Canada's population has reached more than 40 million, Statistics Canada said.
Last year was the first year Canada's population grew by more than a million people in a 12-month period, Statistics Canada said, with 95.9 per cent of that growth through international migration.By comparison, the U.S. population is around 335 million.
Statistics Canada said that if current immigration levels remain, Canada's population could hit 50 million in two decades. And by 2041, two in five Canadians could be born abroad. Ontario is Canada's most populous province with almost 15.6 million people, while Quebec comes a distant second at 8.8 million.
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