Canada’s longest-running poll on immigration showed a sharp drop in public support for high numbers of newcomers as housing affordability and availability worsened.
Some 44 percent of respondents now agree with the statement “there’s too much immigration to Canada,” compared with 27 percent last year, according to a survey by Environics Institute in partnership with Century Initiative. That’s up 17 percentage points – the largest annual change recorded since the polling began in 1977.
The survey reflects growing criticism that the government has exacerbated existing housing shortages through its immigration policies – aimed at rapidly adding more workers to stave off economic decline from an aging populace. Other top responses include concerns that immigrants are a drain on public finances, bad for the economy or contributing to overpopulation.
Over the past few years, immigrants made up almost all of Canada’s population increases. Over a one-year period to July 1, Canada’s population grew at a record 2.9 percent, among the world’s fastest rates, bringing the number of residents to 40.1 million.
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