India’s clash with Canada threatens to hurt trade, investment
A proposed early-stage trade deal is in jeopardy, potentially hurting India’s efforts to woo the West and serve as a supply-chain alternative to China. India’s access to Canadian potash, a key nutrient for crops, may get affected.
Indian students may start avoiding Canada for higher education after New Delhi issued a safety advisory on the country for “anti-India” activities.
This could affect a sector that brings in about C$22 billion ($16.3 billion) annually in revenues for Canada.
Both nations have already expelled senior diplomats from the other side in a tit-for-tat escalation. Canada plans to reduce embassy staff as security threats rise in the South Asian country while New Delhi stopped issuing visas to Canadian citizens.
Here’s some of the charts looking at what’s at stake:
Immigration
Indians make up nearly a fifth of immigrants to Canada, the highest share from a single place of birth since 1971, according to government data.
However, remittances from Canada were less than 1% of the total flowing into India and this is in part due to immigrants permanently settling down in Canada and bringing over their families.
Immigration accounts for 90% of Canada’s labor force growth as there is fast-aging working population.
A sizable number of Indian immigrants to Canada are Sikhs from Punjab state in India. Sikhs account for 1.7% of India’s population and Canada has the highest numbers of Sikhs outside of the South Asian country.
Higher Education
Indians account for the most number of international students doing their higher education in Canada.
