NS will never reach 1 million. canada's population will hit 41 million in about 20-30 years then it will swlowly decline after that. NS and the other atlantic provincies ( which have a much older population already) will start shrinking before the rest of the country and the fall will be faster. Nearly all of canada's growth currently is through immigration, in the last year canada's population grew by 240K and about 220K of that came from immigration ( who are younger and have more children than native born canadians. The atlantic province get very few immigrants and so will not grow past 2010. I say enjoy the 310 people you got last year because soon it will be decline decline decline.
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http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/050324/d050324c.htm
1/1/2005 Populations and 2004-2005 increase:
1) Ontario - 12,449,502 +137,081
2) Quebec - 7,568,640 +51,690
3) British Columbia - 4,219,968 +46,372
4) Alberta - 3,223,415 +44,349
5) Manitoba - 1,174,645 +9,683
6) Saskatchewan - 995,280 +837
7) Nova Scotia - 937,538 +318
8) New Brunswick - 751,257 +516
9) Newfoundland and Labrador - 516,986 -1,823
10) Prince Edward Island - 137,734 +114
11) Northwest Territories - 42,944 +315
12) Yukon Territory - 31,227 +300
13) Nunavut - 29,683 +432