Canada
Key Statistics
Data are 2024 UN data and may differ from national statistics agencies.
8806000
Immigrant Population
22.2%
Immigrant Share of Total Population
1347000
Emigrant Population
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Construyendo vías regulares para abordar presiones migratorias en el hemisferio occidental
A pesar de una rica historia de vías regulares, el hemisferio sigue luchando con la migración irregular. Se necesitan cooperación hemisférica y acuerdos reformados.
Is the Humanitarian Protection System Falling Apart or Quietly Evolving?
The post-World War II refugee protection system is straining under record displacement, but also quietly evolving through use of temporary statuses and offshore processing.
Brain Drain and Brain Gain in Hong Kong’s Population Shuffle
Hong Kong is caught between brain drain—as young professionals flee political upheaval—and brain gain, as mainland Chinese talent reshapes the city's workforce and cultural identity.
Supporting Self-Sufficiency: Considerations for refugees’ transition out of sponsorship and complementary pathways programmes
Refugees transitioning out of volunteer-based sponsorship programmes face mismatched expectations and structural gaps that undermine their long-term self-sufficiency.
The State of Global Mobility in the Aftermath of the COVID-19 Pandemic
COVID-19 shut down global mobility during the first year of the pandemic. But 2022 saw a rapid rebound. This IOM-MPI report reveals shifting patterns post-pandemic, from Gulf labor flows to climate-driven displacement.
Why Matching Matters: Improving outcomes in refugee sponsorship and complementary pathways
Matching refugees to sponsors using their preferences improves integration, yet most programmes rely on narrow placement criteria that overlook refugee agency.
In Canada’s French-Speaking Quebec, Immigration Sparks Anxieties about Language and Identity
Quebec's push to protect the French language through immigration caps and sweeping language laws is colliding with federal growth targets and demographic trends.
Building Meaningful Refugee Participation into Protection Policymaking
Refugee participation in protection policymaking remains largely tokenistic; genuine co-design, clear theories of change, and real policy influence are urgent.
Improving Stakeholder Coordination in Refugee Resettlement: A path to more effective, inclusive programmes
A new coordination framework for refugee resettlement calls for stronger ties among local, national, and international actors to fix gaps that undermine programme outcomes.
Roxham Road Meets a Dead End? U.S.-Canada Safe Third Country Agreement Is Revised
The revised U.S.-Canada Safe Third Country Agreement closed the Roxham Road loophole but raises serious safety concerns and signals a broader U.S. shift toward externalizing asylum responsibility.
