At noon on October 5, 2009, Canada’s official Population Clock noted there were 33,801,247 people living in the country. The number increases by one every minute and 21 seconds.
Canada’s Population Growth Comes from Immigration
According to Canada’s 2006 census the country’s population was 31,612,897.
That census figure is an increase of 5.4 percent since 2001, when the previous official tabulation was made. Two-thirds of the population growth was from immigration, and some demographers think it will be the only source of growth by 2030. Canada has the highest per capita immigration rate in the world, driven by economic policy and family reunification as well as large numbers of refugees.
