Os recém-chegados continuam a afluir para o Canadá, e da população canadiana está crescendo cada vez mais diversificada.

That’s according to a novo relatório da Statistics Canada, quais os projectos que por 2031, pelo menos 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, sobre 20% da Europa, apenas sob 14% a partir da América, e cerca de 9% da África.

O relatório também prevê que por 2031, approximately 30% of Canada’s population could belong to a visible minority group, nearly double the proportion reported in the nation’s 2006 censo.

More than 71% of visible minority people would live in Canada’s three largest metropolitan areas: Toronto, Vancouver e Montreal. According to this study:

Em Toronto, 24% of the population, or 2.1 million, seria sul-asiáticos, which would continue to be its largest visible minority group, up from 13% in 2006.

Em Vancouver, 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.

Em Montreal, 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.

Para ler mais, here’s a summary e os detalhes completos do Statistics Canada relatório. The study is also getting lots of ink in the Canadian media, incluindo o Globo & Mail e Canwest News Service.

Fotografia © Carolyn B. Heller