Census 2016: Manitoba growth above national average for first time in 80 years
OTTAWA — For the first time in almost three generations, Manitobans can say their province has grown faster than the national average.
Census data released Wednesday shows that Manitoba’s population grew by 5.8 per cent between 2011 and 2016, bettering the growth rate recorded in the 2011 census and pushing the province’s population to almost 1.28 million.
Laurent Martel, Statistics Canada’s director of demography, says the province has substantially increased its immigration levels over the last five years, in much the same way neighbouring Saskatchewan did leading up to the 2011 population count.
Among the new immigrants is Jappreet Sekhon.