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- On April 1, 2009, Canada’s population was estimated at 33,592,700, an increase of 88,000 from January 1, 2009. During that period, Canada’s population grew by 0.26%, the highest first-quarter growth rate since 2001.
- The faster pace of population growth in the country is largely due to a sharp increase in the number of non-permanent residents. In the first quarter of 2009, the net number of non-permanent residents was 23,800, the largest increase for a first quarter since 1989.
- Except for Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia and the Northwest Territories, all provinces and territories posted an increase in population in the first quarter of 2009.
- Population growth remained stronger in Western Canada in the first quarter of 2009. All four provinces west of Ontario experienced higher growth than Canada as a whole.
- Alberta remains the province with the highest population growth in the country. Its population growth rate (0.59%) was more than double the Canadian rate in the first quarter of 2009.
