COVID-19 puts the brakes on Canada’s population growth
COVID-19 puts the brakes on Canada’s population growth
October 9, 2020
New Canadian Media
Population growth slows in nine Canadian provinces because of decrease in international migration, reports Statistics Canada.
International migration has slowed down because of the global pandemic, causing Canada’s rate of population growth to plummet to record lows, reports Statistics Canada.
“The restrictions placed on international borders and the subsequent drop in international migration levels had the largest impact on population growth in 2019/2020,” the federal number-crunching agency said in its latest Canadian population estimates.
Statistics Canada measured the nation’s population growth from July 1, 2019, to June 30, 2020. They estimated that on July 1, 2020, the nation’s population was at 38,005,238, up by 411,854 (+1.1 per cent) from July 1, 2019. This is after two years of population growth exceeding 500,000. These new numbers reflect lows last seen in the 2015/2016 period.
Comments (0)