Conference highlights the role of immigrants in Canada’s growth
Conference highlights the role of immigrants in Canada’s growth
By Naser Miftari
New Canadian Media
Canada aims to allow 500,000 immigrants annually by 2025
April 3, 2023
By 2041, immigrants could make up one-third of Canada’s population, Anil Arora, Chief Statistician of Canada told attendees at the Metropolis Conference held in Ottawa in March. And given Canada’s aging population, and dropping birth rate, immigration is Canada’s best bet for the country moving forward, Arora said.
For comparison, twenty-five years ago the ratio of immigrant population in Canada was one in six. Today it is one in four.
The conference, entitled “25 years of conversation on migration: our legacy, our future”, attracted close to 1200 Immigrant service providers, policy makers and researchers who came together to discuss emerging policy needs and to share information on successful practices of integration and inclusion as the number of immigrants grows. In November, the federal government announced that it anticipated bringing in 500,000 immigrants annually by 2025.
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