Relocation in Canada

Canada has a long history of welcoming people from other shores, and the inflow of migrants is still significant. Canada’s net migration (the number of immigrants minus the number of emigrants) is at 220,000 per year. To compare this figure with other countries, the net migration rate is used. Canada has a net migration rate of +5.66 migrants per 1,000 population, putting it in 24th place out of the 222 territories in the world.

In terms of internal migration, an annual average of 1.06% of the population move to Canada’s urban and suburban areas, adding to the 80.7% of the population who currently live in a city or town. (source: CIA World Factbook).