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Article: We're all urbanites now (almost); Census figures show a continuing flight from rural Canada.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
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- The Report Newsmagazine
- Article date:
- April 15, 2002
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The 2001 Canadian census published last month portrays a nation gently drifting into a diminished demographic role within its continent and the world. By just 7,094 souls, Canada's population inched past 30 million last year. Historically, it is a respectable figure, about half the size of the Roman Empire at its peak. In today's world, one person in 200 is a Canadian. But Canada's population count is up by just 1.16 million since the last census in 1996, a growth of 4%. Between 1995 and 2000, the U.S. population grew by 5.4%, Mexico's 8.5% and the entire world's 7%.
Even Canada's 4% rise may prove partially illusory. Statistics Canada concedes that spot checks ...