Federal census data confirms the end of population decline

Recently released data from the 2021 Federal Census has confirmed that the Strait area’s three decade population decline has ended. Within the counties of Guysborough, Antigonish, Inverness, and Richmond, the total population was recorded at 59,354 in 2021, while in the 2016 census, that number stood at 58,860, an increase of 494 people. One of…