Canadian Census

[Hatman 🍁]

The biggest surprise in my opinion was that Manitoba has a higher growth rate than Ontario.

[Hatman 🍁]

The biggest surprise in my opinion was that Manitoba has a higher growth rate than Ontario.

Oil?

If it was oil, it wouldn't be surprising.

The biggest surprise in my opinion was that Manitoba has a higher growth rate than Ontario.

Oil?

No oil there.

Manitoba has a significantly higher birth rate than Ontario. Most recent data I got (2013) has MB at 1.91 and ON at 1.51.

That might be it. Maybe higher Aboriginal, Filipino and Mennonite populations have something to do with this?

[Hatman 🍁]

I mean, Ontario has a lot of declining "Rust Belt"-type areas, doesn't it? While Manitoba doesn't? Toronto is growing quickly but I thought is mostly doing so by sucking all of the people from the rest of province in so doesn't contribute much to net provincial growth.

Well, SW Ontario and the North are declining, but the rest of the provinces is growing.. slowly. Another surprise in the census was how some older suburbs were declining in population (like Markham-Thornhill).

[Hatman 🍁]

The biggest surprise in my opinion was that Manitoba has a higher growth rate than Ontario.

Oil?

If it was oil, it wouldn't be surprising.

The biggest surprise in my opinion was that Manitoba has a higher growth rate than Ontario.

Oil?

No oil there.

Manitoba has a significantly higher birth rate than Ontario. Most recent data I got (2013) has MB at 1.91 and ON at 1.51.

That might be it. Maybe higher Aboriginal, Filipino and Mennonite populations have something to do with this?

You might be onto something there. I did a quick skim of census growth in Manitoba by riding. Provencher was one of the fastest growing ridings.

Yeah, and I noticed Steinbach saw a large population growth.