Ontario experienced its biggest population decline since the early 1980s

According to a report by Remax, based on data from Statistics Canada, people seem tired of Ontario and are leaving the province by the thousands.

“Statistics Canada says Ontario experienced the largest population decline, with nearly 12,000 residents leaving this most populous province,” the report said. “This was the largest population drain since the early 1980s.”

The report suggests that people are leaving their hometowns and their jobs as remote working has allowed people to work from anywhere.

So where did you go? Probably BC or Nova Scotia, the two provinces where most Canadians moved there.

In BC, more than 15,000 Canadians moved to the province, while Nova Scotia welcomed nearly 5,000 new Canadians.

It seems like people everywhere are moving as 123,000 Canadians packed their bags and moved to a new province in the second quarter of 2021.

That is the highest number of Canadians to relocate provinces since the third quarter of 1991, according to the Remax report.

While Ontario holds the lead with most people leaving the province, Alberta ranks second with nearly 5,500 Albertans moving to new provinces.

Despite all these moves and the Ontarians’ attempts to fill other provinces, the country’s population growth is lagging behind.

Statistics Canada estimates that population growth was only 0.5% from 2020 to 2021. In the 2019-2020 period, the country’s population growth was 1.2%. This decline in population growth is due to COVID-19-related deaths, pandemic restrictions, and fewer international newcomers, according to Remax.