Statistics Canada: National Count

Western Canada Dept: Statistics Canada counted 33,476,688 people in its May, 2011 census , a 5.9 per cent increase over the 2006 national count, according to The Star. Cities in Western Canada like Calgary, Edmonton and Saskatoon saw double-digit jumps in population growth and oTTAWA Canada is growing and going west. And Canada s western provinces saw the biggest percentage increases with Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia all growing faster than the national average. Yukon saw the biggest population growth between 2006 and 2011 at 11.6 per cent, followed closely by Alberta at 10.8 per cent. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.