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Re:Canada's population is booming – access to family doctors... by verisimi on Monday January 22, 2024 @10:31AM (#39090496)
Yes. Opening paragraph:

> Canada is going through an unprecedented growth spurt, having added well over a million people last year after a similarly historic intake in 2022.

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Re:Canada's population is booming – access to family doctors... by crowcroft on Monday January 22, 2024 @10:57AM (#39090838)
I can't find the article now so someone might want to fact check me, but I believe the figure is that 98% of Canada's population increase in 2023 was from immigration.
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Re:Canada's population is booming – access to family doctors... by JohnMakin on Monday January 22, 2024 @10:37AM (#39090564)
“added 1 million people” is not super clear language as to the contributing factor
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Re:Canada's population is booming – access to family doctors... by bryanlarsen on Monday January 22, 2024 @10:56AM (#39090820)
AFAICT, "adding a million people" is double counting by adding the number of people who arrive and the number of people who obtain residency.
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Re:Canada's population is booming – access to family doctors... by rpeden on Monday January 22, 2024 @02:27PM (#39094138)
I don't think it's double counting unless StatsCan's population estimates are way off. For example, look at the delta between Q4 2022 and Q4 2023:

https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=171000...

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