Hello Daly1-ga,
Thank you for your question.
According to Don DeVoretz, chairman of Simon Fraser University's
Centre for Research on Immigration, about 30% of immigrants leave
Canada in the first five years after arriving. Given that there are
approximately 250,000 immigrants to Canada each year, there would be
roughly 75,000 immigrants leaving Canada each year.
Source of Information:
The Report Magazine
July 22, 2002 Issue
A new Liberal immigration plan may be aimed at building party support
in rural areas by Peter Stock
“Another problem facing the Coderre plan is the fact many immigrants
decide to leave Canada after living here only a few years. Don
DeVoretz, chairman of Simon Fraser University's Centre for Research on
Immigration, notes, "We lose about 80,000 Canadians to emigration
every year. There is a tendency for [immigrants] to return home. About
30% of immigrants leave in the first five years after arriving,
although they take with them their free ESL training and a Canadian
passport."
The Report Magazine: July 22, 2002 Issue
http://report.ca/archive/report/20020722/p14i020722f.html
From CANCAPS Bulletin - February 2002
One-third of Canadian immigrants leave after training and accession to
citizenship
“Don Devoretz's presentation on "Human Capital Triangle: Asia, Canada
and Beyond" looked at how immigration is likely to evolve over time.
He suggested the future lies in "brain exchange," wherein temporary
immigration — for education, then moving on to another country (or
returning to the home country) for work — is the wave of the future.
Canada serves as an "entrepot" country: one-third of US immigrants
from Canada were not born here, and one-third of Canadian immigrants
leave after training and accession to citizenship.”
Canadian Consortium on Asia Pacific Security
http://www.iir.ubc.ca/cancaps/cbul32.html
According to Citizenship and Immigration Canada yearly statistics,
there were 250,346 immigrants to Canada in 2001.
Date Published: 2002-07
Source: Citizenship and Immigration Canada Website
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/pub/facts2001/1imm-01.html
Additional information that may interest you:
Canadian Immigration Overview
FACTS and FIGURES 2001
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/pub/facts2001/index.html
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Clarification of Answer by
bobbie7-ga
on
27 Jun 2003 21:54 PDT
Dear Daly1,
Thank you for the five star rating and kind words.
I am providing you with short excerpts which describe the reasons why
immigrants may leave Canada.
Family Bonds:
“A survey may confirm our fear that many of the senior immigrants go
back to their first countries foregoing the seniors' benefits they are
entitled to in Canada because it is easier for them to live in their
first countries where family bonds are stronger and caring the seniors
is a value ingrained in their cultures.”
http://www.pathcom.com/~omnibus/feat9-2.htm
Business Climate:
“Hong Kong immigrants to Canada have a high rate of return, with
nearly one-third of them returning to Hong Kong (Dana, 1996). The main
reason for the high rate of return, which some refer to as the
"boomerang" syndrome, seems to be the unfavorable business climate. It
is relatively easy for Hong Kong entrepreneurs to immigrate to Canada,
but once they arrive, they find that setting up a business and
garnering a profit from it proves more difficult than back home (Dana,
1996).”
“Canadian small businesses suffer from relatively heavy economic
regulation, paperwork requirements, non-tariff barriers, and complex
tax requirements. High taxes coupled with federal and provincial
inconsistencies create a hostile entrepreneurship climate (Dana,
1996). Additionally, now that a sufficient time has passed after the
changeover, the paranoia surrounding China's rule has dissipated.
Seeing more favorable economic conditions at home, many Hong Kong
entrepreneurs have decided to leave high taxes and bureaucratic red
tape behind for more familiar surroundings (Dana, 1996).”
CELCEE Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership Clearinghouse on
Entrepreneurship Education:
http://www.celcee.edu/publications/digest/Dig01-01.html
Brain Drain: Real Problem or Push for Lower Taxes
“Incoming immigrants do not necessarily replace outgoing Canadians.
Many highly skilled immigrants treat Canada as a ‘pit stop” on their
way to the US.”
http://www.hillwatch.com/hotissues/hotissuesbrain1.htm
Unemployment, discrimination and low income may be the reasons that
immigrants choose to leave Canada.
“Some of us aren’t there yet,” he noted, explaining the situation
faced by new immigrants and racialized groups in Canada.
The racial dimensions of social exclusion include a racialized income
gap, higher than average unemployment, and deepening levels of
poverty. New immigrants and racialized groups experience labour market
segregation, unequal access to employment, higher rates of
unemployment and underemployment, employment discrimination, unequal
income attainment, and barriers to access to professions and trades.”
2003 Social Inclusion Research Conference
http://www.ccsd.ca/events/inclusion/proceedings/labour.htm
I hope you’re pleased with this additional information.
Best wishes,
Bobbie7
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