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Alberta is growing at 2.95% per year.
Ontario is growing at 1.02% per year.
Assuming the Alberta growth rate picks up a tad, enough that "The West" (mainly Alberta and BC) together grow at the current Alberta growth rate, and that Ontario continues to grow at the same rate...
Alberta: 3,183,312
BC: 4,168,123
Manitoba: 1,165,944
Sask: 978,934
TheWest: 9,496,313
Ontario: 12,449,502
Ontario currently has about 33% more people than "The West".
If every year, "The West" grows 1.91% faster than Ontario.
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Result: in about 15 years, "The West" match Ontario's population.
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So I wouldn't say "unlikelly to have the population of Ontario in the near future", if the near future is 10 to 20 years. It only takes a small percentage growth rate edge, and a few decades, to swing population dynamics.
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Last edited by JHVH : 10-29-4004 BC at 09:00 PM. Reason: Time for a rest.
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