Canadians upset with President Trump may be backing a boycott of the United States, but immigration statistics show that there is no other country in the world where they’d rather live and work in.
According to the Census Bureau, there are 783,000 Canadians in the United States, or about 10 percent of the total foreign born in the country.
The next favorite destination for Canadians is the United Kingdom where 92,000 live.
“The United States is by far the top destination for most Canadian emigrants,” said an analysis from the Migration Policy Institute.
Angry Canadians boycotting US products and cancelling US trips due to Trump’s insult. We should visit Canada more! https://t.co/hP8dZktKwp
— mel huang (@mel_huang) June 12, 2018
It added, “In the second half of the 20th century, Canadian migration shifted and diversified significantly, especially after enactment of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1994. Canadian immigrants now include highly educated professionals, students, those seeking family reunification, and ‘snowbirds,’ people in or near retirement attracted by warmer southern climates. Canadian students are the fifth-largest group of foreign students enrolled in U.S. higher education, and high-skilled Canadians receive the third-largest number of employer-sponsored H-1B temporary visas. Many Canadians also come to the United States on NAFTA Professional (TN) visas to work in a variety of professional occupations, although the exact number is unknown.”
Despite the recent flash in tempers between Trump and and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, there is no indication of a slowing of Canadians to the U.S.
