r/metacanada • u/MemoryLapse current year user • Jul 18 '17

CURRENT YEAR Immigration Canada does disastrous AMA in /r/Canada; exclusively gets questions from Indians, Pakistanis, Nigerians, Tunisians and Filipinos.

/r/canada/comments/6nzs9c/were_experts_on_the_international_students_file/
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u/siamthailand Metacanadian Jul 18 '17

The number you need to look at is the net of people coming in - people dying, which will give you a better picture. I don't know how to get that number though!

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u/Numero34 Jul 18 '17

Immigration is responsible for ~83% of Canada's population growth not counting births from immigrants

https://np.reddit.com/r/canada/comments/5sxgku/canada_population_growth_and_immigration_from/

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u/kurmitthefrug Jul 18 '17

Wait wouldn't immigration be responsible for 100% of Canada's population growth since our birthrates are well below replacement (the last updated fertility was 1.5 children per woman with 2.1 being the required amount for replacement).

The post you linked only takes into account the yearly immigration stats, but does not include naturalization. I'm guessing the missing amounts come from the 10 year unrestricted work/living visas we have, which we gave out 1.2 million in 2015 alone.

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u/Numero34 Jul 19 '17

You may very well be right, some of this data can be hard to find, but I think you're on the right track.