As of June 16, 2023, there are now 40 million Canadians!

  • Smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    This is all an estimate however, right? Seeing as they only do a census every 5 years, I don’t see how this can be anything but. Admittedly the last one would have been only 2022 so the data is pretty recent, but that’s still only a static data point.

    • JS Staedtler@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      Sure, it’s impossible to know with total accuracy what the true number of people is, but based on census data/birth and death rates/immigration and emigration stats, they’ve got a pretty reliable way of calculating an estimate.

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        1 year ago

        I wonder what error those estimates have, expressed in days? Maybe a dumb way of expressing an estimate error band, but if they’re saying “40 million today” knowing +/- how many days would be interesting. Or maybe it’s just me.