Canada’s federal government has implemented the 2026-2028 Immigration Levels Plan, sharply cutting new temporary resident admissions to 385,000 for the year while stabilizing permanent resident targets near 380,000. This follows earlier caps on international students and temporary foreign workers, aiming to shrink the non-permanent resident share of the population below 5 percent by late 2027. Statistics Canada data for the first quarter of 2026 recorded a 0.1 percent population decline of roughly 55,000 people, reflecting net outflows of non-permanent residents that have offset permanent inflows and natural increase. Parliamentary Budget Office projections anticipate flat or modestly negative growth for the full calendar year under these policies. Traders appear to view sustained outflows and reduced temporary inflows as the dominant factors supporting the current consensus.
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This market will resolve to "Down" if the population of Canada in the 4th quarter of 2026 is less than the population of Canada in the 4th quarter of 2025.
If the population in the 4th quarter of 2025 and the population in the 4th quarter of 2026 are exactly equal, this market will resolve to 50-50.
If the relevant quarterly population estimate release is not available by April 30, 2027, 11:59PM ET, this market will resolve to 50-50.
The resolution source for this market will be the quarterly population estimates release for the 4th quarter of 2026 from StatCan (https://www.statcan.gc.ca/en/start).
Note: data from the initial release of the referenced population estimate report is what will be used to resolve this market. Data may be revised during the following quarter or as a part of the next estimate's publication, however any revisions to population estimate report data made after the initial release of the specified report will not be considered for this market's resolution.
Market Opened: Jan 27, 2026, 5:18 PM ET
Resolver
0x65070BE91...This market will resolve to "Down" if the population of Canada in the 4th quarter of 2026 is less than the population of Canada in the 4th quarter of 2025.
If the population in the 4th quarter of 2025 and the population in the 4th quarter of 2026 are exactly equal, this market will resolve to 50-50.
If the relevant quarterly population estimate release is not available by April 30, 2027, 11:59PM ET, this market will resolve to 50-50.
The resolution source for this market will be the quarterly population estimates release for the 4th quarter of 2026 from StatCan (https://www.statcan.gc.ca/en/start).
Note: data from the initial release of the referenced population estimate report is what will be used to resolve this market. Data may be revised during the following quarter or as a part of the next estimate's publication, however any revisions to population estimate report data made after the initial release of the specified report will not be considered for this market's resolution.
Resolver
0x65070BE91...Canada’s federal government has implemented the 2026-2028 Immigration Levels Plan, sharply cutting new temporary resident admissions to 385,000 for the year while stabilizing permanent resident targets near 380,000. This follows earlier caps on international students and temporary foreign workers, aiming to shrink the non-permanent resident share of the population below 5 percent by late 2027. Statistics Canada data for the first quarter of 2026 recorded a 0.1 percent population decline of roughly 55,000 people, reflecting net outflows of non-permanent residents that have offset permanent inflows and natural increase. Parliamentary Budget Office projections anticipate flat or modestly negative growth for the full calendar year under these policies. Traders appear to view sustained outflows and reduced temporary inflows as the dominant factors supporting the current consensus.
Experimental AI-generated summary referencing Polymarket data. This is not trading advice and plays no role in how this market resolves. · Updated


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