Canadian immigration reaches highest level in 40 yearsPost by Cameron Davidson on 30th December 2010 in Immigration, Working abroad, Living abroad Canada has seen an influx of more than 84,000 international
movers in the second half of 2010, the highest rate of new arrivals since 1971.
National figures compiled by Statistics Canada showed that
the country’s total population rose by 129,300, or 0.4 per cent, to reach
34,238,000.
The number of people seeking permanent international
relocation was, however, partly offset by a drop in those moving to Canada
temporarily.
The location which saw the greatest proportional increase in
its population due to people undertaking international moving to Canada was
Prince Edward Island, which saw 1,200 immigrants from overseas.
Both Nova Scotia and New Brunswick recorded population
increases of more than 0.1 per cent, but only in the latter case was this
attributed to international movers. Meanwhile, Quebec saw its highest level of
new arrivals since 1971, with 16,800 people moving to the territory.
International moving to Manitoba was also at its highest
level for nearly 40 years, with 4,700 new arrivals from overseas, while more
than 13,000 immigrants arrived in the state of British Columbia,
Of British Columbia’s 20,900 population increase in the
third quarter of 2010, 13,200 were international movers, giving the state its
highest level of immigration since the first quarter of 1997.
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