“Los problemas económicos en el U.S. are driving Americans across the northern border in near-record numbers as they seek better job opportunities and cheaper education in Canada.”

That’s according to a recent CTV News informe, que dijo que Canadá emitió 35,060 visas a U.S. residents in 2010 and an additional 34,185 visas to Americans in 2011.

As the unemployment rate in the United States remains high, “it’s natural you’re going to see more…young Americans pursuing economic opportunity here,” said Canada’s Minister of Citizenship, Inmigración, y Multiculturalismo, Jason Kenney.

Del mismo modo, more American students are applying to Canadian universities para evitar el mayor costo de la matrícula al sur de la frontera.

Lea el informe completo en CTVNews.ca.

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