Dr. Don Kerr, Professor of Sociology, spoke to the CBC for an article titled "P.E.I. breaks several records en route to 'phenomenally rapid population growth.'" The growth stemmed from record levels of interprovincial migration and non-permanent residents and came despite a record loss of population from births and deaths. It showed a 3.9 per cent growth rate for P.E.I. finds itself in "an unusual situation: a population that's growing exclusively now almost as a by-product of migration and immigration with really, really low birth rates."
