Douglas Todd: How do we explain the 40 per cent drop in permanent residents choosing to move onto citizenship? COVID-19, the devaluing of Canada and grim economics are among the factors.
Canada is witnessing a dramatic drop in newcomers choosing to become citizens.
There has been a 40 per cent decline in the past 25 years in the proportion of recent immigrants choosing to move on to citizenship, according to Statistics Canada’s Feng Hou and Garnett Picot.
Only 46 per cent of recent immigrants to Canada are applying for citizenship, say the researchers. That compares with 74 per cent in 1996. Most of the drop took place between 2016 and 2021.
