Source: Statistics Canada, Demography division (updated December 14, 2009).
The clock evolves according to the demographic growth rate estimated for the year ending on June 30th, 2009. By applying this rate (1.238%) to the estimated Canadian population as of July 1st, 2009 and keeping it constant throughout the year, Canada's population is growing by one unit every minute and 16 seconds.
This growth is broken down into:
At this rate, the population of Canada will reach 34,157,487 by July 1st, 2010.
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