November 3, 2018 – Immigration to Canada is dominated by the Economic Class, with consistently more than half of new immigrants coming in that way, new federal government figures show.
But the latest annual immigration levels report tabled by Ottawa last week, shows that the number and proportion of new permanent residents in the Economic Class has actually declined somewhat, since 2015.
Instead it is the Family and Refugee categories that have seen their numbers grow, although the Refugee data is skewed by the drive to bring in thousands of Syrians in 2016.
It means that while the federal government is clear in its intention to welcome more and more Economic Class immigrants, it is also making good on its promise to reunite more families.
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