Canada’s Population Growing Faster Than It Has in Decades: StatCan

Ukrainian nationals fleeing the ongoing war in Ukraine, left, arrive in Montreal, May 29, 2022. The Canadian Press/Graham Hughes

As 2022 draws to a close, Canada’s population has already grown more than in any other year since Confederation.

Statistics Canada says the country’s population grew by 362,453 people, or 0.9 percent, between July and October alone.