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Nearly two in five babies born in 2024 had a foreign-born mother
Canada's population growth is driven by immigration. Statistics Canada researched the contribution of foreign-born women to births in Canada between 1997 and 2024. Their findings reveal that nearly two in five babies born in 2024 had foreign-born mothers, a proportion that has almost doubled from just over 25 years ago.