[thurmas]

The Stats Can numbers are just plain wrong. It's census shows Manitoba grew by 60,000 from 1.148 million to 1.208 million yet Manitoba received 64,000 immigrants alone from 2006-2011.(link Winnipeg Free Press:Over the same five years, Manitoba's population climbed to 1,208,268 from 1,148,401. The 5.2 per cent growth rate was double that of the previous five-year period, thanks largely to an influx of more than 64,000 immigrants). that's not including 1 birth in the province for 5 years. If you include birth's which accounts for 1/3 of growth that is another 21,000 people which means Manitoba really grew by roughly 85,000 people not 60,000.