Nova Scotia Migration

Changes in population from migration and immigration

Positive international immigration added to gains from interprovincial migration, resulting in a net increase of 1,008 people to Nova Scotia’s population in the fourth quarter of 2024. This was a decrease of 79.4% from the fourth quarter of 2023.

Changes in population from movement within Canada

Some 2,776 people moved to Nova Scotia from other provinces in the fourth quarter of 2024, down 9.8% from a year earlier. A total of 2,432 people left the province for elsewhere in Canada in the fourth quarter, an increase of 14.8% from the same period in 2023. The result was a net gain of 344 people to Nova Scotia’s population in the fourth quarter. This was a decrease of 64.1% from the fourth quarter of 2023.

Changes in population from immigration

International immigration added 664 people to Nova Scotia’s population in the fourth quarter of 2024. This was a decrease of 83.2% from the same period in 2023.

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