COVID-19 pandemic has prompted some recent immigrants to leave Canada and return to their countries of origin, where they have more social and family connections.The number of permanent residents who have been in Canada for less than five years declined by four per cent to 1,019,000 by the end of 2020 from 1,060,000 the year before, according to an analysis of Statistics Canada’s labour force survey that measures the number of workers between 15 and 65 years old by their immigration status.
Canada adds 21 new COVID-19 deaths as total cases near 850K The number had grown three per cent a year, on average, in the previous 10 years.The data shows that the number of permanent residents who have been in Canada for five to 10 years also dropped.