Changes in population from migration and immigration

Positive international immigration overshadowed losses from inter-provincial migration, resulting in a record net increase of 145,624 people to Ontario’s population in the second quarter of 2023. This was an increase of 55.1% from the second quarter of 2022.

Changes in population from movement within Canada

Some 25,077 people moved to Ontario from other provinces in the second quarter of 2023, down 18.7% from a year earlier. A total of 38,930 people left the province for elsewhere in Canada in the second quarter, a decrease of 14.9% from the same period in 2022. The result was a net loss of 13,853 people from Ontario’s population in the second quarter. This was a decrease of 7% from the second quarter of 2022.

Changes in population from immigration

International immigration added a record 159,477 people to Ontario’s population in the second quarter of 2023. This was an increase of 46.6% from the same period in 2022.