Nations Reserves: Cent Decrease and Cape

nations reserves: The population here in Cape Breton County the southeast corner of the island peaked 55 years ago in 1961 and has been declining ever since, Gillis told a municipal council meeting Tuesday, according to The Chronicle Herald. In the Cape Breton Regional Municipality that's the county, outside the First Nations reserves the population declined by 3,100 people to 94,000 people. The Cape Breton community planner says that a dwindling population, as shown by the latest Statistics Canada numbers, makes predicting what the island will look like in five years and where towns should put their money a grim task. That's a 3.2 per cent decrease in five years. There are fewer of us living in the core, and more living farther away from the core. The county's two First Nations increased from about 4,400 people by 216 people or five per cent, comparable to the national rate, Gillis said. !function e,t,s,i var Off the reserves, the CBRM is experiencing the doughnut effect, Gillis said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.