Quarterly Demographic Estimates
April to June 2022

Release date: September 28, 2022

Highlights

Second quarter of 2022

• Canada’s population was estimated at 38,929,902 on July 1, 2022, an increase of 284,982 (+0.7%) from April 1, 2022.
• Growth in the second quarter of 2022 was the highest in any quarter (in number) since the addition of Newfoundland to Confederation in 1949 and the highest growth in percent since the third quarter of 1957 (+0.8%). Over 94% of this growth was due to international migration, including the people who came to Canada following to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
• Population increased in all provinces and territories except for the Northwest Territories (-0.2%).
• Population growth rates in Prince Edward Island (+1.4%), Nova Scotia (+1.2%) and New Brunswick (+1.1%) were the highest in any quarter since quarterly provincial growth rates became available (second quarter of 1951).
• International migration accounted for an increase in population of 269,305 or 94.5% of the growth seen in the second quarter of 2022. This is an increase of 93,000 compared to the next highest quarter (third quarter of 2019, +175,907) since comparable records exist (third quarter of 1971).
• Canada welcomed the largest number of non-permanent residents on record (+157,310). This was due to high numbers of asylum claimants and permit holders (work, study and other), including the arrival of people affected by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
• The number of emigrants (10,338) was similar to second quarter levels seen before the pandemic, reflecting an increasing number of international flights and the easing of pandemic-related border restrictions.
• Ontario (-21,008), Manitoba (-2,891), and Saskatchewan (-1,948) saw the highest losses to interprovincial migration while losses were also seen in Quebec (-429), the Northwest Territories (-244), Nunavut (-41), and Yukon (-32).
• Ontario had the highest net loss to interprovincial migration in any quarter since at least the third quarter of 1971 and this represents the tenth consecutive quarter of losses for the province. The trend of people moving from Ontario to the Maritime provinces seen during the pandemic continues.
• Nova Scotia (+6,159) and New Brunswick (+4,228) had the highest net gains from interprovincial migration in any quarter since at least the third quarter of 1971. Newfoundland and Labrador (+1,300) saw the second highest net gain from interprovincial migration over the same period, following the third quarter of 1971 (+1,463). Ontario has been the highest supplier of interprovincial migrants to Atlantic Canada in every quarter since the third quarter of 2017.

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