Newcomers continue to flock to Canada, and the Canadian population is growing increasingly diverse.

That’s according to a आंकड़े बताते हैं कि कनाडा से नई रिपोर्ट, परियोजनाओं जो कि द्वारा 2031, कम से कम 25% of Canada’s population will be foreign born.

Where are all these newcomers coming from?

Statistics Canada forecasts that in 2031, 55% of the foreign-born population would come from Asia, के बारे में 20% यूरोप से, बस के नीचे 14% अमेरिका से, और लगभग 9% अफ्रीका से.

रिपोर्ट में यह भी है कि परियोजनाओं द्वारा 2031, approximately 30% of Canada’s population could belong to a visible minority group, nearly double the proportion reported in the nation’s 2006 जनगणना.

More than 71% of visible minority people would live in Canada’s three largest metropolitan areas: टोरंटो, वैंकूवर और मांट्रियल. According to this study:

टोरंटो में, 24% of the population, or 2.1 million, दक्षिण एशियाई लोगों के लिए किया जाएगा, which would continue to be its largest visible minority group, up from 13% in 2006.

वैंकूवर में, Chinese would be the largest visible minority group, with a population of around 809,000. They would account for about 23% of Vancouver’s population, up from 18% in 2006.

मॉन्ट्रियल में, visible minority groups would represent 31% of the population, nearly double the 16% in 2006. By 2031, its Arab population would almost reach the Black population.

So if you’re thinking about immigrating to Canada, you’re in good company.

पढ़ने के लिए और अधिक, here’s a summary और सांख्यिकी कनाडा रिपोर्ट की पूरी जानकारी. The study is also getting lots of ink in the Canadian media, including the ग्लोब & मेल और Canwest समाचार सेवा.

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