Article Continued BelowThe new numbers reveal that Canada’s population grew by 1.7 million people since the last census in 2011. “Fifty years from now, basically all population growth in Canada will be related to another factor which will be immigration. Indeed, Atlantic Canada’s share of the population has dropped over the years because of lower population growth. Population growth slowed in Ontario and Quebec but the two provinces still accounted for 61.5 per cent of the Canadian population. with birth rates declining, immigration has fuelled Canada’s population growth since the end of 1990s.

Source: thestar February 08, 2017 13:39 UTC