Brandon has now officially topped 50-thousand people.
Statistics-Canada’s latest census numbers show that between 2016 and 2021 the city’s population grew from 48,883 to 51,313 – that’s a 5% increase. Canada’s overall growth rate was 5.2%.
Other data includes the population in Brandon’s metropolitan area which saw a 4.5% increase rising from 51,807 to 54,268.
One of the reasons for the influx of people is the on-going trend of migration from rural to urban centres, which is happening across Canada.
Manitoba’s fastest-growing community is Niverville at 29% – it also placed 5th on the list of fastest growing communties in the country. West St. Paul was next at 24.5% followed by Neepawa, Morden and MacDonald.
