Remember those headlines about how, for the first time in Canadian history, our population shrank in 2025? It turns out that never happened.
Two weeks ago, Statistics Canada released new demographic estimates. A national population that it previously believed had fallen by more than 100,000 people in 2025 is now estimated to have increased by nearly 300,000.
This higher count is not the result of a new tally of births, deaths or immigrants arriving. It is almost entirely driven by what the statistical agency says is better information on temporary resident departures. Many of the visa students and visa workers the agency previously assumed had left Canada it now believes did not.
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