Canada broke another record by welcoming 341,000 immigrants in 2019

[jericho]

I also know doctors who work as butchers only because these people had to feed their families & to make ends meet from the moment they land in Canada and weren't able to clear the license of their fields (which takes time and tremendous effort).

I think you are right. I heard that about people who become doctors/dentist outside Canada had a hard time there because of restrictions (US is more flexible about this I heard)

 

[Bil]

90% of them will be factory workers truck driver farm workers restaurant workers and doing survival job for next many years. some even will do volatire jobs . going Canada is wasting your many years of lives for cold weather .

You have nailed it man.

Mostly the advocates of mass immigration are the beneficiaries of social warfare. More to the point, mostly first generation of immigrants will struggle. Life is not always rosy as it seems when you are outside of Canada, however, keyboard warrior's wouldn't accept this bitter reality.

Anyways, for some ignorance is bliss (not your ).

 

[Bil]

I think you are right. I heard that about people who become doctors/dentist outside Canada had a hard time there because of restrictions (US is more flexible about this I heard)

Bro, I personally know such people, so I am speaking from experience and it literally pain's me to see what these doctors & engineers do to feed their families.

 

[mmr]

Bro, I personally know such people, so I am speaking from experience and it literally pain's me to see what these doctors & engineers do to feed their families.

Its not so bad. If you studied in canada and have Canadian work experience. Problem is new immigrants who dont have Canadian work experience and Canadian education.

But if those immigrants study here they normally get good jobs. I over the years meet many international students who got jobs within few months of graduating and become immigrants. Of course you need to go to good university like UBC and study good subjects.

I think Canada should target more international students and less from people who dont have Canadian education.

Stop making fun of our 52nd state.

Lol good one.

 

[That Guy]

Go and talk to those who are trying to find something respectable within IT, Energy sector & manufacturing than you will realize who's talking BS.
Manufacturing industries include textiles and clothing along with automotive industry. The less I say about energy sector the better and same goes for IT. In IT, talk to those who are trying to find their first job, then you will realize how bad the market is and who's talking BS.

That said, speaking of engineers and mechanics, I personally know taxi & uber drivers who are engineers from Turkey, Malaysia, Iran and of course Pakistan.
I also know doctors who work as butchers only because these people had to feed their families & to make ends meet from the moment they land in Canada and weren't able to clear the license of their fields (which takes time and tremendous effort).

More to the point, who knows how many of these immigrants of said fields will eventually complete their Canadian studies, clear licenses in their respective field and find jobs.

Not to mention, many of these will go be on social welfare for who knows for how long. So there goes "300,000 more tax payers" out of the window.

Holy shit, it's like you didnt even read my comment. I already said tha IT is saturated, but the rest of the markets are not.

You're talking nonsense. You're using anecdotes to try and prove your point, when anecdotes are the worst possible way to do so.

Seriously, just stop. You don't know what you're talking about.

As for "social welfare" what social welfare are you talking about, other than universal healthcare?

When immigrants come to Canada for the first time, they are required to have a certain amount of cash, so your argument is nonsense.

Also, a lot of those doctors and engineers that come over need to do a 1 to 6 months long course, and pass a test, in order to practice here, because common practice in Canada and other countries is not the same. My father had to do taxi for the first month or so, while he went through a month long program to bring him up to speed on how things work in Canada for his field of work.

If they're doctors, and can't find a job here, they're free to leave, and go back home to where they CAN practise and make good money; It's not a big deal.

You're fear mongering, nothing more.

i agree sir but for me destroying own life for kids not worth

Destroying your own life? What makes you think that?

You have nailed it man.

Mostly the advocates of mass immigration are the beneficiaries of social warfare. More to the point, mostly first generation of immigrants will struggle. Life is not always rosy as it seems when you are outside of Canada, however, keyboard warrior's wouldn't accept this bitter reality.

Anyways, for some ignorance is bliss (not your ).

This is hardly mass immigration. 300,000 is a drop in pretty much nothing.

 

[Turingsage]

Hogwash, utter hogwash.

I live in GTA and I personally know many folks who are brutally struggling to find a decent job (and I am not talking about working at Tim Hortons or Mcdonalds). So its a total myth that Canada has enough employment opportunities.

And as for 300,000 more immigrants, its not going to stop here, immigrants will continue to flock and economy will continue to suffer.

