Canadian Census Sheds Light on Immigration Success

The most recent Canadian census, published in May 2011, has revealed new information about emerging population trends throughout the country, and how immigration has responded to and shaped these trends.

In the past 5 years Canada has welcomed 1,863,791 new permanent and temporary residents. Between 2006 and 2011, the country saw a 5.6% population increase – the highest of all G8 countries. Statistics Canada has issued the first of a series of census analyses, which examines population counts and growth. It has attributed Canada’s continued dominance in terms of planned population growth mostly to an increase in temporary foreign workers, and to a lesser extent on permanent residents.

The most striking population increases took place in the Western provinces. Yukon Territory experienced the highest growth, which at 11.6% was almost twice the national average. This was largely due to an influx in temporary residents, who have been entering into the province to fill jobs in key sectors such as mining and logging.

The second-highest growth was seen by Saskatchewan, which after years of steady decrease suddenly saw its population exceed 1 million for the second time in history. This has been largely attributed to the roughly 28,000 immigrants welcomed to the province in the past five years, as opposed to only 9,500 in the previous time period…

via Canada Immigration News – Canadian Census Sheds Light on Immigration Success.