Canada含羞草研究社檚 population will reach a major milestone today 含羞草研究社� 40 million people 含羞草研究社� and everyone with an internet connection can watch it happen in real time.

Statistics Canada含羞草研究社檚 website features a (real-time model) which records births, deaths, immigration, emigration and inter-provincial migration as each happens (is modeled).

As of 9:40 a.m. today there were 39,999,708 people in Canada 含羞草研究社� that number climbs or drops, moment by moment, with each event.

Featured on the page is a grey map of the country, on which provinces and territories light up in different colours each time a change is recorded 含羞草研究社� blue for a birth, red for a death and so on.

Next to that, the population of each province and territory is adjusted accordingly and a scrolling list of demographic events at the bottom of the page outlines the three most recent changes.

A posting on the Statistics Canada website notes this 40-million milestone comes following a record year of growth.

However, it isn含羞草研究社檛 births that are the main driving force behind the increase.

含羞草研究社淚n 2022, Canada含羞草研究社檚 population grew by an unprecedented 1.1 million people, most of them permanent and temporary immigrants,含羞草研究社� the site notes.

含羞草研究社淭hanks to this influx, the 40-million mark was reached even faster than expected.含羞草研究社�

The includes a detailed history of population growth in Canada, beginning with the estimated 200,000 to 2 million First Nations people who occupied the land when the first Europeans began arriving in the 16th century and concluding with a look ahead to the day, an estimated 20 years from now, that Canada含羞草研究社檚 population reaches 50 million people.

brenda.anderson@peacearchnews.com
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