Statistics Canada says growth in the country’s population slowed down over the last quarter, including in Alberta.

As of July 1, 2025, the province was home to 5,029,346 people. That is an increase of 19,268, or 0.4 per cent, over the previous three months.

Alberta had the biggest increase in population among all Canadian provinces, ahead of second-place Quebec, which saw an additional 17,174 residents.

Still, this marks the smallest single-quarter increase to Alberta’s population since the first quarter of 2022, a little over three years ago.

In 2023 and 2024, Alberta experienced gains in population greater than 45,000 in almost every quarter. The biggest was Q3 2023, where 63,597 residents were added.

International immigration was the biggest factor in the numbers falling over the l

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