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https://infos.link/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/9bf5a200-efee-11e6-86fe-c1ae86beac4cJDX-NO-RATIOWEB.jpg The Canadian population has never grown so fast over a one-year period in 2018-2019, Statistics Canada reported on Monday. From 1 st July 2018 to 1 st July 2019, 531,497 Canadians were added to bring the total population in the country at 37,589,262 people. This is an increase of more than one person per minute. The annual growth rate was therefore 1.4% in 2018-2019, the highest since 1989-1990 at 1.5%. Canada's population growth has been most pronounced among G7 countries, according to the federal agency. That in the United States and the United Kingdom was 0.6%, ahead of Germany (0.3%) and France (0.2%). Italy and Japan recorded a 0.2% drop in their population. Rise in Quebec In Quebec, population growth reached a level not seen in 30 years at 1.2%, although it is lower than in Ontario (1.7%) and Alberta (1.6%). The largest increase occurred in Prince Edward Island (2.2%), while Newf