Ireland: Canada

Immigration To Canada Dept: By the end of 2011, there were more than 5,200 temporary foreign workers from Ireland in Canada, up almost 1,000 from the year before, according to CTV. "The word over in Ireland for the last two to three years is that Canada is the place to go," said Eamonn O'Loghlin, who came to Canada from Ireland 36 years ago and is now involved in a number of Irish-Canadian organizations and but statistics show that immigration to Canada has become a lot more Irish. While the number pales besides statistics on workers from countries such as the Philippines or Mexico, Canada has become a premier destination for Irish workers fleeing a soured economy in their home country and an employment rate hovering around 15 per cent. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.