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Newfoundland Migration

Changes in population from migration and immigration

Positive international immigration overshadowed losses from inter-provincial migration, resulting in a net increase of 1,053 people to Newfoundland and Labrador’s population in the fourth quarter of 2023. This was a decrease of 55.9% from the fourth quarter of 2022.

Changes in population from movement within Canada

Some 936 people moved to Newfoundland and Labrador from other provinces in the fourth quarter of 2023, down 42.2% from a year earlier. A total of 1,121 people left the province for elsewhere in Canada in the fourth quarter, a decrease of 6.8% from the same period in 2022. The result was a net loss of 185 people from Newfoundland and Labrador’s population in the fourth quarter. This was a reversal from the net gain of 415 people from the fourth quarter of 2022.

Changes in population from immigration

International immigration added 1,238 people to Newfoundland and Labrador’s population in the fourth quarter of 2023. This was a decrease of 37.2% from the same period in 2022.


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