Canada’s population surpasses 34-million in first quarter: StatsCan
Posted June 28, 2010 9:45 am.
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OTTAWA, Ont. – Canada’s population has surpassed the 34-million mark.
Statistics Canada estimates the population was 34,019,000 on April 1.
That’s an increase of 88,100, or 0.26 per cent, from January 1.
The agency said all four western provinces had growth rates stronger than the national average.
StatsCan reported 71 per cent of the first-quarter increase was due to net international migration, while 29 per cent was attributable to natural increase.
The increase was smaller than the rise of 91,400 in the same period in 2009 as both factors responsible for demographic growth — natural increase and net international migration — rose at a slower pace.
