Canada’s population is shrinking

A preliminary report from Statistics Canada indicates that Canada’s total population shrank last year by 103,504 people (0.2 percent), the first decline since record keeping began during World War II. Statistics Canada cites a decrease in the country’s number of temporary workers. Some analysts suspect that Prime Minister Mark Carney is tightening immigration to defang his Conservative rivals by adopting one of their signature policies. Regardless, this demonstrates that, without immigration, Canada is aging, part of a global trend toward a “baby-free world.”