Canada’s population broke records and grew by a million people over a period of one year. The Canadian population grew 2.7% in 2022, the fastest growth among advanced economies and on par with African nations.
95.5% of people are migrants
Canada added a record 1,050,110 people to the population, and now the total population count reached 39,566,248, as reported by Statistics Canada on Wednesday. The major part of the increase is due to international migrations, which accounted for 95.5% of the growth.
It is the first such occasion when an immigration-friendly nation grew by a million in a year. The Statistics agency reported