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Line 287: Canada has one of the highest per-capita immigration rates in the world,<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kv4nlSWLT8UC&pg=PA51|page=51|title=Canada|first=Karla|last=Zimmerman|publisher=[[Lonely Planet]]|year=2008|edition=10th|isbn=978-1-74104-571-0|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412135044/https://books.google.com/books?id=kv4nlSWLT8UC&pg=PA51|archivedate=April 12, 2016|df=mdy-all}}</ref> driven mainly by [[Economic impact of immigration to Canada|economic policy]] and, to a lesser extent, [[Immigration to Canada#Immigration categories|family reunification]].<ref name="HollifieldMartin2014"/><ref name="BeaujotKerr2007j">{{cite book|author1=Roderic P. Beaujot|author2=Donald W. Kerr|title=The Changing Face of Canada: Essential Readings in Population|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CofPBh5BRhwC&pg=PA178|year=2007|publisher=Canadian Scholars' Press|isbn=978-1-55130-322-2|page=178|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412182054/https://books.google.com/books?id=CofPBh5BRhwC&pg=PA178|archivedate=April 12, 2016|df=mdy-all}}</ref> The Canadian public as-well as the major political parties support the current level of immigration.<ref name="HollifieldMartin2014">{{cite book|author1=James Hollifield|author2=Philip Martin|author3=Pia Orrenius|title=Controlling Immigration: A Global Perspective, Third Edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ys9jBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA11|year=2014|publisher=[[Stanford University Press]]|isbn=978-0-8047-8627-0|page=11|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106124820/https://books.google.com/books?id=Ys9jBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA11|archivedate=January 6, 2017|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="FreemanHansen2013">{{cite book|author1=Gary P. Freeman|author2=Randall Hansen|author3=David L. Leal|title=Immigration and Public Opinion in Liberal Democracies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A0s03B_RjhIC&pg=PA8|year=2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-21161-4|page=8|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106131629/https://books.google.com/books?id=A0s03B_RjhIC&pg=PA8|archivedate=January 6, 2017|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="Rahim2014">{{cite book|author=Abdur Rahim|title=Canadian Immigration and South Asian Immigrants|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mUGtBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA191|year=2014|publisher=Xlibris Corporation|isbn=978-1-4990-5874-1|page=191|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106132020/https://books.google.com/books?id=mUGtBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA191|archivedate=January 6, 2017|df=mdy-all}}</ref>{{Self-published inline|certain=yes|date=December 2017}} In 2014, a total of 260,400 immigrants were admitted to Canada.<ref name=res>{{cite web|url=http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/91-209-x/2016001/article/14615-eng.htm|title=Permanent and temporary immigration to Canada from 2012 to 2014|first=Government of Canada, Statistics|last=Canada|website=statcan.gc.ca|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170716223753/http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/91-209-x/2016001/article/14615-eng.htm|archivedate=July 16, 2017|df=mdy-all}}</ref> The Canadian government anticipated between 280,000 and 305,000 new permanent residents in the following years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/notices/2016-03-08.asp|title=Supplementary Information to the 2016 Immigration Levels Plan|publisher=Citizenship and Immigration Canada|accessdate=March 8, 2016|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311214608/http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/notices/2016-03-08.asp|archivedate=March 11, 2016|df=mdy-all}}</ref> a similar number of immigrants as in recent years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/statistics/menu-fact.asp|title=Immigration overview – Permanent and temporary residents|publisher=[[Citizenship and Immigration Canada]]|accessdate=February 11, 2014|year=2012|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100904075542/http://www.cic.gc.ca/EnGlish/resources/statistics/menu-fact.asp|archivedate=September 4, 2010|df=mdy-all}}</ref> New immigrants settle mostly in major urban areas such as [[Toronto]], [[Montreal]] and [[Vancouver]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Herbert G. Grubel|title=The Effects of Mass Immigration on Canadian Living Standards and Society|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=48LOyfxYihoC&pg=PA5|year=2009|publisher=Fraser Institute|isbn=978-0-88975-246-7|page=5|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412162354/https://books.google.com/books?id=48LOyfxYihoC&pg=PA5|archivedate=April 12, 2016|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Canada