Sask. population growing slowest among all provinces, StatsCan says

The expansion of Saskatchewan’s inhabitants is trailing that of each different province, in keeping with the newest yearly figures from Statistics Canada. 

The province had a internet inhabitants enhance of 5,994 folks from April 1, 2021, to April 1, 2022, in keeping with figures launched Wednesday. That represents a development of 0.51 per cent 12 months to 12 months, the bottom amongst all provinces.

Newfoundland and Labrador (0.61 per cent), Manitoba (0.69 per cent) and Quebec (0.77 per cent) have been the others beneath one per cent development.

General, Canada noticed 1.31 per cent development, led by Prince Edward Island’s internet achieve of 5,084 folks, or 3.13 per cent. 

Worldwide migration continued to drive Saskatchewan’s development. 

There was a internet achieve of three,755 worldwide migrants within the province from Jan. 1, 2022, to March 31, 2022, in keeping with StatsCan. 

However the province misplaced 1,358 folks to inter-provincial migration throughout the identical interval. Migration stats for the complete 12 months weren’t included in Wednesday’s launch.

Saskatchewan’s inhabitants is estimated at 1,186,308. The inhabitants had dipped to 1,179,844 at first of the third quarter in 2021.

Census figures launched in February present Saskatchewan ranked ninth among the many 10 provinces in inhabitants development from 2016 to 2021, at 3.1 per cent.

Solely Newfoundland and Labrador fared worse throughout that interval, dropping 1.8 per cent. 

Over the previous 5 years, the Saskatoon metropolitan space’s inhabitants grew 7.6 per cent to 317,480, making it the seventeenth largest metropolis in Canada, according to Statistics Canada.

Regina’s inhabitants was up 5.3 per cent over the past 5 years, rising to 249,217.