More than 15 per cent of immigrants decide to leave Canada either to return to their homeland or immigrate to another country within 20 years of their arrival, according to a new study.

More than 15 per cent of immigrants decide to leave Canada either to return to their homeland or immigrate to another country within 20 years of their arrival, according to a new study.

  • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
    38·
    9 months ago

    “within 20 years”

    I mean… That’s a long enough interval that it’s not a surprising number? Not all immigrants come here because their life is in danger back home, some do because they fell in love and the relationship ends after a while or to find work and they accumulate enough to live comfortably back where they came from or they want to experience the world and after a few years they’re ready to move somewhere else…

    • Otter@lemmy.caMEnglish
      18·
      9 months ago

      When you put it that way, I’m also surprised it’s only 15%. That means for 85% of people, this is where they chose to stay and make a life.

      I’d be curious about how this is changing over time. That would be more insightful

    • SatanicNotMessianic@lemmy.ml
      2·
      9 months ago

      That was exactly my thought. I’m in the tech industry, and so we work with a high percentage of people on visas and such. A lot of people want to come to the US because of the advantages in salary and exchange rates, but will then move back home after making their nest egg. I’m told you could retire in comfort in India with $1M USD. Combine that with returning to family and culture, and I think that even if this statistic applies only to people with what were long term immigration plans, it seems an entirely reasonable number.

  • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
    11·
    9 months ago

    Immigrants are self selected people who are willing to relocate their lives - if asshats like Danielle Smith threaten to radically change the character of the country they chose to move to then it shouldn’t be surprising they’ll choose to move on.

    I’m an immigrant, I’m feeling awfully tempted by Europe (Spain specifically) where social welfare is prioritized.

    • rebelsimile@sh.itjust.works
      4·
      9 months ago

      yeah I’m an immigrant, and I like it here but I definitely fit the profile of “willing to pack up and move to a new place” (which obviously not all immigrants fit into)

    • clever_banana
      2·
      9 months ago

      Isn’t the set of immigrents inclusive of the subset of refugees?

  • streetfestival@lemmy.caEnglish
    5·
    9 months ago

    https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/240202/dq240202a-eng.htm:

    This study revealed that more than 15% of immigrants admitted to Canada from 1982 to 2017 emigrated within 20 years of admission. However, this proportion varies by characteristic, including immigrants’ country of birth.

    Emigration is slightly more common from three to seven years after admission. This period may reflect the length of time that immigrants try to integrate into Canada by attempting to find a job and a place to live and adapting to life in Canada. Some immigrants may also emigrate if they encounter challenges in integrating or because they intended to from the outset.

    Immigrants born in Taiwan, the United States, France, Hong Kong or Lebanon and immigrants admitted in the investor and entrepreneur categories are more likely to emigrate.

    Longitudinal Immigration Database data will continue to be used to analyze the socioeconomic situation of immigrants, including economic integration and retention in the province or territory of admission.