The federal government has caved to rising support for immigration restriction by placing caps and restrictions on the foreign worker and international student streams, as well as slashing annual permanent resident admissions by 21%. Despite these measures, a majority of Canadians of nearly every demographic continue to feel that immigration is too high.
A new poll released by the Association for Canadian Studies and the Metropolis Institute delves into current Canadian attitudes towards immigration policy. To read the full survey, click here. Here are some key findings:
A strong majority still thinks immigration levels are too high
“Do you feel that there are (currently) too many, too few or about the right number of immigrants coming to Canada?”
- Too many: 58%
- About the right number: 29%
- Too few: 3%
- Don’t know/prefer not to answer: 9%
Majority of all age groups, all regions think immigration is too high
Percentage answering “too many” among age groups:
- 18-34: 52%
- 35-54: 63%
- 55+: 59%
Percentage answering “too many” across the regions included in the survey:
- Atlantic Canada: 58%
- Quebec: 58%
- Ontario: 59%
- Manitoba/Saskatchewan: 56%
- Alberta: 61%
- BC: 56%

White and non-white Canadians agree that immigration levels are too high
Percentage answering “too many”:
- White: 54%
- Non-white: 60%
Most Canadians agree that we are a “nation of immigrants”…
“Canada is a nation of immigrants”
- Yes: 70%
- No: 18%
- Don’t know: 12%
…but that doesn’t mean they support current immigration levels
- Percentage answering “too many” among respondents who disagree that Canada is a “nation of immigrants”: 68%
- Percentage answering “too many” among respondents who agree that Canada is a “nation of immigrants”: 57%
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Finally, canadians, new and more established, are beginning to realize how extensive the damage to Canada and canadians is, much of it inflicted by Trudeau, EBy , and the liberal / NDP coalition in the last 10 years. Imagine if they had even a modicum of ecological / scientific sense, or understood how many billions of $ Trudeau and Miller (quite possibly the most destructive, arrogant Minister of Immigration Canada has known) redirected from public projects in order to fuel immigration and pay off every service in Canada to employ immigrants, and promote immigration; Opposition to immigration would skyrocket and we’d take to the streets (OK, maybe not, after all, we are canadians).