Canada has admitted a record 405,000 new immigrants in its history
Toronto: A new survey released by Canada’s National Statistical Agency, says immigrants in Canada, including Indians, have been successful in finding jobs, and are filling up gaps in the country’s labour force, an IANS report in The Tribune, Chandigarh, says.
According to the survey, In 2021, nearly 100,000 Indians became permanent residents of Canada as the country admitted a record 405,000 new immigrants in its history.
Indians have been migrating to Canada for better job prospects and a better quality of life.
The provinces of Ontario and British Columbia, followed by growing communities in Alberta and Quebec, account for the highest concentrations of Indians to Canada, according to the survey, with most of them being foreign-born.
The survey showed that almost all of new employment occurred in Ontario, Quebec, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba.
A 2021 national census data report shows that 23 per cent of Canada’s population are immigrants. Between 2016 and 2021, immigrants accounted for about 80 per cent of Canada’s labour force growth.
It found that over 62 per cent of immigrants aged 15 and over are employed, according to the 2021 census data on immigration,
Immigrants who arrived in Canada over the past five years had an employment rate of 70.7 per cent, a higher rate than October 2019, pre-pandemic, the Labour Force Survey data 2022 released by Statistics Canada said.
A 2021 national census data report shows that 23 per cent of Canada’s population are immigrants. Between 2016 and 2021, immigrants accounted for about 80 per cent of Canada’s labour force growth.
Announcing the Immigration Levels Plan for 2023-2025 last week, Canada said it plans to welcome a record 500,000 new permanent residents.
Employers in Canada are actively seeking to fill nearly one million jobs with the country’s job vacancy rate falling to 5.4 per cent from a peak of 6 percent in April this year.
Statistics Canada forecasts the country’s immigrant population will continue to rise, as high as 34 per cent by 2041, attributing the growth to the ever-increasing targets of Canada’s Immigration Levels Plan.
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