Net emigration estimated at 38,900 in 2012/2013

Of all the components of population growth, emigration, returning emigration and net temporary emigration are the most difficult to estimate with precision. Most often, these estimates are based on indirect methods.
Preliminary estimates indicate that in 2012/2013, 57,100 Canadians emigrated, 36,600 emigrants returned to Canada on a permanent basis and the net number of temporary emigrants was 18,400. Based on these three estimates, net emigration^Note 6 can therefore be estimated at nearly 38,900 for 2012/2013. Net emigration was concentrated in three provinces, Ontario (+14,700), British Columbia (+12,000) and Quebec (+9,200).
The net emigration rate was 1.1 per 1,000 population throughout the 2009/2010 to 2012/2013 period, the lowest rate over the past two decades.

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