Moncton, Halifax Top List of Fastest-Growing Urban Regions, Statistics Canada Says

A passenger ferry, operated by Halifax Transit, makes its way across the Halifax harbour to the Woodside ferry terminal in Dartmouth, N.S., on Aug. 2, 2022. The Canadian Press/Doug Ives

Statistics Canada says that Halifax and Moncton, N.B., were the fastest-growing urban regions in Canada last year.

The agency said today that the Moncton metropolitan area grew by 5.3 percent between July 1, 2021, and July 1, 2022, while Nova Scotia’s capital grew by 4.4 percent.