2016 rennie Census Results - Population Growth
Feb 10, 2017
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Check out some of the highlights from the recent 2016 Census release on population and housing, including: BC is growing faster than the national average; the Lower Mainland is growing faster than the province; and within the region, population growth is going where the dwellings are.Click hereto download the 2016 Census results.
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