Originally Posted by isaidso
That's the kicker right there. As stunning as these numbers are, it probably won't trend down over the short to medium term. For that reason (but mostly for fun), I will do a 8 year and 18 year extrapolation to the 2031 Census and 2041 Census. As one can see, things can snowball very quickly if rates stay the same even over a relatively short period of time (8 or 18 years). The 18 year extrapolation is admittedly pie in the sky as absolute growth would have to keep going up each year but the 8 year extrapolation is somewhat plausible. Could we be crossing 50 million in just 8 years?
2031 Census?
Ontario: 19,822,628
Quebec: 10,649,620
British Columbia: 7,009,147
Alberta: 6,479,500
Manitoba: 1,833,177
Saskatchewan: 1,487,202
Nova Scotia: 1,365,715
New Brunswick: 1,068,404
Newfoundland & Labrador: 597,852
Prince Edward Island: 236,350
Yukon: 54,420
Northwest Territories: 47,221
Nunavut: 42,300
CANADA: 50,523,179
2041 Census?
Ontario: 26,846,395
Quebec: 13,489,518
Alberta: 9,672,297
British Columbia: 9,437,512
Manitoba: 2,444,235
Saskatchewan: 1,922,480
Nova Scotia: 1,884,475
New Brunswick: 1,444,015
Newfoundland & Labrador: 684,028
Prince Edward Island: 349,312
Yukon: 69,262
Northwest Territories: 50,369
Nunavut: 44,334
CANADA: 68,166,194
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