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Re: by 3vidence on Friday January 03, 2025 @10:16PM (#42592036)
If that is the case why is Canadas population expanding almost faster than ever recorded???

You would think to combat birthdates you would increase immigration to an appropriate level not 10x it in 5 years.

Secondly immigration has a complicated affect on demographics since the people coming are generally 21 or older which is very clearly different than a birth which starts at 0 years old

Re: by gruez on Saturday January 04, 2025 @11:01AM (#42595498)
>If that is the case why is Canadas population expanding almost faster than ever recorded???

...because of immigration? Birth rates have been far below replacement for decades now.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Total_Fertility_Rate_of_C...

Re: by 3vidence on Sunday January 05, 2025 @02:26AM (#42600315)
I don't think 10x your immigrant population in 2 years is demographically the same as a natural population growth over 10 years.

They result in 2 very different distributions. One having a very large segment of the population in one specific age category. Which also puts a lot of pressure on systems / infrastructure that is relevant to that category.