Canada’s federal government has maintained strict 2025–2028 immigration levels plans that sharply reduced both permanent resident targets (380,000 for 2026) and new temporary resident arrivals (385,000 for 2026), with an explicit goal of lowering the non-permanent resident share below 5 percent by the end of 2027. Statistics Canada data confirm three consecutive quarterly population declines through Q1 2026, totaling more than 234,000 people since mid-2025, driven primarily by net outflows of temporary residents. These verified reductions, already exceeding prior record single-quarter drops, have produced trader consensus that the full-year 2026 contraction will surpass any previous annual decline on record. Scheduled September 2026 revisions and ongoing policy enforcement remain the principal variables that could alter final annual figures.
Experimental AI-generated summary referencing Polymarket data. This is not trading advice and plays no role in how this market resolves. · UpdatedWill Canada's drop in population in 2026 be the largest on record?
The resolution source for this market will be the quarterly population estimates release for the 4th quarter of 2026 from StatCan (https://www.statcan.gc.ca/en/start).
If no data for the specified quarter is released by the date the next quarter's data is scheduled to be released, this market will resolve based on the most recent data from the last available quarter.
Note: data from the initial release of the referenced population estimate report is what will be used to resolve this market. Data may be revised during the following quarter or as a part of the next estimate's publication, however any revisions to population estimate report data made after the initial release of the specified report will not be considered for this market's resolution.
Market Opened: Jan 29, 2026, 3:45 PM ET
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0x65070BE91...The resolution source for this market will be the quarterly population estimates release for the 4th quarter of 2026 from StatCan (https://www.statcan.gc.ca/en/start).
If no data for the specified quarter is released by the date the next quarter's data is scheduled to be released, this market will resolve based on the most recent data from the last available quarter.
Note: data from the initial release of the referenced population estimate report is what will be used to resolve this market. Data may be revised during the following quarter or as a part of the next estimate's publication, however any revisions to population estimate report data made after the initial release of the specified report will not be considered for this market's resolution.
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0x65070BE91...Canada’s federal government has maintained strict 2025–2028 immigration levels plans that sharply reduced both permanent resident targets (380,000 for 2026) and new temporary resident arrivals (385,000 for 2026), with an explicit goal of lowering the non-permanent resident share below 5 percent by the end of 2027. Statistics Canada data confirm three consecutive quarterly population declines through Q1 2026, totaling more than 234,000 people since mid-2025, driven primarily by net outflows of temporary residents. These verified reductions, already exceeding prior record single-quarter drops, have produced trader consensus that the full-year 2026 contraction will surpass any previous annual decline on record. Scheduled September 2026 revisions and ongoing policy enforcement remain the principal variables that could alter final annual figures.
Experimental AI-generated summary referencing Polymarket data. This is not trading advice and plays no role in how this market resolves. · Updated



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