Immigration basics
This percentage of Canadians are either immigrants or the descendants of immigrants?
What is 98%
This type of factor include war, poverty, and lack of human rights?
What are puch factors?
This Canadian province receives the highest number of new immigrants each year?
What is Ontario?
This type of immigrant includes skilled workers and business-class individuals?
What is an independent immigrant?
This is the movement of people from one province to another called?
What is interprovincial migration?
Immigration to Canada has occurred continuously for over how many years
What is over 400 years?
This kind of factor attracts immigrants with things like better jobs and safety?
What are pull factors?
This factor leads immigrants to settle in areas with others who speak their language and share their customs?
What is Cultural familiarity?
This immigration class focuses on reuniting families and requires sponsorship by a relative?
What is a family-class immigrant?
Name one province that consistently loses population due to interprovincial migration.
What is Saskatchewan?
On average, how many immigrants enter Canada each year?
What is over 200,000 immigrants?
The term for when both negative conditions at home and positive ones abroad affect migration?
What is a combination of push and pull factors?
This Canadian city receives more than 80,000 new immigrants every year?
What is Toronto?
This class of immigrant is accepted due to risk of persecution in their home country?
What is a refugee?
Name one province that consistently gains population from other provinces.
What is Alberta?
This tends to increase in Canada during times of strong economic growth?
What is immigration?
The specific right, if denied, may cause someone to leave their country as a political refugee?
What is freedom of speech?
Besides Ontario, name two provinces that are popular destinations for new immigrants.
What are British Columbia and Alberta?
How many points must skilled workers score to qualify for immigration to Canada?
What is 67 points?
What term describes Canada’s policy of allowing immigrants to retain their language and traditions?
What is multiculturalism?
This region of the world now provides the most immigrants to Canada?
What is Asia?
These two examples of natural or human-made crises that can lead people to flee their home country?
What are natural disasters and terrorism?
The three Canadian cities with the highest percentage of foreign-born residents.
What are Toronto, Vancouver, and Windsor?
This group of immigrants can qualify with as few as 25 points if they’re investing in a business?
What is a business immigrant?
This long-term demographic benefit does immigration provide to the Canadian economy?
What is a younger workforce?