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Population growth rates are calculated using the average of the populations at the beginning and end of the period as a denominator.
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The G7 is an informal discussion group and economic partnership consisting of seven of the world’s most powerful economies: the United States, Japan, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Italy and Canada.
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Sources: Federal Statistical Office of Germany, Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom), Census Bureau (United States), National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (France), National Institute of Statistics (Italy), Statistics Bureau of Japan, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Statistics New Zealand and calculations performed by the author. The reference periods vary by country: July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016 (Canada, New Zealand), January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2015 (Italy, Australia), October 1, 2014 to September 30, 2015 (Germany and Japan), July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015 (United States and United Kingdom), January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2014 (France).
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Natural increase is the difference between the number of births and deaths.
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Net international migration basically refers to the number of moves between Canada and abroad, resulting in a change in usual place of residence. It is calculated by adding immigration, returning emigration and net non-permanent residents and subtracting emigration and net temporary emigration.
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Refugees are classified as permanent residents (immigrants) by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC).
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A rate higher than -0.1% and lower than 0.1% is considered not significant and relatively stable.
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For more details and information on the origin and interpretation of this chart, readers are encouraged to read the articles of the Vienna Institute of Demography: Sander et al. 2014.”Visualising Migration Flow Data” and Abel. 2015. ”Estimates of Global Bilateral Migration Flows by Gender Between 1960 and 2010.”
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Not shown in Chart 1.9. These rates are based on the average of the start-of-period and end-of-period populations of the province of origin.
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