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Canadians are leaving the country in record numbers — and the departures just keep climbing.
Emigration from Canada
hit an all-time high in 2024, with over 118,000 residents choosing to pack up and leave. But according to the
latest figures from Statistics Canada, released Wednesday, 2025 is already on track to break that record.
In the first six months of this year, 54,530 people left the country — the most ever recorded in that time frame. And that's just the warm-up. Historical
Canadian migration trends show that emigration tends to spike in the second half of the year.
But the wave of departures is far from evenly spread. Two provinces are leading the charge, and one in particular is smashing records and saying goodbye at a much faster pace than the rest.
People are fleeing B.C. faster than any other province
British Columbia saw its highest-ever Q2 emigration this year — a continuation of last year's record-breaking trend in the province.
In just the first six months of 2025, a whopping 12,017 people left B.C. That might not sound massive on its own, but when you compare it to B.C.'s population share, the scale of the exodus becomes clearer.
B.C. makes up about 13.7% of Canada's total population, but it accounted for 22% of all emigration in the first half of 2025. That means British Columbians are 61% more likely to leave the country than the average Canadian.
