By Gail Sjuberg on February 8, 2017 <\/p>\n
With the first batch of 2016 census data released today, population trends for the Gulf Islands are revealed. <\/p>\n
On Salt Spring Island, the year-round population jumped to 10,557, up from 10,234 in 2011, for a 3.2 per cent increase. Thats a slower rate of growth than seen from 2006 to 2011, when the population grew by 6.2 per cent. <\/p>\n
South Pender Island had the biggest growth spurt among the islands, adding 34 residents to hit the 235 mark for a 16.9 per cent hike. <\/p>\n
Saturna Island took second spot in growth percentage, at 5.7 per cent, as its population reached 354, up from 335 in 2011. <\/p>\n
North Penders population added 28 individuals to reach 2,067. That number represents a 1.6 per cent growth rate. <\/p>\n
Galiano and Mayne islands both saw a drop in population, continuing a trend that began with the 2011 census. <\/p>\n
The 2016 count found 1,044 residents on Galiano, down from 1,138 an 8.3 per cent drop. In 2006, the census counted 1,258 Galiano residents. <\/p>\n
Mayne Islands year-round population is now pegged at 949, an 11.4 per cent reductionfrom the 2011 number of 1,071. <\/p>\n
The Galiano-Mayne losses contrasted dramatically with the 2006 census, which recorded a 26 per cent growth rate between 2001 and 2006 on Mayne Island and 17.5 per cent on Galiano. <\/p>\n
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