“Les difficultés économiques dans le 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 Nouvelles rapport, qui dit que le Canada a émis 35,060 visas aux 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, Immigration, et du Multiculturalisme, Jason Kenney,.

De la même façon, more American students are applying to Canadian universities pour éviter le coût plus élevé du sud de scolarité de la frontière.

Lire le rapport complet à CTVNews.ca.

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