Statistics Canada has started releasing information gathered in last year’s census, and the population changes show the big trend from the 2001 count continues: People are moving to the city from the country. Across the nation, “four out of five people living in urban centres” says the Globe and Mail here.
In a story much less focused on Ontario, the CBC reports that Halifax is growing at the expense of most other areas of Nova Scotia. Our province’s population is up a spec (the technical term for a .6 percent increase), from 908,007 to 913,462. Halifax is up 3.8 percent, from 359,111 to 372,679. For the full story and numbers on other areas, check this out.
This article appears in Mar 8-14, 2007.