Opinion on migrant levels in Canada 2021

The number of Canadian adults who think immigration levels are too high has increased over the last two decades, rising from 33 percent in 2000 to 49 percent in 2018. However, it appears to be decreasing since 2019. Over this period the number of Canadians who believe immigration levels are about right shrunk from 48 percent to 34 percent.

Public opinion on immigration targets in Canada from 2000 to 2021

Characteristic	Too many - the number should be lower	About right	Too few - the number should be higher
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Release date

June 2021

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Region

Canada

Survey time period

2000 to 2021

Number of respondents

1,984 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

Members of Angus Reid Forum

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Original question: "Would you say 411,000 new permanent residents in 2022 is ...", where the number of new permanent residents is changed to the relevant value for each year.
Responses of "not sure/can't say" not shown.
Values prior to 2019 taken from previous reports.
1,500 survey respondents for 2018 and 1,522 in 2019, with number of respondents for earlier years not provided by the source.

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