Atlantic Canada Population

• Immigration boom hits Maritimes, lack of housing supply remains

  New numbers from Statistics Canada showed the Maritimes welcomed twice as many new residents as they did for the same time 10 years ago.

  Canada

  Mar 28, 2023
  
• By 2043, Atlantic provinces will have highest proportion of seniors over 85: census

  Statistics Canada says seniors 85 and older currently make up 2.3 per cent of the entire Canadian population, but are one of the fastest-growing age groups in the country.

  Canada

  Apr 27, 2022
  
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• Number of Atlantic Canadians over 75 will double in 20 years, posing health-care challenges

  Policy analyst Fred Bergman says the number of Atlantic Canadians aged 75 and older will double by 2040

  Health

  Jan 21, 2021
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• Cape Breton among Atlantic towns hoping to stanch the human exodus

  In the first tranche of 2016 census data released Wednesday, Cape Breton - long a fixture of the "lowest growth rates" category - registered sixth on that list of ever-smaller urban centres, contracting by 2.9 per cent between 2011 and 2016.

  Canada

  Feb 8, 2017