also accepts large numbers of [[refugee]]s,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/releases/2010/2010-11-01a.asp|title=Government of Canada Tables 2011 Immigration Plan|publisher=Canada News Centre|accessdate=December 12, 2010|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203235801/http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/releases/2010/2010-11-01a.asp|archivedate=December 3, 2010|df=mdy-all}}</ref> accounting for over 10 percent of annual global [[third country resettlement|refugee resettlements]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Alan Simmons|title=Immigration and Canada: Global and Transnational Perspectives|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K0YwAJ7MpswC&pg=PA92|year=2010|publisher=Canadian Scholars' Press|isbn=978-1-55130-362-8|page=92|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412135840/https://books.google.com/books?id=K0YwAJ7MpswC&pg=PA92|archivedate=April 12, 2016|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Canada's population density, at {{convert|3.7|PD/km2}}, is among the lowest in the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table-Tableau.cfm?LANG=Eng&T=101&SR=1&S=10&O=A|title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, 2011 and 2006 censuses|first=Government of Canada, Statistics|last=Canada|website=www12.statcan.ca|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006234239/http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table-Tableau.cfm?LANG=Eng&T=101&SR=1&S=10&O=A|archivedate=October 6, 2014|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Canada spans latitudinally from the 83rd parallel north to the 41st parallel north, and approximately 95% of the population is found south of the 55th parallel north.<ref name="OECD2014"/> About four-fifths of the population lives within {{convert|150|km|mi}} of the [[contiguous United States]] border.<ref>{{cite book|last=Custred|first=Glynn|title=Immigration policy and the terrorist threat in Canada and the United States|editor=Moens, Alexander|publisher=Fraser Institute|year=2008|page=96|chapter=Security Threats on America's Borders|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HmiqBgnkAXYC&pg=PA96|isbn=978-0-88975-235-1|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412181802/https://books.google.com/books?id=HmiqBgnkAXYC&pg=PA96|archivedate=April 12, 2016|df=mdy-all}}</ref> The most densely populated part of the country, accounting for nearly 50 percent, is the [[Quebec City–Windsor Corridor]], situated in Southern Quebec and Southern Ontario along the Great Lakes and the Saint Lawrence River.<ref name="McMurryShepherd2004"/><ref name="OECD2014">{{cite book|author=OECD|title=OECD Environmental Performance Reviews OECD Environmental Performance Reviews: Canada 2004|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_mjWAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA142|year=2014|publisher=OECD Publishing|isbn=978-92-64-10778-6|pages=142–|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160903062445/https://books.google.com/books?id=_mjWAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA142|archivedate=September 3, 2016|df=mdy-all}}</ref> An additional 30 percent live along the British Columbia [[Lower Mainland]], and the [[Calgary–Edmonton Corridor]] in Alberta.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/82-221-x/00503/t/th/4062283-eng.htm|title=Urban-rural population as a proportion of total population, Canada, provinces, territories and health regions|year=2001|publisher=Statistics Canada|accessdate=May 23, 2011|deadurl= In common with many other developed countries, Canada is experiencing a [[demographic transition|demographic shift]] towards an older population, with more retirees and fewer people of working age. In 2006, the average age was 39.5 years;<ref>{{cite web|last=Martel|first=Laurent|author2=Malenfant, Éric Caron|title=2006 Census: Portrait of the Canadian Population in 2006, by Age and Sex|publisher=Statistics Canada|date=September 22, 2009|url=http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2006/as-sa/97-551/index-eng.cfm?CFID=3347169&CFTOKEN=19485112|accessdate=October 18, 2009|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920184936/http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2006/as-sa/97-551/index-eng.cfm?CFID=3347169&CFTOKEN=19485112|archivedate=September 20, 2017|df=mdy-all}}</ref> by 2011, it had risen to approximately 39.9 years.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/09/28/canada-population-stats.html|title=Canadian population creeps up in average age|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|date=September 28, 2011|accessdate=April 11, 2012|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510121213/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/09/28/canada-population-stats.html|archivedate=May 10, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref> | |||
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