Numbers from Stats Can show a net increase of over 6000 people since January 2007.
The number surpasses the goal of increasing the province's population by 6,000 by the end of 2009 as set out by the state of the province address.
The numbers are a quarterly estimate for January 1st to April 1st of this year and place our province's population at 751,300.
The province's population dropped by over 4000 people in the 13 quarters before January 2007