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 798 people to Prince Edward Island’s population in the third quarter of 2024. This was a decrease of 64% from the third quarter of 2023.

Changes in population from movement within Canada

Some 825 people moved to Prince Edward Island from other provinces in the third quarter of 2024, down 24.2% from a year earlier. A total of 1,046 people left the province for elsewhere in Canada in the third quarter, a decrease of 7.1% from the same period in 2023. The result was a net loss of 221 people from Prince Edward Island’s population in the third quarter. This was an increase of 481.6% from the third quarter of 2023.

Changes in population from immigration

International immigration added 1,019 people to Prince Edward Island’s population in the third quarter of 2024. This was a decrease of 54.8% from the same period in 2023.

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