Trader consensus favors a 61.5% implied probability of Canada's population declining by year-end 2026 versus end-2025, driven by federal immigration curbs in the 2026-2028 Immigration Levels Plan announced last November, which slashed non-permanent resident targets to 385,000 from over 670,000 in 2025. Statistics Canada's March 18 preliminary estimates confirm the trend, showing population at 41.47 million on January 1—down 103,500 from Q4 2025's 41.58 million—due to net outflows of temporary workers and students. The Parliamentary Budget Officer's February analysis projects flat growth at best for 2026 as natural increase remains minimal, with next quarterly data in June potentially shifting odds amid ongoing enforcement of caps.
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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
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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...Trader consensus favors a 61.5% implied probability of Canada's population declining by year-end 2026 versus end-2025, driven by federal immigration curbs in the 2026-2028 Immigration Levels Plan announced last November, which slashed non-permanent resident targets to 385,000 from over 670,000 in 2025. Statistics Canada's March 18 preliminary estimates confirm the trend, showing population at 41.47 million on January 1—down 103,500 from Q4 2025's 41.58 million—due to net outflows of temporary workers and students. The Parliamentary Budget Officer's February analysis projects flat growth at best for 2026 as natural increase remains minimal, with next quarterly data in June potentially shifting odds amid ongoing enforcement of caps.
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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