Here are the latest figures (2006) published by Citizenship and Immigration Canada.

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Those figures show how Canada is involved in Immigration, taking advantage of the human value. We can notice that there had been a huge increase in live-in caregivers in accordance with the lack of workforce in this field. The number of refugees has also increased for 3 years.

This figure doesn’t take into consideration the “eco-refugees” (environmental refugees) whom are looking for better lives due to deforestations, global warming or natural catastrophes. By the way I bet on a creation of a particular category for those kind of immigrants soon…