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=== Growth === Some of the prairie region of Canada has seen rapid growth from a boom in [[Petroleum|oil production]] since the mid-20th century.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20061203.watlanticc1203/BNStory/Business/home |title=Atlantic unemployment tonic: oil sands |website=[[The Globe and Mail]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081020064948/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20061203.watlanticc1203/BNStory/Business/home |archive-date=2008-10-20}}</ref> According to StatsCanada, the prairie provinces had a population of 6,443,892 in 2016. In 2021, the population had grown by 4.6% to 6,737,293<ref name=StatCan2021/>
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