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.
