| Population at beginning period | Natural increase | Net interprovincial migration | Net international migration | Total net migration | Total growth | Total growth | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | percent | ||||||
| 2011 | |||||||
| July to September | 510,578 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| April to June | 510,416 | -79 | -179 | 420 | 241 | 162 | 0.03 |
| January to March | 511,023 | -218 | -481 | 92 | -389 | -607 | -0.12 |
| 2010 | |||||||
| October to December | 511,057 | -8 | 156 | -182 | -26 | -34 | -0.01 |
| July to September | 511,281 | 321 | -830 | 285 | -545 | -224 | -0.04 |
| April to June | 511,197 | -36 | -138 | 258 | 120 | 84 | 0.02 |
| January to March | 511,082 | -175 | 238 | 52 | 290 | 115 | 0.02 |
| 2009 | |||||||
| October to December | 510,489 | 30 | 577 | -14 | 563 | 593 | 0.12 |
| July to September | 508,862 | 350 | 881 | 396 | 1,277 | 1,627 | 0.32 |
| April to June | 507,556 | -7 | 992 | 321 | 1,313 | 1,306 | 0.26 |
| January to March | 507,798 | -145 | 6 | -103 | -97 | -242 | -0.05 |
| 2008 | |||||||
| October to December | 507,612 | 58 | 259 | -131 | 128 | 186 | 0.04 |
| July to September | 506,366 | 378 | 620 | 248 | 868 | 1,246 | 0.25 |
| April to June | 506,677 | 27 | -490 | 152 | -338 | -311 | -0.06 |
| January to March | 507,045 | -104 | -446 | 182 | -264 | -368 | -0.07 |
| 2007 | |||||||
| October to December | 506,931 | 48 | 115 | -49 | 66 | 114 | 0.02 |
| July to September | 506,379 | 174 | 293 | 85 | 378 | 552 | 0.11 |
| April to June | 507,059 | -12 | -791 | 123 | -668 | -680 | -0.13 |
| January to March | 508,835 | -162 | -1,671 | 57 | -1,614 | -1,776 | -0.35 |
| 2006 | |||||||
| October to December | 509,420 | -82 | -558 | 55 | -503 | -585 | -0.11 |
| July to September | 510,313 | 74 | -1,047 | 80 | -967 | -893 | -0.17 |