Canada Census 2011: Windsor, Thunder Bay Only Major Cities To Shrink As Automaking, Forestry Suffer
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The first findings from the 2011 Census have been released, providing information on population and dwelling. Unfortunately, things are looking bleak for Thunder Bay. As the Huffington Post reports, Thunder Bay and Windsor are the only two major urban centres in Canada who have experienced a drop in population since the last Census (2006). This is attributed mostly to forestry and automaking. You can read the full article here. If you’d like to check out other population and dwelling stats from the new Census, click here.
Aboriginal Population Projections to 2031
Join the forum discussion on this postThis Statistics Canada report provides population projections of Aboriginals over the next 20 years, suggesting that there could be as many as 1.7-2.2 million Aboriginals within Canada by 2031. That is 400,000-900,000 more than the 2006 population of 1.3 million. You can read the full study here: Population Projections by Aboriginal Identity in Canada, 2006 to 2031 or read the Daily’s summary of this study here: Population projections by Aboriginal identity in Canada
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