Canada’s Population Surges From 2016-2021, Thanks To Record Immigration.

News Source:– Canada’s population rose to 37 million people in 2021, up 5.2% from 2016, driven mostly by immigration, according to official data released on Wednesday, with the downtowns and distant suburbs of large cities seeing the strongest growth. 

Canada added 1.8 million people between 2016 and 2021, with nearly 80% of those new residents arriving from elsewhere in the world, retaining its position as the fastest growing G7 country, Statistics Canada said in its Census 2021 release. 

The Group of Seven nations is made up of Canada, the United States, Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Japan. 

Almost 90% of new immigrants settled in urban centers, Statscan said, edging up the proportion of Canadians living in large urban centers to 73.7% from 73.2% five years ago. 

“Canada continues to urbanize as large urban centers benefit most from new arrivals to the country,” Statscan said. Read More.