Nova Scotia Migration
Changes in population from migration and immigration
Positive international immigration added to gains from inter-provincial migration, resulting in a net increase of 7,504 people to Nova Scotia’s population in the fourth quarter of 2022. This was an increase of 56.3% from the fourth quarter of 2021.
Changes in population from movement within Canada
Some 3,925 people moved to Nova Scotia from other provinces in the fourth quarter of 2022, down 15.3% from a year earlier. A decrease in the number of people moving from Ontario accounted for most of this decline.
A total of 2,900 people left the province for elsewhere in Canada in the fourth quarter, an increase of 25.9% from the same period in 2021. More people moving away to Alberta and Ontario made up the bulk of this increase.
The result was a net gain of 1,025 people to Nova Scotia’s population in the fourth quarter. This was a decrease of 56% from the fourth quarter of 2021.
Changes in population from immigration
International immigration added 6,479 people to Nova Scotia’s population in the fourth quarter of 2022. This was an increase of 162% from the same period in 2021.
