P.E.I. leads region in population growth

The P.E.I. population is up over the last year, one of two provinces in Atlantic Canada to have significant growth.

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New numbers from Statistics Canada pegged the population in the second quarter at 147,390 people.

That's up 1,215 from the same time last year, a little less than one per cent more. In that same time period Canada's population grew slightly more than one per cent.

It was, however, the largest growth in Atlantic Canada. Nova Scotia's population grew about a half per cent, and New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador saw virtually zero growth.

The number of non-permanent residents on P.E.I. grew by 600 over the last 12 months.

The trend has been steady growth in overall population in P.E.I. over the last year.

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