New Brunswick saw a big jump in its population this summer, according to new numbers from Statistics Canada.
The province’s population increased by 3,194 people during the third quarter — from July 1 to Sept. 30.
International migration grew by 3,223 while interprovincial migration increased by 77 people.
But the natural increase — the difference between the number of births and deaths — fell by 106 people.
The province’s population is now estimated at 780,021 people, which is an increase of more 7,300 people in the past year.
Canada’s population as a whole increased by 208,234 people last quarter. It is now estimated at nearly 37.8 million.
“This gain represents a quarterly population increase of 0.6 per cent, the largest growth observed since the beginning of the period covered by the current demographic accounting system (July 1971),” said Statistics Canada.
As with New Brunswick, an influx of immigrants and non-permanent residents accounted for much of the growth nationally.
British Columbia saw the highest population growth at 0.7 per cent, while Newfoundland and Labrador had the lowest at 0.1 per cent.
Alberta posted its strongest interprovincial migratory increase in four years, after several quarters of declines and a rebound in the third quarter of 2018.
Manitoba and Saskatchewan posted their largest quarterly interprovincial migration losses since the late 1980s and early 1990s, respectively.
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