Nova Scotia Migration
Changes in population from migration and immigration
Positive international immigration overshadowed losses from interprovincial migration, resulting in a net increase of 3,919 people to Nova Scotia’s population in the first quarter of 2024. This was a decrease of 53.1% from the first quarter of 2023.
Changes in population from movement within Canada
Some 4,705 people moved to Nova Scotia from other provinces in the first quarter of 2024, down 31.3% from a year earlier. A total of 4,900 people left the province for elsewhere in Canada in the first quarter, an increase of 14% from the same period in 2023. The result was a net loss of 195 people from Nova Scotia’s population in the first quarter. This was a reversal from the net gain of 2,554 people from the first quarter of 2023.
Changes in population from immigration
International immigration added 4,114 people to Nova Scotia’s population in the first quarter of 2024. This was a decrease of 29.1% from the same period in 2023.
