2022 saw the highest annual population growth rate for the country since 1957, with a growth of 2.7%. (Photo 70584781 © Serjio74 | Dreamstime.com)

By Christian Oldale/LethbridgeNewsNOW

Statistics Canada launches tracking tool as Canada’s population nears 40 million

Jun 14, 2023 | 11:03 AM

LETHBRIDGE, AB – Canada is close to reaching 40 million people, and Statistics Canada has launched a new tool to watch that population growth in real time.

The Canada population clock keeps an ongoing tally of births, deaths, immigrants, emigrants, non-permanent residents and inter-provincial migrants. The tracker also keeps count of the population of every province and territory, as well as the population change since midnight.

As of this publication, Alberta currently sports a population of just over 4,730,000.

Canada reportedly added over one million new residents in a one-year span from January 2022 to January 2023, a year-over-year increase of 2.7 per cent compared to the year prior.

According to Statistics Canada, 2022 marked the highest annual population growth rate since 1957, which held a 3.3 per cent increase due to the post-war baby boom and refugees from the Hungarian Revolution.

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The tracker can be found online at the Statistics Canada website.