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by 0xpotato 1355 days ago
Curious on the distribution of the duration of immigrants in Canada. Any data points on this?
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It's be hard to track the number who stay and for how long. Just because they're coming to Canada doesn't mean they stay long term. Many immigrate, explore, then move on. Others hope that Canada is a softer immigration path into the US. This seems to have some Merritt in the past, though I'm not sure how effective that strategy is now.

Anyways, here's one source https://www.statista.com/statistics/443063/number-of-immigra...

This survey said up to 30% of young immigrants may leave within two years.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/young-immigrants-may-leave-can...

I have heard this elsewhere, that Canada loses a lot of its immigrants either to return or another destination (most likely the US).

The rate of immigration is not as high as the headline number for this reason, but 20% of Canada's population is still foreign born which exceeds the historical peak in the US during the 1900s and 1910s.