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Originally Posted by edale
Why do you say that?
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Originally Posted by The North One
There is still plenty of educated/skilled people who are desperate to move to the US though.
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In order to mitigate low TFR, countries with relatively small populations like Canada don't need to attract as many immigrants as countries with huge populations like the US. The US has 9 times Canada's population and would need to attract roughly 9 times as many immigrants (assuming TFR in both nations is similar) to accomplish the same thing. That's a tough ask. In reality, net migration is nowhere near that 9 to 1 ratio. Canada, shockingly, had net migration numbers only slightly below the US in 2018-2019.
Throughout history, the vast majority of migrants heading to northern America went to the US. For the first time in history, Canada is grabbing a large chunk of those migrants. Unthinkable just a few years ago, but Canada could potentially record a higher number than the US in the near term.
Net International Migration 2018 - 2019
Canada: +436,689
United States: +595,348
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/...020003-eng.htm
https://www.census.gov/newsroom/pres...st-nation.html