Canada Views Immigrants as Key to Economic Recovery
Voice of America
10 Jun 2021, 08:35 GMT+10
HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA - Officials and experts plotting Canada s economic recovery from the global pandemic are looking to current and future immigrants as a big part of the solution.
That conclusion is perhaps inevitable, given the oversized role that immigrants already play in the country s highly pluralistic society.
Canada has one of the highest immigration rates of any country, with first-generation residents accounting for 21.9% of the population, according to the latest census in 2016. Asia is the largest source of immigrants, followed by Africa and then Europe. Canada also hosts more than half a million foreign students.