Every sparsely populated society that has had large immigration has multiplied its economy by a phenomenal amount. USA consists of nothing BUT immigrants. In UK Canada USA the immigrants have hugely widened the scope of economic activity making industries that cannot run without immigrants
Immigrants work longer harder and often posses skills that open up new avenues of trade for host countries that did not exist before.
Without immigrants fresh blood and labour countries like USA UK Canada would wither into small time side kicks in the grand scheme of things

 

[That Guy]

Stop making fun of our 52nd state.

Never gonna happen, lol.

 

[El Sidd]

Stop making fun of our 52nd state.

please be nice. it's sunny these days and you are ruining it

 

[Beast]

No it won't.

Canada's goal is to reach 100 million by 2100, how the hell is Canada gonna get 10 times the population in just 30 years, when population growth is so slow?

They allow 30million indians and 20million Chinese to migrant in a single year. That sure will do the trick.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/by-the-numbers-1.801937
90 Per cent of Canadians live within 160 kilometres of the U.S. border.

https://www.vox.com/2016/5/5/11584064/canada-population-map
Canada is a huge country. Most of it is unfit for human habitation.

Canada need more global warming to melt the Antarctica ice... Soon more area of Canada will be idea for inhabit.

 

[Thorough Pro]

In 2019 Indians were running out of India like rats out of a sinking ship, in 2020 India became a shooper Pawar!

In 2019, Canada welcomed more than 300,000 immigrants for only the fifth time in its history and exceeded its federal government immigration target by 10,000 additional newcomers.

February 10, 2020 By Kareem El-Assal

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Canada continued its immigration record-setting pace by welcoming 341,000 newcomers in 2019. This is only the fifth time in its history that it has welcomed more than 300,000 immigrants in one year (the other times were 1911-1913 and 2018).

Canada also exceeded the target it set in its 2019-2021 Immigration Levels Plan (330,800 immigrants) by more than 10,000 immigrants.

The country also stuck to its plan by welcoming 58 per cent of its newcomers under the economic class, while 27 per cent arrived through family sponsorship, and the remaining 15 per cent were welcomed under the refugee class.

25 per cent of new immigrants came from India
India remains the main source country of newcomers to Canada. The approximately 86,000 Indians who became permanent residents in 2019 accounted for 25 per cent of all newcomers to Canada. China was a distant second accounting for 9 per cent of newcomers, followed by the Philippines which accounted for 8 per cent of new immigrants. Nigeria, the United States of America, Pakistan, Syria, Eritrea, South Korea and Iran rounded out the top 10 source countries.

Total New Immigrants in 2019 341,180
1. India 85,585
2. China 30,260
3. Philippines 27,815
4. Nigeria 12,595
5. United States of America 10,800
6. Pakistan 10,790
7. Syria 10,120
8. Eritrea 7,025
9. Korea, Republic of 6,110
10. Iran 6,055
Find out if you are eligible for any Canadian immigration programs

45 per cent of newcomers settled in Ontario
Ontario continues to be by far the top destination for newcomers, welcoming 45 per cent of the national share in 2019. Its share increased by two percentage points from 2018. This may be explained by the Quebec government’s decision to reduce its immigrant intake by 20 per cent in 2019. As a result, Quebec fell two spots in 2019 to the fourth leading destination of newcomers to Canada. British Columbia moved into second place as it welcomed 50,000 immigrants, with Alberta in third place.

Manitoba enjoyed a very strong immigrant intake as it welcomed nearly 19,000 immigrants last year, a 24 per cent increase compared with its 2018 intake. Saskatchewan’s immigration levels were nearly identical as in 2018, with the province welcoming nearly 16,000 newcomers.

Immigration to Atlantic Canada continued to increase, with Nova Scotia and New Brunswick experiencing the largest gains. Nova Scotia saw its intake rise by 27 per cent to over 7,500 immigrants while New Brunswick enjoyed a 30 per cent gain as it welcomed 6,000 newcomers.

Yukon also experienced a healthy gain as its intake grew by 24 per cent to 400 immigrants.

New Immigrants to Canada: 2017-2019
Year 2017 2018 2019
Total 286,510 321,055 341,180
Ontario 111,955 137,435 153,340
British Columbia 38,445 44,870 50,320
Alberta 42,095 42,025 43,685
Quebec 52,405 51,125 40,545
Manitoba 14,705 15,230 18,905
Saskatchewan 14,680 15,510 15,855
Nova Scotia 4,515 5,965 7,580
New Brunswick 3,650 4,610 6,000
Prince Edward Island 2,350 2,135 2,445
Newfoundland
and Labrador 1,170 1,530 1,850
Yukon 225 305 400
Northwest
Territories 240 280 195
Nunavut 40 30 40
Province/territory not stated 40 10 15
35 per cent went to the Greater Toronto Area
More than one in three newcomers chose to settle in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). The GTA welcomed more immigrants (118,000 newcomers) than the four Atlantic provinces, Quebec, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Canada’s three territories combined.

