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  1. In the fourth quarter of 2011, Canada's population grew by 65,000 or 0.2% to an estimated 34,670,400 on January 1, 2012. This is fairly similar to the fourth-quarter growth observed in recent years.
  2. Net international migration accounted for slightly less than two-thirds (57%) of the country's population growth in the fourth quarter of 2011.
  3. Close to 59,800 immigrants settled in Canada during the fourth quarter of 2011, 2,200 more than in the same period in 2010. This is the largest number of immigrants for a fourth quarter since 1992 (64,900).
  4. Preliminary estimates show that the population declined in the fourth quarter of 2011 in Prince Edward Island (-0.2%), Nova Scotia (-0.1%) and the Northwest Territories (-0.3%).
  5. The populations of the three Prairie provinces grew faster than the national average. Alberta (0.5%) had the greatest population growth in Canada from October, 2011 to January, 2012.
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