Canada’s population trajectory in 2026 is shaped by the federal government’s 2026-2028 Immigration Levels Plan, which stabilizes permanent resident admissions at 380,000 while sharply cutting new temporary resident targets, including a 49% drop in international students and 37% reduction in temporary workers. These measures, introduced in late 2025, seek to bring the non-permanent resident share below 5% of the total population. Parliamentary Budget Officer projections and Statistics Canada data indicate that outflows of non-permanent residents are offsetting permanent inflows and natural increase, resulting in flat or contracting population growth through mid-2026. Trader consensus assigning 62.5% probability to a decline reflects these verified policy-driven reductions in net migration.
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This market will resolve to "Down" if the population of Canada in the 4th quarter of 2026 is less than the population of Canada in the 4th quarter of 2025.
If the population in the 4th quarter of 2025 and the population in the 4th quarter of 2026 are exactly equal, this market will resolve to 50-50.
If the relevant quarterly population estimate release is not available by April 30, 2027, 11:59PM ET, this market will resolve to 50-50.
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).
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 27, 2026, 5:18 PM ET
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0x65070BE91...This market will resolve to "Down" if the population of Canada in the 4th quarter of 2026 is less than the population of Canada in the 4th quarter of 2025.
If the population in the 4th quarter of 2025 and the population in the 4th quarter of 2026 are exactly equal, this market will resolve to 50-50.
If the relevant quarterly population estimate release is not available by April 30, 2027, 11:59PM ET, this market will resolve to 50-50.
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).
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.
Resolver
0x65070BE91...Canada’s population trajectory in 2026 is shaped by the federal government’s 2026-2028 Immigration Levels Plan, which stabilizes permanent resident admissions at 380,000 while sharply cutting new temporary resident targets, including a 49% drop in international students and 37% reduction in temporary workers. These measures, introduced in late 2025, seek to bring the non-permanent resident share below 5% of the total population. Parliamentary Budget Officer projections and Statistics Canada data indicate that outflows of non-permanent residents are offsetting permanent inflows and natural increase, resulting in flat or contracting population growth through mid-2026. Trader consensus assigning 62.5% probability to a decline reflects these verified policy-driven reductions in net migration.
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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