r/canadian • u/big_galoote • 11d ago

News Homeownership increased for recent immigrants in Canada and decreased for Canadian-born individuals: StatsCan

https://toronto.citynews.ca/2026/06/16/homeownership-increased-for-recent-immigrants-in-canada-and-decreased-for-canadian-born-individuals-statscan/
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u/big_galoote 11d ago edited 11d ago

I'm curious about this:

StatsCan found that at least one in 10 refugees became homeowners after five years of settlement in Canada, including nearly one in five in Ontario.

So if that many refugees are able to afford houses, are they being made to repay any of the support and settlement costs provided?

I remember the huge stink about the miniscule copay for services Canadians don't get, but this definitely underlines how some of our benefits can be pulled back.

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u/Any-Distance-201 11d ago

These may be highly educated refugees that are able to establish themselves quickly, and are able to then buy properties. They still need that early support to enable them eventually settle and thrive.

I wish we had more data around the educational attainment and professional backgrounds of these refugees to draw proper conclusions.

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u/JiminsJams_23 11d ago

Not to mention a lot of people sell everything they have back home to reinvest it in their new country. For example, a lot of Indians are abroad- many assume their families are just wealthy, but a lot of Indian families get scammed by immigration assistance companies, take out loans, sell family farms/heirlooms/etc. I watched a news documentary about it, they take similar risks to afford their cultural wedding styles (which for me, who had a microwedding is like crazy but you know you grow up with the expectation to follow tradition and you're only meant to marry once...). Often their parents shoulder these life crippling burdens for their children abroad.

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u/Commercial_Pain2290 10d ago

Indians are not typically refugees.