The latest Focus Canada survey on Canadian attitudes towards immigration shows strong and increasing support for immigration across the board. Except for Quebec, governments, businesses, and other stakeholders have been successful in their demographic and economic arguments. Even though Canada admits 400,000 newcomers yearly, 70% of Canadians still support current immigration rates – the highest number Environics has seen in 45 years. The main reason behind this view is that there is now a societal agreement that immigration strengthens the economy and an acknowledgment that more people are needed from other countries to maintain population growth.
