Record Year: People and Province

record year: In 2015, 3,403 people arrived in the province, a record year for immigration, according to CBC. This year has already topped that with 3,418 newcomers making the province their home by the end of June. On Wednesday, the province reported more people have made Nova Scotia home in the first six months of 2016 than during all of last year. Nova Scotia population has never been higher, thanks to immigration More than 1,000 of those newcomers are Syrian refugees who began arriving in December 2015. Welcoming people like never before "They are welcoming people like they never welcomed them before," said Diab. "The support that we have received across this land and across this province from one region to the next has been overwhelming. Diab said the way Nova Scotians welcomed those families seemed to be a turning point for the province. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.