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Canada's most populous province grew at a faster pace than the rest of the country overall over the last five years, thanks largely to immigration. Some of the most dramatic local growth happened outs...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - The International Court of Justice on Wednesday ordered Uganda to pay $325 million in compensation to Congo for violence in a long-running conflict between the African ne...

The census data for 2021 tells a very different story across Canada's three territories. Yukon led the country in population growth from 2016 to 2021, increasing by 12.1 per cent and bringing its popu...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - A second man pleaded guilty Wednesday in an alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. The plea by Kaleb Franks leaves four other men to face trial in March and ...

One in 10 Canadians are calling smaller urban centres their home, according to the 2021 Census from Statistics Canada. Last year, 3.8 million people, or 10.1 per cent of Canadians, lived in smaller ur...

MONTREAL - Data from the 2021 census shows that Quebec's share of the Canadian population declined for the 11th consecutive census. Quebec was home to 23 per cent of Canadians in 2021, down from 23.2 ...

Statistics Canada says the share of Canadians living in rural areas has declined for the ninth census in a row, dropping from 18.7 per cent in 2016 to 17.8 per cent in 2021. The agency says it counted...

HALIFAX - New census figures from Statistics Canada are confirming what many residents of the Maritimes already knew: the region's population has been growing at a rapid rate. For the first time since...

TORONTO - Statistics Canada says the country's downtowns are growing faster than before, but the pandemic triggered a slowdown in how many people migrated to city centres. New census data released by ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - A rare, two-volume Quran owned by U.S. President Thomas Jefferson found itself carefully packed away Wednesday for a return flight to America after being on display ...