Premier Stephen McNeil and Population

Statistics Canada numbers: This is exciting news, but there is more work to do, said Premier Stephen McNeil in an emailed statement, according to The Chronicle Herald. We need to grow our population to grow our economy. Statistics Canada numbers distributed by the province put the population at 945,842 people as of Jan. 1, 2016. McNeil said the government has done a number of things in recent years to help, including obtaining an increase in the number of people it can nominate for immigration from 600 to 1,350. Since April 1, 2015 Nova Scotia population has increased by 3,458. We have also launched two new business immigration streams to attract international entrepreneurs and to retain international graduates of provincial universities and colleges, he said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.