Saskatchewan Migration
Changes in population from migration and immigration
Positive international immigration overshadowed losses from interprovincial migration, resulting in a net increase of 6,204 people to Saskatchewan’s population in the third quarter of 2024. This was a decrease of 36.9% from the third quarter of 2023.
Changes in population from movement within Canada
Some 3,974 people moved to Saskatchewan from other provinces in the third quarter of 2024, down 3.7% from a year earlier. A total of 4,742 people left the province for elsewhere in Canada in the third quarter, a decrease of 17% from the same period in 2023. The result was a net loss of 768 people from Saskatchewan’s population in the third quarter. This was a decrease of 51.7% from the third quarter of 2023.
Changes in population from immigration
International immigration added 6,972 people to Saskatchewan’s population in the third quarter of 2024. This was a decrease of 39% from the same period in 2023.
