People On The Move
The term for moving into a new country to live there permanently.
What is Immigration?
Toronto is an example of this type of area.
What is an Urban Area?
The minimum number of points currently needed to qualify for entry into Canada.
What is 67?
The majority of immigrants settle in these three major Canadian cities.
What are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver?
This is the only planet in our solar system that is not named after a Greek or Roman God.
What is Earth?
The term for leaving your home country to live somewhere else.
What is Emigration?
Tilbury is an example of this type of area.
What is a Rural Area?
The year Canada officially introduced the Points System to make immigration fairer.
What is 1967?
To maintain a stable population, families need to have a replacement level of this many children.
What is 2.1?
This is the world's most popular social media platform by total active monthly users.
What is Facebook?
These are reasons why people leave a country, such as war, poverty, or natural disasters.
What are Push Factors?
The process of people moving from the countryside into cities.
What is Urbanization?
These are the three main types (classes) of immigrants Canada accepts.
What are Economic (Skilled), Family, and Refugee?
This is why our population is still increasing even though our birth rates have decreased.
What is Immigration?
In the movie Inside Out, these are the five core emotions living inside Riley's head.
What are Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear, and Disgust?
These are reasons why people are attracted to a new country, such as jobs, freedom, or family.
What are Pull Factors?
When a country's birth rate is lower than the death rate, they rely on this to keep the population growing.
What is Net Migration (Immigration)?
Unlike a Permanent Resident, only someone with this status can vote or hold a Canadian passport.
What is Canadian Citizenship?
This term refers to the part of the population that is too young (under 15) or too old (over 65) to work.
What is the Dependency Load?
This famous Egyptian queen actually lived closer in time to the launch of the iPhone than to the building of the Great Pyramids.
Who is Cleopatra?
This metaphor describes Canada’s policy of encouraging ethnic groups to maintain their heritage while being part of Canada.
What is the Canadian Mosaic?
A major challenge for people in rural areas is a lack of access to this type of specialized service.
What is High-speed Internet or Proper Healthcare?
When looking at a point application, Canada usually looks at this "Skilled" factor first.
What is Education (or Work Experience)?
Around the year 2050, the world population is predicted to reach this massive number.
What is 9.8 Billion?
This famous scientist is credited with discovering gravity when an apple supposedly fell on his head.
Who is Sir Isaac Newton?