OTTAWA — Population growth in Canada slowed slightly in the last quarter of the year as the government made efforts to reduce temporary migration into the country, Statistics Canada revealed Wednesday.
It's the first time quarterly growth has slowed since the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, when the number of people coming into the country ground almost to a halt as the government closed Canada's borders.In January, Immigration Minister Marc Miller announced plans to impose a soft cap on the number of temporary residents in Canada, which has rapidly increased since the pandemic and has put pressure on the country's housing stock.
Statistics Canada said the number of non-permanent residents continues to grow, but the rate of that growth has been slowing since October 2023. "This was the smallest net increase since the first quarter of 2023 and marks the third quarter in a row of smaller net increases in the number of non-permanent residents."
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