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Originally Posted by trueviking
not to parade on your rain, but winnipeg's population growth is almost exclusively through immigration....the sponsorhip programme brings in 12 000 people to the province each year....80% to winnipeg.
the fact that we no longer lose people through migration to other provinces means that we grow by basically that amount.
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That is certainly good to hear. I have to ask, because I am interested in these type of stats, where did you find that data?
Also, I stand corrected, the Aboriginal birth rate is closer to 2/women now (still much higher than non-Aboriginals)
http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/eng/m...boriginals.pdf