Canada's Population Growth Hits 80-Year Low as Alberta Eyes Health Fees for Temporary Residents and Trump Lashes Out

Canada just posted its slowest annual population growth since 1944/1945, with Statistics Canada reporting the country added only 189,425 people between July 2025 and July 2026. That's a growth rate of just 0.5% — the lowest since the 0.3% recorded in 1915/1916. The population now stands at an estimated 41.798 million. The sharp decline is almost entirely attributable to reduced international migration, following...