In a recent poll commissioned by CBC News, 54 per cent of Albertans said it’s been difficult to meet their monthly household expenses — marking the first time that a majority of people have felt that way over six years of similar polling.
Pollster Janet Brown has been asking Albertans a variety of questions about their personal experiences and political preferences, as part of regular polling commissioned by CBC News since 2018.
Calgary population surges by staggering 6%, Edmonton by 4.2% in latest StatsCan estimates
Calgary’s metro-area population grew by nearly 96,000 people last year — a staggering six per cent increase in the span of just 12 months — according to new estimates released Wednesday by Statistics Canada.
Edmonton, meanwhile, added more than 63,000 people, marking a 4.2 per cent increase.
That’s the largest year-over-year increase for both cities in the modern StatsCan records, which date back to 2001.
