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Statistics Canada and Canadian Population

Canadian population: By the year 2063, Canadas population could reach between 40 million and 63.5 million people, the agency says in a report projecting demographic changes over a 50-year period. For much of that time, the proportion of seniors in the population will expand. Canadian population surpasses 35 million Immigration critical to Canadian population growth: census , according to CBC. But the trends identified by Statistics Canada reflect a shift in a labour market and in the need for services that will force both the public and private sector to change. Canada faces a big demographic shift over the next 50 years, with a growing number of seniors and a movement of people to Western Canada, says a report from Statistics Canada. How much Canadas population grows will depend on the amount of immigration and natural factors such as the birth and death rates. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.