Winnipeg CMA in 5 years (2026)

[drew]

Originally Posted by FactaNV

Gotta remember in the dark old days of the late 70s, 80s and early 90s Winnipeg actually shrunk a bit.

IIRC, I think population decline year over year only occurred in one or two years in the 90's and it was a really small amount.

[FactaNV]

Originally Posted by drew

IIRC, I think population decline year over year only occurred in one or two years in the 90's and it was a really small amount.

Granted, but more importantly there was a multi year stagnation. Maybe no decline, but the city wasn't certainly in a rut.

[drew]

Originally Posted by OTA in Winnipeg

https://www.macrotrends.net/global-m...peg/population

According to that chart, the growth has been 286k for Winnipeg proper since 1974.

[Winnipegger]

Originally Posted by OTA in Winnipeg

https://www.macrotrends.net/global-m...peg/population

Not sure where Macrotrends gets their data, but it's straight up wrong. They have the Winnipeg CMA population at 841,000 in 2023. Statistics Canada says it was 910,240. Almost 70k difference...

[harls]

Originally Posted by Winnipegger

Not sure where Macrotrends gets their data, but it's straight up wrong. They have the Winnipeg CMA population at 841,000 in 2023. Statistics Canada says it was 910,240. Almost 70k difference...

Yeah that entire list is off..

https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1...pid=1710014801

[OTA in Winnipeg]

Originally Posted by Winnipegger

Not sure where Macrotrends gets their data, but it's straight up wrong. They have the Winnipeg CMA population at 841,000 in 2023. Statistics Canada says it was 910,240. Almost 70k difference...

Someone should tell the U.N. to check Stats Canada.

Data Source: United Nations - World Population Prospects

I'm guessing they missed the real immigration growth here over the last few years.

[pspeid]

From CBC news website today (Aug 15/24):

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...tion-1.7293887

836,250 in the city proper.

935,500 in the CMA.

Not too shabby!

[ColdRain&Snow]

Originally Posted by pspeid

From CBC news website today (Aug 15/24):

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...tion-1.7293887

836,250 in the city proper.

935,500 in the CMA.

Not too shabby!

From the article:

"The Winnipeg CMA is anticipated to reach one million people by 2031 — two years ahead of the previous projection, the report notes.

Winnipeg itself is not expected have one million residents until 2046, which is in line with the previous projection."

[dennis]

Originally Posted by ColdRain&Snow

From the article:

"The Winnipeg CMA is anticipated to reach one million people by 2031 — two years ahead of the previous projection, the report notes.

Winnipeg itself is not expected have one million residents until 2046, which is in line with the previous projection."

It depends what immigration drops to as well as if interprovincial out migration slows. I think that depends on many factors.If businesses here demand more workers, we may have to lobby fo more immigrants.

[Mr Tall Forehead]

So...I'm predicting Winnipeg's CMA will be somewhere between 975,000-980,000 by middle of 2026.

[optimusREIM]

Love the discussion on the CMA population ^ 980,000 by middle 2026 sounds pretty minty. I wonder what kind of numbers we’ll see in the next couple of years, should be interesting to see.

[harls]

I could see 1 million in 2 years at this rate.

[BlackDog204]

Originally Posted by dennis

It depends what immigration drops to as well as if interprovincial out migration slows. I think that depends on many factors.If businesses here demand more workers, we may have to lobby fo more immigrants.

The last thing we need right now is more people. With housing, inflation, and strains on our infrastructure and health care, I now would be happy if the population froze at 950,000 for the remainder of the decade.

We need to play catch up, especially in regards to housing.

[Luisito]

Originally Posted by BlackDog204

The last thing we need right now is more people. With housing, inflation, and strains on our infrastructure and health care, I now would be happy if the population froze at 950,000 for the remainder of the decade.

We need to play catch up, especially in regards to housing.

I agree with your comment but that won't happen. Politicans are in the pocket of certain immigrant groups and business interests. We will continue to see unprecedented levels of immigration during the worst housing and affordability crisis this country has ever seen. The Canadian dream is pretty much dead for the working class and working poor that wish to move up. They have been locked out, the door has been shut on them.