The majority of Canadians believe immigration makes Canada a better country: Research

Canadians feel that immigration makes Canada a more diversified and multicultural country by a five-to-one margin.

According to a new study, Canadians have become more welcoming of immigrants in the last year.

More Canadians are content with present immigration levels; they regard immigrants as beneficial to the economy rather than a danger to Canadian jobs, and they believe immigration is necessary for the country's demographic growth.

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These data originate from the Environics Institute, a non-profit that encourages unique social research on themes of public policy and social development. The poll was conducted over the phone with 2,000 Canadians between September 8 and September 23, 2020. According to the paper, the results are accurate to within 2.2 percentage points in 19 of the 20 samples.

According to the findings of the survey, a majority of Canadians reject the notion that there are too many refugees who are not legitimate, and that too many immigrants are not adopting Canadian values. Canadians believe that immigration makes Canada a better country by a five-to-one margin, and they are most likely to state that this is because it makes the country more diversified and multicultural.

The research claims that "maybe the most surprising part of this recent trend is that it has occurred across the country and among all demographic divisions of the population."

The majority of Canadians do not believe that immigration numbers are excessive.

Two-thirds of Canadians (66%) disagree with the notion that immigration numbers are too high. This is a 3% increase above previous year's statistic and an all-time high for available data dating back to 1977.

Almost every element of the population is getting more optimistic about immigration numbers. Albertans, persons with lower household incomes, and first-generation Canadians have the most apparent shift in viewpoint. Canadians who are highly educated and have a high level of income tend to be more positive about immigration; they also tend to live in the Atlantic Canada. According to the survey, there is less of a divide in public opinion by age, with 66 percent of Canadians aged 18 to 24 disagreeing that immigration levels are too high, down 7% from the previous year. However, 67 percent of Canadians aged 45 and above, up 8 percentage points, disagree with the statement.

Immigration is needed for population expansion, according to half of Canadians.

Greater than 56% of respondents believe that more immigration is necessary to increase Canada's population.

Around 36% of the population disagrees, while 7% have no definite opinion.

These viewpoints are related to current immigration levels. Around 70% of respondents in Atlantic Canada agreed with the statement, including 66% of educated and high-income Canadians, 71% of first-generation Canadians, 66% of radicalized persons, 67% of Federal Liberal Party members, and 64% of New Democratic Party supporters.

The majority of Canadians believe immigration benefits the economy.

The vast majority of Canadians (84%) believe that immigration has a beneficial economic impact. The index increased by four points over October 2019 and is now at its highest level since 1993.

Furthermore, nearly 80% of Canadians disagree that immigrants take jobs away from native-born citizens.

According to the report, part of the reason for the rising support for immigration could be a reaction to the epidemic or political uncertainty in the United States. Seven out of ten Canadians (71%) support Canada accepts talented immigrants who have been rejected entry into the United States.

"And it may represent a growing public understanding that making room for newcomers is critical to Canada's economy (and one's own livelihood), especially this year when the economy needs all the support it can get," the paper adds.

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