Canada's population growth was nearly flat in the second quarter of 2025, according to new data from Statistics Canada, following similar figures at the start of the year.

The country's population ticked up 0.1 per cent between April 1 and July 1 of this year — the same rate as January to March — with the country adding 47,098 people to its population. According to Statistics Canada, that's the lowest second quarter growth rate (outside of pandemic years) since 1946, when comparable record-keeping began.

The flatlining was mostly due to a drop in the number of non-permanent residents in the country. In the quarter, 58,719 non-permanent residents left Canada — the second largest quarterly decline since 1971 (also ignoring pandemic anomalies), the agency said.

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