Since 2001, over 220,000 individuals have immigrated to Canada, with a high of 262,000 individuals entering Canada in 2005 (Stats Can 2011). Immigration is fundamental to Canada’s population growth, as according to recently release census data, international migration fuelled Canada’s population growth by two-thirds of Canada’s population between 2001 – 2006 (Stats Can 2011). Almost three-fourths of newcomers arriving between 1996 and 2001 have settled in Toronto, Montreal or Vancouver. Both Canada and the United States have experienced an increase in the regional distribution of entering immigrants. American research shows that a mixture of economic push factors (away from states like California) and pull factors (toward states with a growth
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In comparison to other Western Nations or the United States, Canada has never pursued a single identity. Canada praises itself on being a cultural mosaic, which stems from successful integration (Reitz 2016). Also, the level of education amongst immigrants is generally higher than that of Canadian-born (Hou 2007). This allows for a more educated workforce and society. Immigrants from a particular country or ethnic group tend to enter destinations with a pre-existing community of earlier immigrants from the same region or ethnic group. Therefore Canada continues to maintain a high level of immigrants as there is positive feedback amongst those who have immigrated years and decades ago. In the United States, new destinations tend to have well-developed and growing, low-skilled service sectors that attract immigrants, particularly those from Mexico (Reitz 2016). Industrial restructuring and a shift in the location of economic growth in the United States, particularly associated with low-skilled jobs, were some main contributors. New immigrants are responding to the growth of low-wage jobs in industries such as manufacturing, construction, and services (Reitz …show more content…
The rise in dispersion occurred during the 1990s in the United States and during the 2000s in Canada and resulted in a marked de-concentration of immigration in both countries (Hou 2007). In Canada, the shift was characterized primarily by a movement of immigrants away from Toronto, and towards Montréal and a number of western non-traditional destinations, in particular. Because this regional redistribution coincided with the rise of the PNPs, it has been speculated that this program change was the primary cause (Reitz 2016). However, while most regions lose some immigrants who had intended to settle there, they gain immigrants who had intended to settle in other regions. For the three major destinations of Toronto, Vancouver, and Montréal, the difference between the intended and actual number of immigrants falls within 6% (Hou 2007). Changes in the type of programs, under which immigrants entered (specifically, the rise in the PNPs), accounted for virtually the entire rise in shares of new immigrants going to Saskatchewan and Winnipeg, and played an important role in Alberta outside of Edmonton and Calgary (Fong
In comparison to other Western Nations or the United States, Canada has never pursued a single identity. Canada praises itself on being a cultural mosaic, which stems from successful integration (Reitz 2016). Also, the level of education amongst immigrants is generally higher than that of Canadian-born (Hou 2007). This allows for a more educated workforce and society. Immigrants from a particular country or ethnic group tend to enter destinations with a pre-existing community of earlier immigrants from the same region or ethnic group. Therefore Canada continues to maintain a high level of immigrants as there is positive feedback amongst those who have immigrated years and decades ago. In the United States, new destinations tend to have well-developed and growing, low-skilled service sectors that attract immigrants, particularly those from Mexico (Reitz 2016). Industrial restructuring and a shift in the location of economic growth in the United States, particularly associated with low-skilled jobs, were some main contributors. New immigrants are responding to the growth of low-wage jobs in industries such as manufacturing, construction, and services (Reitz …show more content…
The rise in dispersion occurred during the 1990s in the United States and during the 2000s in Canada and resulted in a marked de-concentration of immigration in both countries (Hou 2007). In Canada, the shift was characterized primarily by a movement of immigrants away from Toronto, and towards Montréal and a number of western non-traditional destinations, in particular. Because this regional redistribution coincided with the rise of the PNPs, it has been speculated that this program change was the primary cause (Reitz 2016). However, while most regions lose some immigrants who had intended to settle there, they gain immigrants who had intended to settle in other regions. For the three major destinations of Toronto, Vancouver, and Montréal, the difference between the intended and actual number of immigrants falls within 6% (Hou 2007). Changes in the type of programs, under which immigrants entered (specifically, the rise in the PNPs), accounted for virtually the entire rise in shares of new immigrants going to Saskatchewan and Winnipeg, and played an important role in Alberta outside of Edmonton and Calgary (Fong