The country added 176,699 people in the third quarter and reached a population of 41,465,298 on Oct. 1, according to Statistics Canada. Permanent and temporary immigration continued to be the driving force of Canada’s population growth, accounting for 92 per cent of all growth in the quarter. https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/canadas-population-growth-hits-two-year-low-following-immigration-reduction-measures/article_013f4f94-bc97-11ef-84a0-4fb44802a866.html