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Windsor is tied for the nation’s third fastest-growing city with a 2.5 per cent population spurt, according to the latest census data released Thursday by Statistics Canada.

The local metropolitan area was listed by StatsCan as now having a population of 349,718. The Windsor census data includes Windsor, Tecumseh, LaSalle and Amherstburg.

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“The growth for Windsor is pretty high historically speaking,” said Claudine Provencher, analyst with Statistics Canada.

“When you look at 2006-07, the growth around that time was negative or low. (Windsor) was at the bottom of the list.”

The latest data measures population growth from July 1, 2017 until July 1, 2018.

Windsor has become a landing community for the newcomer population.

Peterborough was listed as Canada’s fastest growing city at a 3.1 per cent increase, followed by Kitchener-Waterloo at 2.6, then both Ottawa and Windsor at 2.5.

London was just behind as the fifth fastest-growing urban centre at 2.4 per cent.