Manitoba population booming
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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 29/09/2010 (5881 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Manitoba is booming, population-wise, relatively speaking.
Statistics Canada released annual demographic estimates for the provinces today, reporting Manitoba had its highest growth in nearly 30 years.
The population as of July 1, 2010 was 1,235,400 — 15,900 more people than the preceding year and a growth rate of 1.3 per cent, according to Stats Can. That’s the highest growth rate for the province since 1982-83.
Net international migration (1,200) in 2009/2010 was the highest observed in Manitoba since 1971.
The province received close to 14,100 immigrants in 2009/2010, the fourth year in a row the province recorded more than 10,000 immigrants. That’s credited mainly to Manitoba’s use of the Provincial Nominee Program, an economic program that allows provinces to select immigrants with the training, work experience and language skills that can be put to use here.
Meanwhile, Manitoba is still losing more people to other provinces than it is gaining from elsewhere in Canada.
In 2009/2010, there was a net outflow of 2,200 people, mostly to British Columbia (-1,200) and Saskatchewan (-800), but there were fewer losses than in the preceding 10 years, Stats Can said.
The number of Manitobans added to the population through natural increase, the 5,500 born here, was the highest since 1995/1996.
On July 1, the population of Canada reached 34,108,800, up 388,600 people from the previous year, a growth rate of 1.1 per cent.