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Profile of the Canadian population by mobility status: Canada, a nation on the move

Canada

  • Four in 10 Canadians picked up and moved between 1996 and 2001

  • We’re still heading west, but stopping at the Rockies

  • Young adults flocked to large metropolitan areas

  • Seniors: Many leave metropolitan areas for smaller cities or rural areas

Provinces and territories

  • Only three provinces had net gains in population through internal migration

  • Newfoundland and Labrador and Saskatchewan had largest net losses relative to their population

  • Census metropolitan areas: People moving to the “big city”

  • Migrants from Atlantic provinces travelled farthest

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