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OTTAWA 鈥?New census data shows the population of the metropolitan area of Windsor fell below the national growth rate over the last five years.Statistics Canada released the first batch of numbers from the 2016 census on Wednesday and the population of what the government agency refers to as the census metropolitan area of Windsor increased by 3.1 per cent since the last census in 2011.The areas growth rate was below the national growth rate of 5.0 per cent, while the population of Ontario increased by 4.6 per cent. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW
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UXBRIDGE 鈥?Micro homes could be coming to Uxbridge as a potential solution to the shortage of affordable housing.The idea
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