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Canada is going to take in more than 1 million new immigrants in the next 3 years

Published by Business Insider on Tue, 22 Jan 2019


Canada has revealed plans to admit as many as 1,080,000 new permanent residents from 2019 to 2021.Immigration is seen as key to helping strengthen the Canadian economy. With the average immigrant being young, it can help to tackle the challenges of an aging population.A report on immigration found that one in five people living in Canada was born outside the country, with more than 6 million new immigrants arriving since 1990.Want to live and work in Canada' That dream could become a reality now that the government has announced plans to accept more than a million immigrants in the next three years.In his 2018 Annual Report to Parliament on Immigration, the country's immigration minister, Ahmed Hussen, revealed plans to admit as many as 1,080,000 new permanent residents from 2019 to 2021, with the upper target for 2021 being 370,000.This equates to 84,000 more people than the 286,000 who were welcomed as permanent residents in 2017.Introducing the report, Hussen, who originally came to Canada as a Somali refugee, said: "Immigrants and their descendants have made immeasurable contributions to Canada, and our future success depends on continuing to ensure they are welcomed and well-integrated."According to the report, one in five people living in Canada was born outside the country, while more than 6 million new immigrants have arrived since 1990.Aging populationImmigration is seen as key to helping strengthen the Canadian economy. With the average immigrant being young, it can help to tackle the challenges of an aging population.The report says the worker-to-retiree ratio is predicted to reach 2-to-1 by 2036, compared to 4.2-to-1 in 2012.Just under half (48%) of the highest target of admissions for 2021 will come under economic programsto fill skills gaps in the labor market."Growing immigration levels, particularly in the Economic Class, will help us sustain our labour force, support economic growth and spur innovation," the report said."With an ageing population and low fertility rates, immigration plays an important role in ensuring that Canada's population and labour force continue to grow," it added.In the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Report 2018, Canada ranked 12th overall, with a perfect score of 100 for macroeconomic stability, as well as coming top of the countries with the most diverse workforces.Refugees resettledMore than half the immigrants admitted in 2017 came under Economic Class programs, while 44,000 were resettled refugees, protected persons, and people admitted under humanitarian, compassionate, and public-policy considerations.The 2019-2021 Immigration Levels Plan includes greater targets for the number of refugees and displaced people the country will admit, ranging from 43,000 as a low target in 2019 to 64,500 in 2021.Read more: Here's how many people in each state were born outside the USCanada is seen to be a world leader in terms of its immigration policies, with the UN's High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi praising the country for its "extraordinary generosity, openness, and willingness" to help displaced people.But Canada's new pledge is just a drop in the ocean compared with the numbers who need to be resettled. The UN Refugee Agency said the total number of people who were forcibly displaced reached a record 68.5 million in 2017, while the number of refugees needing to be resettled had climbed to 1.19 million by the end of 2017.Join the conversation about this storyNOW WATCH: How to move to Canada and become a Canadian citizen
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