More than 15 per cent of immigrants decide to leave Canada either to return to their homeland or immigrate to another country within 20 years of their arrival, according to a new study.

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    8 months ago

    “within 20 years”

    I mean… That’s a long enough interval that it’s not a surprising number? Not all immigrants come here because their life is in danger back home, some do because they fell in love and the relationship ends after a while or to find work and they accumulate enough to live comfortably back where they came from or they want to experience the world and after a few years they’re ready to move somewhere else…

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      8 months ago

      When you put it that way, I’m also surprised it’s only 15%. That means for 85% of people, this is where they chose to stay and make a life.

      I’d be curious about how this is changing over time. That would be more insightful