Vancouver was the second leading city as it welcomed 40,000 immigrants, followed by Montreal (35,000) and Calgary (nearly 20,000).

Canada’s four largest cities (Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, and Calgary) together welcomed 62 per cent of all newcomers to the country, down slightly from their 64 per cent share in 2018. The decline is due to Quebec’s decision to reduce its immigration levels as Montreal’s intake fell by nearly 10,000 newcomers last year.

Canada could welcome up to 360,000 immigrants in 2020
According to its 2019-2021 Immigration Levels Plan, the federal government is targeting an additional 341,000 newcomer arrivals in 2020. Since this target was met last year, Canada may exceed it again this year. In fact, the plan gives Canada the flexibility to welcome up to 360,000 newcomers in 2020. We will have more clarity when Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino tables the federal government’s 2020-2022 Immigration Levels Plan in the near future—potentially within the coming month.

https://www.cicnews.com/2020/02/can...000-immigrants-in-2019-0213697.html#gs.7114pq

 

[FairAndUnbiased]

They allow 30million indians and 20million Chinese to migrant in a single year. That sure will do the trick.


Canada need more global warming to melt the Antarctica ice... Soon more area of Canada will be idea for inhabit.

Chinese immigration already peaked 10 years ago, the Chinese diaspora now is essentially frozen. 10 years ago in the US all the new Asian immigrants were Chinese/Taiwanese, now it's all Indian/Filipino.

 

[jericho]

Also, a lot of those doctors and engineers that come over need to do a 1 to 6 months long course, and pass a test, in order to practice here

Regarding doctors requiring 1 to 6 months course :
"Finally, in 2004, almost nine years and 15 exams later, Bashir got closer to practising here as a doctor. He secured a residency at McMaster. It was what he had always wanted, but he says, “I am 33. I’ve lost nine years—almost a third of my life.”
Foreign doctors can compete with Canadian medical school graduates for residency positions, but in order to do so, they have to register with CaRMS. And there is a catch: Foreign doctors will only be considered after Canadian-trained graduates have found residency positions"
https://www.readersdigest.ca/health/healthy-living/why-canada-shutting-out-doctors/

In the below video at the end a City Councillor said "infrequency of test and lack of hospital residencies that are made available to foreign trained doctors. We have over 1700 doctors who passed all the test but only 350 doctors got residency"

"The numerous, onerous bureaucratic hurdles medical professionals trained in other countries must clear before being allowed to work, including the payment of tens of thousands of dollars for regulatory checks and certificates, has created a ludicrous situation in which highly qualified staff are not being permitted to assist Canada’s overstretched hospitals, clinics, and long-term care facilities, even as the pandemic surges."
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/16/cafd-a16.html

There is a massive labor shortage in Canada overall.

Free health care and government assistance and higher education opportunities makes it worth moving

You mentioned doctors in the list of shortage in one post and another post later said health care makes it worth it, sounds contradicting, no?

Also, a lot of those doctors and engineers that come over need to do a 1 to 6 months long course, and pass a test, in order to practice here

Regarding engineers :
Is this requirement something those engineers find out after the move to the country and not able to find jobs or is this requirement mentioned before they get the immigration? Also, assuming someone is able to pass whatever course you are referring to practice the profession, it doesn't address the other aspect of working which is availability of jobs (i think the main point of the user @Del) or hiring practices

 

[dani191]

canada need to boost birth rate to rich 100 milion until 2100

 

[Bil]

Holy shit, it's like you didnt even read my comment. I already said tha IT is saturated, but the rest of the markets are not.

You're talking nonsense. You're using anecdotes to try and prove your point, when anecdotes are the worst possible way to do so.

Seriously, just stop. You don't know what you're talking about.

As for "social welfare" what social welfare are you talking about, other than universal healthcare?

When immigrants come to Canada for the first time, they are required to have a certain amount of cash, so your argument is nonsense.

Also, a lot of those doctors and engineers that come over need to do a 1 to 6 months long course, and pass a test, in order to practice here, because common practice in Canada and other countries is not the same. My father had to do taxi for the first month or so, while he went through a month long program to bring him up to speed on how things work in Canada for his field of work.

If they're doctors, and can't find a job here, they're free to leave, and go back home to where they CAN practise and make good money; It's not a big deal.

You're fear mongering, nothing more.

