New Delhi, Dec. 18 -- Canada's population declined by 0.2 percent over the third quarter - from July 1 to October 1, 2025 - as per the data released by Statistics Canada on Wednesday. As of October 1, 2025, the county's population stand at 41,575,585 - down from 41.65 million on July 1.

Ontario (-0.4%) and British Columbia (-0.3%) saw the largest population decrease in the third quarter of 2025, followed by Manitoba and the Northwest Territories (both -0.2%).

Every province and territory except Alberta and Nunavut (both +0.2%) saw population decreases, according to preliminary estimates.

It was the only other quarterly decline on record that came in 2020, and was attributed to Covid-19 border restrictions. "While the growth in Alberta ...