Nova Scotia: Prince Edward Island

Newfoundland And Labrador Dept: When comparing the 2001 and 2006 censuses, Nova Scotia led Atlantic Canada with 0.6 per cent growth. That rate increased to 0.9 per cent between the 2006 and 2011 censuses, but Nova Scotia now trails New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador, according to The Chronicle Herald. Newfoundland, because of its booming offshore oil industry, has seen its population growth rate climb to OTTAWA Nova Scotia has been leapfrogged by its Atlantic Canadian cousins and now has the slowest population growth in the region, census data released Wednesday reveals. This is a major flip. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.