Chandigarh, August 19, 2019: Canada, which has a population of 3.7 crore, is planning to add 10 lakh immigrants by the end of 2021, according to Ahmed Hussen, minister of immigration, refugees and citizenship.
To add 10 lakh immigrants, Canada will need to add around 3.50 lakh immigrants, 1 per cent of its population, in each of 2019, 2020 and 2021.
Currently one in every five Canadians is an immigrant and since 1990 more than 60 lakh immigrants have arrived in the country.
In comparison, 13.7 per cent of US population in 2017 or one in seven was born in a foreign country. In 2016, the figure was 13.5 per cent.