{"id":95024,"date":"2022-02-10T13:31:22","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T18:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/open-door-immigration-policies-make-canada-the-fastest-growing-g7-country"},"modified":"2022-02-10T13:31:22","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T18:31:22","slug":"open-door-immigration-policies-make-canada-the-fastest-growing-g7-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/open-door-immigration-policies-make-canada-the-fastest-growing-g7-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Open-Door Immigration Policies Make Canada The Fastest-Growing G7 Country"},"content":{"rendered":"

Canada\u2019s open-door immigration policies over the five years that ended in 2021 made it the fastest-growing G7 country despite the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, figures reveal.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMost of that growth is attributable to more people arriving here from around the world to start a new life,\u201d notes Statistics Canada in a statement released on Wednesday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cApproximately 1.8 million more people were calling Canada home in 2021 compared with five years earlier, with four in five of these having immigrated to Canada since 2016.\u201d<\/p>\n

Canada Turning To Immigration To Deal With Labour Shortages<\/h3>\n

Canada isn\u2019t just growing faster than other G7 countries. Its growth is almost twice as fast as that of other G7 countries, including France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States and the European Union.<\/p>\n

On the Twitter social media platform, many made comments both for and against immigration in response to Statistics Canada\u2019s 2021 census data release on Feb. 9.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Most of those who waded in on the immigration issue voiced concern about the availability of jobs and Canada\u2019s current dire labour shortages.<\/p>\n

\u201cCanada is rich,\u201d tweeted one user. \u201cWhy not train our own instead of robbing poorer countries of their scarce human capital?\u201d<\/p>\n

But another Twitter user summed up Ottawa\u2019s priorities in trying to attract economic immigrants to fill jobs now going begging for a want of qualified Canadian applicants.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a labour shortage,\u201d tweeted that user. \u201cWe need doctors, engineers, scientists, nurses, care-aides – and immigrants are filling these roles!\u201d<\/p>\n

At the outset of the pandemic, in 2020, immigration to Canada slowed to a trickle as border closures and travel restrictions hampered the ability of immigrants to come to Canada. Since about 80 per cent of Canada\u2019s population growth comes from immigration, the country\u2019s rate of growth also took a hit with the arrival of COVID-19.<\/p>\n

Canada Bullish On Immigration, Eyes 411,000 Newcomers in 2022<\/h3>\n

\u201cThe pandemic slowed population growth from a record high in 2019, up 583,000 or 1.6 per cent (compared to the previous year), to its lowest growth rate in a century in 2020, up 160,000 or 0.4 per cent (over 2019),\u201d notes Statistics Canada.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Despite the challenges the pandemic posed for immigration, Ottawa remained bullish on it and welcomed more than 401,000 new permanent residents to Canada last year. The country is hoping to welcome another 411,000 immigrants in 2022.<\/p>\n

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