate of births in last 16 years.

Manitoba most attractive place to live and work--High population growth rate of Manitoba means that the province is becoming a relatively more attractive place not just for living but also for working here and for raising a family, states Bjornson.

The minister contributed the year’s higher rate of population growth in Manitoba to the Provincial Nominee Program of the province. Under the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program, families living here are allowed to offer sponsorship to aspiring immigrants possessing skills in high demand in Manitoba to come and work here.

Manitoba has a growing demand for jobs like truck driving and allows immigrants with requisite skills to immigrate to Manitoba under this program.