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Originally Posted by MonctonRad
NS may pass SK in population sometime by the end of the decade. I am making no firm predictions just because we are dealing with revised estimates.
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Possible, but I probably wouldn't bet on it. (Even though as an east coaster I'd love to see our largest province bigger than the prairies' smallest!)
Saskatchewan had 195,000 more people than NS five years ago. Now, according to both the Q3 estimates and this new population clock data, it has about 150,000 more. But it in the past year SK's formerly sluggish growth has picked up again. NS is still growing faster, but the discrepancy would have to grow much more (i.e., NS pick up even further, and SK slow down again) for them to swap places anytime soon.
I think probably NS will continue to gain, but how fast is up in the air.