CANADA SUFFERS SLOWEST POPULATION GROWTH SINCE WORLD WAR I

  • 18/03/2021

Canada’s population grew last year at the slowest pace in more than a century as Covid-related restrictions curbed immigration.The nation’s population rose by just 0.4% in 2020 to 38,048,738, Statistics Canada reported Thursday in Ottawa. That was the slowest annual growth since 1916, during World War I. In absolute numbers, the 149,461 annual increase was the smallest since 1945.

A drop in international migration from closed borders was the main contributor. Canada recorded 184,624 immigrants in 2020, down by almost half from 2019. Also, more non-permanent residents left the country last year than came in, resulting in a loss of 86,535 people. That’s the largest net loss of foreign residents such as workers and students on record.

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