from today's Saskatoon StarPhoenix (9/29):
We are 33,311,389: StatsCan
Immigration feeds the increase, especially in Prairie provinces, P.E.I.
Canwest News Service
Monday, September 29, 2008
"Immigration accounted for a spike in the Canadian population during the second quarter of 2008, the largest increase in 17 years, according to a Statistics Canada report released Monday.
Of the 125,800 additional Canadians during the quarter, 91,600 were from another country. That total was the highest number of immigrants Canada has experienced since the late 1980s.
Immigration increased in every province and territory, with new second-quarter records being set in Prince Edward Island, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta." ...
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