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| Great White North |
| Immigration fuels Canada's growth |
| 2007-03-14 |
| Two-thirds of Canada's rapid population increase over the past five years came from immigration — a force that in coming decades will account for almost all of the country's growth, according to census figures released Tuesday. The data released by Statistics Canada show the country's population grew 5.4 percent, the highest rate among the Group of Eight industrial nations. Among the G-8 countries, only the United States, at 5.0 percent, approached Canada's growth. France and Italy grew 3.1 percent and Britain 1.9 percent, while growth for Japan and Germany was near zero and Russia's population shrank 2.4 percent. With births slowing, Canada is reaching a unique situation, said Laurent Martel, a Statistics Canada analyst. "We're heading towards a point where immigration will be the only source of growth in Canada," he said. About 1.2 million new immigrants accounted for most of Canada's growth over the five years, far outpacing the addition of 400,000 native-born citizens, for a total population of 31.6 million. Canada's net migration, per capita, is among the world's highest. It recorded an estimated net migration of 5.85 migrants per 1,000 population in 2006, compared to 3.18 migrants per 1,000 population for the U.S., according to the CIA World Factbook. "We have not strategically thought through how we should manage our largest single source of population for net growth," Michael Bloom, a vice president with the Conference Board of Canada, told The Canadian Press. Canada's birth rate is about 1.5 children per woman, well below the replacement rate of 2.1. The country's shift toward immigration as the only source of growth is still a couple of decades away. That point will not be reached until after 2030, when the peak of the baby boomers born in the 1950s and early 1960s reach the end of their lives. "You're going to see an increase in the number of deaths in Canada, and the number of deaths will exceed the number of births — so natural increase will become negative," said Martel. "The only factor of growth will then be immigration." |
| Posted by:ed |
| #6 Many immigrant groups are productive and are assets to host countries. However, Arab and Arabist fanatic groups like Muslims are generally either parasitic, and exploit the welfare system, or prefer to take menial jobs like taxi driving. During slow periods Muslim taxi drivers go to mosques to bow down before their fictious "god, and pray for extermination of "disbelievers" in the moon-god cult." There is no god named "Allah" and Muhammad is a fraudster "prophet." |
| Posted by: Sneaze 2007-03-14 22:19 |
| #5 mlh65, in BC, it's mostly Chinese, luckily. The first generation is somewhat exclusive, but the next does integrate thoroughly. |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2007-03-14 16:48 |
| #4 It recorded an estimated net migration of 5.85 migrants per 1,000 population in 2006, compared to 3.18 migrants per 1,000 population for the U.S. Assuming those figures for the United States are in the ball-park. I suspect they do not include a larger number of undocumented immigrants than is the case for Canada due to geography if nothing else. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2007-03-14 16:31 |
| #3 Rob06, there is no Canrabia plan equivalent to the Eurabia project. Sure, the multi-cult paradigm skewes the immigration quotas towards "visible minorities", but that does not necesarily mean mohammedans. I believe that the trend would be to exclude them, as it will become more clear, in time, that the risk/threat they represent outweights any perceived benefit. Of course, from my POV this focus of resolving population problems through immigration only is rather stupid. Policies should target increase of already present population's birth rates, despite that it is eaier said than done. |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2007-03-14 16:30 |
| #2 I live in the suburbs northwest of Toronto, and over the past 10 years it has gone from European to 80% Pakistani, and other 3rd world countries. Beautiful middle class homes have been destroyed, with 30 to 40 Pakis per home. I only fear for the future. |
| Posted by: mlh65 2007-03-14 16:14 |
| #1 Are there any indications of the origins of this emmigration? I wouldn't be alarmed to see an influx of Europeans (eastern or western), but if it similar to the European model of third world moslem immigration, that could spell trouble. |
| Posted by: Rob06 2007-03-14 15:59 |