Canada had its highest quarterly population growth since the height of the baby boom, driven mainly by new immigrants, according to new data from Statistics Canada (StatCan).
Canada’s population grew by 0.7 percent, amounting to 284,982 people, for the second quarter of 2022—an increase of more than 3,100 people per day, according to the data released on Sept. 28. It also beats the previous record set in the third quarter of 1957, when the population grew by 0.8 percent, or 133,000 people.
International migration made up 94.5 percent of the growth, which was the highest quarterly increase of immigrants on record. However, about 60 percent of the migrants are considered non-permanent residents, with many people here for work or study, in addition to asylum seekers, including Ukrainians fleeing Russia’s invasion….