Destroying your own life? What makes you think that?

This is hardly mass immigration. 300,000 is a drop in pretty much nothing.

First of all calm down, no need to get hyper.

No I did read your comments and thats why I not only highlighted IT but other struggling sectors too, which you conveniently ignored, bravo.

I am not using any anecdotes but just have shared true incidents and stores of people I know, its not my fault if you are not aware of such issues many are facing.

I know exactly what I am talking about, because I have been living in Canada for decades. Its just that, these are issue(s) many dont want to discuss and only paint the picture that Canada is "Jannat", which is not the case with every immigrant family.

As for "social welfare", again, you seems to naive & totally ignorant about this as well and are making yet another assumption. There is a cluster of building where I live, and in every building, there are immigrants who are on social welfare from many, many years. And this is my issue, many immigrants are not productive enough and become burden on social welfare system. Icing on the cake, many decided to many (4/5) kids and thats another way to get some cash coming. Again, you ignorance would let you see this, therefore your argument is complete nonsense, which doesn't look deep enough into the issue here.

Last but not the least, "doctors and engineers that come over need to do a 1 to 6 months long course", are you even serious? Engineers and doctors specially have to go through the toughest phase of their life's to get the license to work on Canada, which take NOT months but years (@jericho shared a great story). Again, what do they do to meet both ends in the meantime (they work as security guard, at grocery store or at some other random store)? Once again, you have a hollow understand of such matters and only scratching the surface. I dont when your father was immigrated and whats his profession but circumstances have significantly changed since he came and you are still stuck in the time frame.

More to the point, once a family is immigrated, then there are times when they had to burn their boats, therefore, immigration is not a joke (it seasy peasy for you to suggest them to go back). Of course, there are examples wherein people have to go back if they cant settled down after spending years.

And I wasnt referring to 300,000 as mass immigration, but the process itself.

Regarding doctors requiring 1 to 6 months course :
"Finally, in 2004, almost nine years and 15 exams later, Bashir got closer to practising here as a doctor. He secured a residency at McMaster. It was what he had always wanted, but he says, “I am 33. I’ve lost nine years—almost a third of my life.”
Foreign doctors can compete with Canadian medical school graduates for residency positions, but in order to do so, they have to register with CaRMS. And there is a catch: Foreign doctors will only be considered after Canadian-trained graduates have found residency positions"
https://www.readersdigest.ca/health/healthy-living/why-canada-shutting-out-doctors/

In the below video at the end a City Councillor said "infrequency of test and lack of hospital residencies that are made available to foreign trained doctors. We have over 1700 doctors who passed all the test but only 350 doctors got residency"

"The numerous, onerous bureaucratic hurdles medical professionals trained in other countries must clear before being allowed to work, including the payment of tens of thousands of dollars for regulatory checks and certificates, has created a ludicrous situation in which highly qualified staff are not being permitted to assist Canada’s overstretched hospitals, clinics, and long-term care facilities, even as the pandemic surges."
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/16/cafd-a16.html

You mentioned doctors in the list of shortage in one post and another post later said health care makes it worth it, sounds contradicting, no?

Regarding engineers :
Is this requirement something those engineers find out after the move to the country and not able to find jobs or is this requirement mentioned before they get the immigration? Also, assuming someone is able to pass whatever course you are referring to practice the profession, it doesn't address the other aspect of working which is availability of jobs (i think the main point of the user @Del) or hiring practices

The guy is naive & completely ignorant about many issues, which are deep rooted and you only come to know when you face these issues and meet people who are facing those.

He sounds a like typical example of second generation who's parents were immigrants and fortunately he didnt have to gone through the struggling phase, which many immigrants had to do. Icing on the cake, there are many contradictions in his statements and only scratching the surface of the issues here.

Its not so bad. If you studied in canada and have Canadian work experience. Problem is new immigrants who dont have Canadian work experience and Canadian education.

But if those immigrants study here they normally get good jobs. I over the years meet many international students who got jobs within few months of graduating and become immigrants. Of course you need to go to good university like UBC and study good subjects.

I think Canada should target more international students and less from people who dont have Canadian education.

Lol good one.

The highlighted part is the key here bro, and I have gone through that phase. However, when a whole family is immigrated then circumstances are different and not every can do this (specially for those young families wherein only head of the family earns). I am only highlighting issues of those immigrants, thats all.

In an ideal world, as you said ,Canada should get more students, who can go to school first, then get some Canadian experience (as co-op students or as volunteer) and then they can simulate into the workforce.

 

[Type59]

Ripe for right wing parties to jump on immigration subject.