- Reaction score
- 14,006
- Points
- 1,260
Carleton Place is #1, partially fuelled by DND/CAF members posted to Ottawa.
According to Statistics Canada, the communities with the highest population growth rates in the last year are:
- Carleton Place, Ont. (3.8 per cent)
- Cowansville, Que. (3.7 per cent)
- Wasaga Beach, Ont. (3.5 per cent)
- Woodstock, Ont. (3.1 per cent)
- Lachute, Que. (2.9 per cent)
- Collingwood, Ont. (2.9 per cent)
- Kelowna, B.C. (2.6 per cent)
- Squamish, B.C. (2.5 per cent)
- Whitehorse, Yukon (2.4 per cent)
- Arnprior, Ont. (2.3 per cent)
- Oshawa, Ont. (2.3 per cent)
- Centre Wellington, Ont. (2.2 per cent)
- Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Que. (2.1 per cent)
- Halifax, N.S. (2.1 per cent)
- Summerside, P.E.I. (2 per cent)
- Moncton, N.B (2 per cent)
These are the smaller communities Canadians are moving to
New population data from Statistics Canada shows that Canadians are continuing to move away from large, urban centres amid the COVID-19 pandemic, opting instead to live in smaller communities located near big cities.
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