On February 9, 2022, Statistics Canada published the results of the census conducted in the spring of 2021. According to the report, Canada leads the G7 countries for population growth. The report also states that immigration is the main source of Canadian population growth since four-fifth of the growth was due to immigrants. In addition, despite the pandemic, the Canadian population grows at almost twice the rate of every other G7 country from 2016 to 2021 and ranks seventh in the G20.
