Census

A pedestrian walks on a trail with the Calgary skyline in the background on Thursday, July 15, 2021.Once Canada’s boomtown, the latest census from Statistics Canada suggests Wild Rose Country is becoming just another Canadian province. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Census data suggests Alberta economy shifting but growth expected to stay strong

Canada’s former boom province has actually fallen behind the national average in growth

A pedestrian walks on a trail with the Calgary skyline in the background on Thursday, July 15, 2021.Once Canada’s boomtown, the latest census from Statistics Canada suggests Wild Rose Country is becoming just another Canadian province. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Masked shoppers crowd the aisles at a store in Burnaby, B.C, Sunday, December, 13, 2020. One in 10 Canadians now call smaller urban centres home, according to the 2021 Census from Statistics Canada.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

Squamish B.C. leads the way as Canadians flock to smaller urban centres

Affordable housing, proximity to nature drawing people as census shows new trend

Masked shoppers crowd the aisles at a store in Burnaby, B.C, Sunday, December, 13, 2020. One in 10 Canadians now call smaller urban centres home, according to the 2021 Census from Statistics Canada.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Statistics Canada's offices at Tunny's Pasture in Ottawa are shown on Friday, March 8, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

B.C. population tops 5M in 2021, province grows by 7.6% since 2016

Province’s population topped 5 million, Statistics Canada says

Statistics Canada's offices at Tunny's Pasture in Ottawa are shown on Friday, March 8, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang