It will always changeNot if total mortality remains unchanged.
People reproduce
New immigrants come in
You need to factor in population changes as well
2018 we had 284,000 dead
2019 we had 287,000 dead
2020 we have 300,000 dead (with 1 month left)
Of those 12,000 are alleged to have been related to Covid (again 1 month left, and again Covid related death simply means they had Covid not that they died from Covid; eg the example of a driver in an accident being recorded as Covid positive)
Yes I rounded both figures it is easier for comparisons
2018 we had 37.1 million pop
2019 we had 37.6 million pop
2020 we had 37.7 million pop
Again rounded
There really has not been this "massive" spike in deaths (excluding the 70+ crowd) which accounts for 95% of the total Covid death figure
There also has NOT been any reduction in overall deaths (as posters such as @lenny2 keep insisting)
It really is pretty status quo
One warning StatsCan points out though is that border restrictions resulted in far less growth this year than anything in recent history
However, international migration is the main driver of population growth in Canada, accounting for 81.9% of growth in 2019/2020. Therefore, the restrictions placed on international borders and the subsequent drop in international migration levels had the largest impact on population growth in 2019/2020.
Canada admitted 284,387 immigrants in 2019/2020, down from 2017/2018 and 2018/2019 when over 300,000 were admitted annually. The vast majority of these immigrants arrived before the pandemic and the ensuing travel restrictions, with 34,271 arriving in the second quarter of 2020.
The number of non-permanent residents rose by 77,172 in 2019/2020, less than half as many as in 2018/2019 (+168,662), due to fewer study permit holders (international students) and asylum claimants in the second quarter of 2020.