Immigration Paperwork and Harvey Couple

cent: In New Brunswick, however, only 4.6 per cent of residents were born outside Canada, barely an increase from 4.5 per cent in 2011, according to CBC. Just over 9,000 immigrants arrived in New Brunswick in that time-frame. The 2016 census numbers show that immigrants in Canada have reached their highest level in almost a century, making up 21.9 per cent of the population. Immigration paperwork interrupts 'happily ever after' for Harvey couple Give cities bigger role in immigration, N.B. advocate tells MPs 21.9% of Canadians are immigrants, the highest share in 85 years Stats Can That's a sign we're doing the right things and the investments are working, that more people are attracted to New Brunswick and more people are staying, said Alex LeBlanc, executive director of New Brunswick's Multicultural Council. The national proportion is five times that, according to the most recent Statistics Canada data. We're really just taking steps in this direction towards growing our population the time for steps has passed and really New Brunswick needs to take leaps towards growing our population. 'If we're not all rowing in the same direction, people might have negative experiences when they come, and choose to move elsewhere.' -Alex LeBlanc Across Atlantic Canada, immigrants make up 4.8 per cent of the population. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.