Statistics Canada: Cause For Concern

Population Base Dept: According to census figures released Wednesday by Statistics Canada, the province s population base increased by 0.9 per cent from 2006 to 2011, compared with a 0.6 per cent increase during the previous five-year period, according to The Chronicle Herald. That is cause for concern for some developers, who think the province and Ottawa should put a greater emphasis on immigration and stagnant population growth in Nova Scotia should be a wake-up call for everyone in the business community, local developers say. The number of people in Halifax jumped 4.7 per cent during that time, to 390, 096. However, a 4.7 per cent decline in Cape Breton and 0.2 per cent drop in Lunenburg point to a migration to Halifax and not an increase in the number of people moving to the city from outside the province. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.