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Migration Drives Canada’s Biggest Population Gain Since 1957

The CN Tower stands among buildings in the downtown skyline in this aerial photograph taken above Toronto.Photographer: James MacDonald/Bloomberg

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By Theophilos Argitis and Erik Hertzberg

September 27, 2018 at 1:21 PM UTC

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Canada’s population grew by more than half a million over the past year, the biggest increase in six decades.

Statistics Canada released preliminary estimates Thursday that showed the country’s population hitting 37.1 million on July 1, up 518,588 from a year earlier. That’s the biggest gain since 1957. In growth terms, the 1.4 percent increase is the fastest pace in almost 30 years and the highest among Group of Seven nations.