Prince Edward Island Migration

Changes in population from migration and immigration

Positive international immigration overshadowed losses from interprovincial migration, resulting in a net increase of 72 people to Prince Edward Island’s population in the fourth quarter of 2024. This was a decrease of 86.9% from the fourth quarter of 2023.

Changes in population from movement within Canada

Some 440 people moved to Prince Edward Island from other provinces in the fourth quarter of 2024, down 31.6% from a year earlier. A total of 638 people left the province for elsewhere in Canada in the fourth quarter, a decrease of 23.4% from the same period in 2023. The result was a net loss of 198 people from Prince Edward Island’s population in the fourth quarter. This was an increase of 4.2% from the fourth quarter of 2023.

Changes in population from immigration

International immigration added 270 people to Prince Edward Island’s population in the fourth quarter of 2024. This was a decrease of 63.5% from the same period in 2023.

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