Canada’s population growth in the second quarter of 2025 is almost flat

Following similar figures at the beginning of the year, the Statistics according to the new figures of Canada, the Canadian population growth in the second quarter of 2025 was almost flat.

The country’s population was 0.1 percent between April 1 and July 1 of this year – the same rate as a March to March – the country included 47,098 people in their population. According to the Statistics Canada, it is the lowest second quarter growth rate (outside the years of the epidemic), when comparable record-cheaping began.

Flatlineing was mostly due to a decline in the number of non-established residents in the country. The agency said in the quarter, 58,719 non-stable residents left Canada-The second biggest quarterly decline since 1971 (ignoring epidemic anomalies), the agency said.

This comes after the federal government limited the number of non-established residents permissible in Canada after a change in its immigration policy in 2024. This includes Decrease Permission is given in the country and when employers can hire these low -pay workers, as well as restricted Reduce number of study permit Gave out.

Earlier, the federal government had loosened the ban on non-installed residents when Canada was facing lack of labor after epidemic. As a result, Canada’s population balloon About 1 million people per year From 2022 to the beginning of 2025.

Statistics Canada said that the number of people in Canada on the work permit or study permit has been particularly dropped in the quarter, which has reduced non-established residents. The agency said that an influx of refuge contenders controlled the decline in the total number of temporary residents.