Population Increase and Demographic Estimates

: That is up 4,918 people from April 1, 2015, according to CBC. The report says the population increase of 1,460 from Jan. 1 to April 1 was the largest first quarter growth since 1985. The Quarterly Demographic Estimates report says the province population as of April 1, 2016 was 947,284. Nova Scotia population is up 4,918 people from April 1, 2015 to April 1, 2016. It was the largest number on record for a single quarter. Citing immigration as the main reason for the increase, the report says 1,849 immigrants arrived in the province during the first quarter of 2016, many of them Syrian refugees. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.