Quarterly Demographic Estimates
July to September 2019

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Release date: December 19, 2019

Highlights

• Between July 1 and October 1 2019, Canada’s population grew by 208,234. This is the first time that the country's population has grown by more than 200,000 people in a single quarter.
• The country's population growth rate in the third quarter of 2019 (+0.6%) is the highest recorded since the beginning of the current demographic accounting system (July 1971).
• On October 1, 2019, Canada’s population was 37,797,496.
• Between July 1 and October 1, 2019, Canada welcomed 103,751 new immigrants, an unprecedented number, all quarters combined. A record increase in the number of non-permanent residents (+82,438) has also been recorded over the same period.
• Population growth was highest in British Colombia (+0.7%) and lowest in Newfoundland and Labrador (+0.1%).
• International migration accounted for 83.4% of the overall Canadian population growth in the third quarter of 2019, a proportion that continues to grow.
• After three uninterrupted years of losses, Alberta has seen gains in its interprovincial migration over the last five quarters, with the third quarter of 2019 having had the highest gains (+2,285 persons).
• The systematic losses associated with interprovincial migration usually recorded in Quebec have been greatly reduced, such that they have been close to zero since the beginning of the year (-200 persons in the third quarter of 2019).

Analysis

The “Quarterly demographic estimates, provinces and territories: Interactive dashboard” (71-607-X) is available. This interactive dashboard can be used to visualize the factors of Canada's population growth and how they have changed over time for Canada, the provinces and territories.