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Chart 3: Immigration is an increasingly important component of population growth in Canada
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What the chart shows
In 1976, natural increase (births minus deaths) represented over 80% of the demographic growth in Canada. Today the situation is almost reversed as immigration represents close to 70% of the population growth.
Discussion points
- If current trends continue, in less than 25 years, immigration will be the only growth factor, as natural increase will be negative.
Additional Statistics Canada resources
Canada's population, The Daily, March 28, 2006
Study: Immigrants who leave Canada, The Daily, March 1, 2006
Study: Initial destinations and redistribution of major immigrant groups in Canada, The Daily, June 29, 2005
Study: Canada's visible minority population in 2017, The Daily, March 22, 2005
Study: Fertility among visible minority women, The Daily, June 30, 2006
Census of Population: Immigration, birthplace and birthplace of parents, citizenship, ethnic origin, visible minorities and Aboriginal peoples, The Daily, Tuesday, January 21, 2003
Canada's ethnocultural portrait: The changing mosaic, Highlights from the 2001 Census
