Canadian dream losing its charm? Decline in immigrants pursuing citizenship
Canada, one of the favourite destinations of Indian students is not as popular amongst immigrants today as it was 20 years ago, says a recent study.
A recent study by Statistics Canada revealed that fewer recent immigrants in Canada are pursuing Canadian citizenship compared to 20-plus years ago, says CIC News.
The research, spanning from 1996 to 2021, indicated a nearly 30 per cent decline in citizenship rates among recent immigrants, with the majority of this decrease observed over the past decade.
The research discovered that the proportion of recent immigrants (those residing in Canada for 5, 10, or 15 years) acquiring citizenship had been decreasing since 1996, when 75.4 per cent of immigrants pursued citizenship. By 2021, this figure had dropped to 45.7 per cent of immigrants, with the most significant decline occurring between 2016 and 2021.
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The study also found some variance in these citizenship uptake rates between different groups of recent immigrants, says CIC News.
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For example, recent immigrants with a higher income level (between $50,000 — $100,000 CAD) were 14 per cent more likely to take up citizenship than those with lower income (lower than $10,000 CAD).
This trend also demonstrated the more that recent immigrants were educated—among those with a high school degree as their highest education level, 30.4 per cent took up
