Canada

Census 2021: A snapshot of Prairie population and dwelling data

Alberta: For the first time in years, Alberta's growth has lagged behind the national average. Its 4.8 per cent growth rate between 2016 and 2021 was slightly below the national mark of 5.2 per cent. ...

Feb 09, 2022

Census 2021: A snapshot of Ontario's population and dwelling data

Canada's most populous province grew at a faster pace than the rest of the country overall over the last five years, thanks largely to immigration. Some of the most dramatic local growth happened outs...

Feb 09, 2022

Census 2021: A snapshot of the North's population and dwelling data

The census data for 2021 tells a very different story across Canada's three territories. Yukon led the country in population growth from 2016 to 2021, increasing by 12.1 per cent and bringing its popu...

Feb 09, 2022

One in 10 Canadians lived in smaller urban centres in 2021: StatCan

One in 10 Canadians are calling smaller urban centres their home, according to the 2021 Census from Statistics Canada. Last year, 3.8 million people, or 10.1 per cent of Canadians, lived in smaller ur...

Feb 09, 2022

Census 2021: A snapshot of Quebec's population and dwelling data

MONTREAL - Data from the 2021 census shows that Quebec's share of the Canadian population declined for the 11th consecutive census. Quebec was home to 23 per cent of Canadians in 2021, down from 23.2 ...

Feb 09, 2022

Share of Canadians in rural areas shrinks for ninth consecutive census, StatCan says

Statistics Canada says the share of Canadians living in rural areas has declined for the ninth census in a row, dropping from 18.7 per cent in 2016 to 17.8 per cent in 2021. The agency says it counted...

Feb 09, 2022

New census figures show the Maritime provinces are growing at a rapid rate

HALIFAX - New census figures from Statistics Canada are confirming what many residents of the Maritimes already knew: the region's population has been growing at a rapid rate. For the first time since...

Feb 09, 2022

Downtowns growing faster than before, but pandemic hampered rate of growth: census

TORONTO - Statistics Canada says the country's downtowns are growing faster than before, but the pandemic triggered a slowdown in how many people migrated to city centres. New census data released by ...

Feb 09, 2022

Statistics Canada to detail first findings from last year's pandemic census

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada is scheduled this morning to release the first set of findings from last year's census taken against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic. Today's release will detail the p...

Feb 09, 2022

More protest arrests in Ottawa, first COVID census findings : In The News for Feb. 9

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Feb. 9 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...

Feb 09, 2022