Resident Status: Census Data and Statistics Canada

resident status: That's according to census data released by Statistics Canada on Wednesday, according to Metro News. It seems Alberta is particularly appealing the percentage of recent immigrants to Canada who chose to live here rose from 6.9 per cent in 2001 to 17.1 per cent in 2016. Over the past 15 years, the number of recent immigrants meaning someone who got their landed immigrant or permanent resident status in the last five years who have moved to western provinces has more than doubled. That's the biggest increase in the western provinces. These days, that's no longer the case. Erick Ambtman, executive director of the Edmonton Mennonite Centre for Newcomers, said in the past, his organization always spoke about how newcomers settled in the big three cities Vancouver, Montreal and Toronto. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.