Ontario Migration
Changes in population from migration and immigration
Positive international immigration overshadowed losses from interprovincial migration, resulting in a net increase of 83,702 people to Ontario’s population in the first quarter of 2024. This was an increase of 6.7% from the first quarter of 2023.
Changes in population from movement within Canada
Some 18,167 people moved to Ontario from other provinces in the first quarter of 2024, down 2.9% from a year earlier. A total of 27,187 people left the province for elsewhere in Canada in the first quarter, a decrease of 13.6% from the same period in 2023. The result was a net loss of 9,020 people from Ontario’s population in the first quarter. This was a decrease of 29.2% from the first quarter of 2023.
Changes in population from immigration
International immigration added 92,722 people to Ontario’s population in the first quarter of 2024. This was an increase of 1.7% from the same period in 2023.
