September 27, 2018 – International migration saw the biggest increase in Canada's history in the last 12 months, fuelling the biggest population rise in 60 years, Statistics Canada says.
Canada welcomed 303,257 immigrants between July 2017 and July 2018, the second-largest since 1971.
The number of non-permanent residence also increased by 165,729 in the same period, surpassing the previous peak in 1988/89.
Estimates show Canada's population at 37.1 million on July 1, 2018, an increase of nearly 520,000 on 12 months previously. The last time such an increase was seen was 1957.
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