Some will dismiss this as meaningless. I say it's a good indicator of positive change.Canada's population has surpassed the 34-million mark.
Statistics Canada estimates the population was 34,019,000 on April 1. That's an increase of 88,100, or 0.26 per cent, from January 1st.
The agency says all four western provinces had growth rates stronger than the national average.
Manitoba's population grew by about a third of a percent to 1,232,700, its fastest first-quarter growth rate since 1972.
StatsCan reports more than two-thirds of the increase was due to net international migration, while 29 per cent was attributable to natural increase.
If we do the math that is about 14,000 new Manitobans, annually. That's almost one sell-out at the next Jets game!
