Immigration

Canada’s acceptance of immigrants demonstrates compassion and leadership, and enhances Canada’s global standing. See the stats that support this.

Online experience  |  8-min read
June 8, 2020

By 2030, all 9.2 million of Canada’s most prominent worker cohort—the baby boomers—will be of retirement age. This reality, in combination with a low fertility rate, is placing increasing economic and fiscal pressure on Canada. As such, Canada needs to identify solutions to replenish those exiting the workforce in order to maintain its high living standards.

Briefing  |  15-min read
May 3, 2019

Given that more High Net Worth Individuals (HNWIs) are on the move, Canada’s immigrant intake is rising, and HNWIs and other entrepreneur candidates are interested in moving to Canada, it is incumbent upon the federal and provincial governments to assess how they can better harness the qualities of such candidates to help grow the country’s economy.

Report  |  40-min read
March 12, 2019

As Canada celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Provincial Nominee Program in 2018, it is worth assessing how the provinces fare in relation to each other in terms of their immigrant intake. We compare the provinces by total number of new arrivals and as a share of Canada’s population.

Commentary  |  7-min read
January 7, 2019

Canada needs to diversify and expand its international trade to strengthen its economy. Immigrant entrepreneurs are ideal for helping to advance Canada’s international trade agenda. However, when it comes to firm size, business survival rates, and export revenues, immigrant entrepreneurs underperform compared with their Canadian-born counterparts, due to unique challenges that they face.

Report  |  50-min read
May 28, 2018