Canada's population reaches 40 million

https://www.statcan.gc.ca/en/subjects-start/population_and_demography/40-million

As of June 16, 2023, there are now 40 million Canadians!

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16 Comments

Whooping_Seal@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 3y (4 replies)

Very exciting news! Thank you for sharing.

I found this image that they used quite interesting as well, highlighting some of the major influences on population growth

Steeve@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 3y (2 replies)

Neat, I was just watching a video of the number one contributor of population growth.

BigJim@kbin.social · 3 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Alcohol?

Steeve@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 3y

That's #2 for sure

yads@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

First doubling from 5 million took 35 years, next one took 37, and this latest one took 57.

geodev@beehaw.org · 6 pts · 3y (1 reply)

A little anticlimactic now that we've gone over the big number, but this dashboard gives a nice slowly ticking view of the data.

LiveLaughLoveRevenge@kbin.social · 3 pts · 3y

That’s really cool!

Love the little bar graphs filling up

moroni@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Yay! Taking over the world.

jsstaedtler@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 3y

No one suspects a thing...

pbjamm@beehaw.org · 3 pts · 3y

Soon to be 4 more. Moving my family to BC in August!

smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 3y (3 replies)

This is all an estimate however, right? Seeing as they only do a census every 5 years, I don't see how this can be anything but. Admittedly the last one would have been only 2022 so the data is pretty recent, but that's still only a static data point.

jsstaedtler@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Sure, it's impossible to know with total accuracy what the true number of people is, but based on census data/birth and death rates/immigration and emigration stats, they've got a pretty reliable way of calculating an estimate.

smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 3y

I wonder what error those estimates have, expressed in days? Maybe a dumb way of expressing an estimate error band, but if they're saying "40 million today" knowing +/- how many days would be interesting. Or maybe it's just me.

yads@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

Yes it's entirely based off of a mathematical model

grte@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 3y

Well how about that. How often do you get to tick the ten million place? That will make twice in my lifetime.