Immigration to Drive Canada’s Population Boom Over Next 50 Years
- Baseline scenario sees 57% population growth by 2073: StatsCan
- Canada is currently home to 2.8 million temporary residents
Pedestrians in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Immigration-fueled population growth is set to increase the number of people in Canada by more than half over the next 50 years.
The country’s population is expected to increase 57% to 62.8 million by 2073, up from 40.1 million last year, according to forecasts released Monday by Statistics Canada. That translates to an average annual growth rate of about 0.9%, the agency’s “medium-growth” scenario shows.