Consistent with that drop, the number of non-permanent residents in Canada fell by 154,614 people on a July 2025 to July 2026 basis, settling at 2,779,774 as of July 1, 2026, or 6.7 per cent of the total population. StatCan says that is down from a high of 2,984,285 non-permanent residents on October 1, 2024, or 7.2 per cent of the total population. This year’s drop was the largest decrease in non-permanent residents since comparable records began in 1971/1972.
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