Immigration: Spike

First Quarter Dept: As of April, Canada's population was recorded at just under 34.35 million, according to Montreal Gazette. Alberta boasted the highest spike in population for the first quarter, with a 0.4 per cent increase - representing a spike of 15,500 people and the Canadian population jumped by more than 70,000 in the first quarter of 2011, with immigration responsible for the bulk of the increase. International migration accounted for nearly 50,000 new people registered in Canada, while the number of births outweighed the number of deaths by 21,500 between January and April. As reported in the news.
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