Nine months after reaching a population of 40 million, Canada has cracked a new threshold.

As of Wednesday morning, it’s estimated 41 million people now call the country home, according to Statistics Canada’s live population tracker.

The speed at which Canada’s population is growing was also reflected in new data released Wednesday by the federal agency: between Jan. 1 2023 and Jan. 1 2024, Canada added 1,271,872 inhabitants, a 3.2 per cent growth rate — the highest since 1957.

Most of Canada’s 3.2 per cent population growth rate stemmed from temporary immigration. Without it, Canada’s population growth would have been 1.2 per cent, Statistics Canada said.

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    7 months ago

    Canada is by no means America-Lite, unless you are living in Alberta/Sask.

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      7 months ago

      Still around 15% of the population.

      And yeah, can confirm alberta is basically Texas lite. We got rednecks, homophobes, transphobes, confederate flags, maga hats, lifted trucks, and dogshit critical thinking skills

      Source: Albertan