Why is it that hearing about someone’s uncle, aunt, bro and sis living in Canada does ring a bell anymore?
This is because within last decade, so many people from India have migrated to Canada that shifting to Canada doesn’t seem like something only Punjabis or Gujratis fancy. People from all over India have immigrated to Canada like never before.
This is because Canada wants immigrants to the same extent as immigrants want Canada. Why do Canada need so many immigrants.
Immigration provides an important source of labour and helps Canada generate stronger long-term economic growth.
Another factor which makes immigration so important is, the aging population of Canada.
Economists who study immigration have noted that the baby boom generation in Canada has begun to retire. In broader born between 1948 and 1966, makes up the majority of seniors, and as they retire in increasingly greater numbers, an imbalance in the labour workforce will continue to grow, creating all sorts of pressure on governments and businesses.
While the front end baby boom generation has begun to retire, the tail end is yet to retire and this will create a bigger gap in demand and supply of labour in coming years, which will certainly create several foreseeable challenges.
The majority population which is ageing also puts a burden on Canadian health system without contributing much and to fulfill the gap, the country needs more and more immigrants.
While admission targets for immigrants are growing, Canada is experiencing a drop in the number of new permanents residents landing in the country in 2020. This could be due to the number of people who were approved for permanent residence, but were not able to travel due to Corona related travel restrictions.
The country is leading towards recession during Pandemic and the public support for immigration is increasing. On an average one out of five Canadians believes that immigration makes Canada a better country, and they are more likely to say this is because it makes for a more diverse and multicultural place to live.
That’s why we have the new lucrative immigration plan with interesting figures:
Over the coming three years, Canada will aim to welcome the following level of new permanent residents:
- 2021: 401,000 immigrants.
- 2022: 411,000 immigrants.
- 2023: 421,000 immigrants.
This makes these 3 years a very suitable time for immigration aspirants with a scope for new immigration plans to fulfill the gap. In other words its the best time to move to Canada.
According to Government of Canada’s 2021-2023 Immigration plans, the country aims to welcome about 60 per cent of all immigrants under economic class programs, including Express Entry and the Provincial Nominee Program.
Every year Canada announces its immigration level plans, which outlines the number of new permanent residents Canada aims to welcome over the coming years, and under what categories Canada aims to admit them. Canada has divided classes of immigrants immigrants under different categories: economic; family; refugee; and humanitarian and compassionate grounds.
With a target to invite 60% of total immigration aspirants under economic class programs, this is the best time for any person who has Canada dream to pursue his/her immigration plans.
Thus, immigration maintains a symbiotic relationship between immigrants and Canada as a country, with both parties being benefited from each other. While Canada needs immigrants for its economic growth and to fill the gap between demand and availability of labour, immigrants are lured by quality of life Canada has to offer. Multicultural diverse society with facilities like free health and education to act as cherry on top. The multicultural nature of society makes Canada quite a tolerant nation with an ever accepting population. Thus Canada remains the top target of immigration
aspirants.