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Originally Posted by terrynorthend
@Hfxgov is reporting on Twitter today that out of the 35 major Canadian cities, Halifax had the second highest growth rate from July 1, 2019 to July 1st 2020. We added more than 9000 people in 12 months for a 2.1% growth rate. Contrast this with Toronto which lost a net of 50,000 people over the same period.
This puts Halifax on track to reach 550,000 by 2031 according to Hfxgov.
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There’s a news story going around to the effect that Toronto lost 50,000 people, but it’s a strange mis-reading of the stats. Toronto had a net intraprovincial loss with the rest of Ontario, amounting to 50,000 people. That’s typical—last year it was 46,000. Other components of population growth still saw Toronto gain 93,000 people last year. Halifax did grow significantly faster on a per-capita basis, though.