Canada Sees Fastest Population Growth Since the Baby Boom, Driven By Immigration: StatCan

Canada Sees Fastest Population Growth Since the Baby Boom, Driven By Immigration: StatCan
A young new Canadian holds a flag as she takes part in a citizenship ceremony on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on April 17, 2019. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
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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.