Canada Population Growth Slows on Temporary Resident Crackdown

Canada added new residents at the slowest pace in three years due to falling immigration, winding down a post-pandemic population boom that strained the economy and soured public sentiment toward newcomers.

The country’s population grew at an annual rate of 1.8% last year, a marked slowdown from 3.1% in 2023 and 2.5% in 2022, according to Statistics Canada’s estimate published Wednesday. With 744,324 peopled added, the number of total inhabitants reached 41.5 million.