Large scale immigration made to Canada has made the nation the fastest growing country from the G8. As on July 1, 2012, the populace of the Maple Country was close to 34,880,500. In the year to July 1, 2012 it (the population) headed north by close to 1% even while the populace of the regions of Saskatchewan & Alberta increased most rapidly. The population of these Canadian provinces grew by more than 2% during the given period.

Further, the populace grew by 396,516 in the said period even while a growth was registered in the native Canadian populace of 129,356 during this very period. And, 381,598 children were born to Canadian families. Further, 252,242 nationals of Canada died.

A net inward migration of 267,160 and 269,969 permanent residents settled in Canada was also registered even as 54,969 nationals (non-permanent) arrived in the nation, and 47,284 nationals of the Maple Country left the country’s shores for the various overseas destinations.

It was also found that age is catching-up with a sizeable section of the Canadian populace. The middle age in the country is now 40 years. The said age (middle age) is the age wherein 50% of the populace is younger while the rest of the 50% is older.

During the past two decades, the said age has increased by 6.4 years. It was also observed that the bent in question will worsen over the course of the next couple of years what with the so-called ‘baby boomer age-group’ starting to hang-up their boots on a large scale.

Perhaps with a view to decreasing the middle age of the populace, since to long, the Maple Country has been actively boosting and encouraging immigration and the results seems to be showing.