Population Of Cape Breton Regional Municipality: National Growth Rate

Census Data Dept: Statistics Canada released the first batch of numbers from the 2011 census on Wednesday and the population of Cape Breton Regional Municipality decreased by 4.7 per cent since the last census in 2006, according to The Chronicle Herald. When the 2011 census was taken last May 10, the population of Cape Breton Regional Municipality was 97,398, compared with 102,250 from the 2006 census and oTTAWA New census data show the population of Cape Breton Regional Municipality fell below the national growth rate over the last five years a period that saw the country spiral into the most serious economic tailspin since the Great Depression. The national growth rate was 5.9 per cent, while the population of Nova Scotia increased by 0.9 per cent. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.