Cent Level: Cent and Population

cent level: In 2017, Canada has a population of 36.5 million people and will welcome an estimated 300,000 newcomers, according to Toronto Star. Of those, roughly 58 per cent or 172,500 of newcomers are expected to come under the economic class, 28 per cent or 84,000 through family reunification and the rest, some 15 per cent or 43,500, as refugees or on humanitarian and compassionate grounds. The plan will bring the country's yearly immigration level to 0.9 per cent of the population, up slightly from its current 0.8 per cent level, in order to offset the economic effects of an aging population and low birth rate. However, the 2020 target still falls far short of the 450,000 level recommended by the federal government's own economic advisory council as the Liberals carefully manage the often sensitive and divisive immigration file. The economic class immigrants include federal high-skill workers and those brought in by provinces based on local labour market needs. Article Continued Below Under its 2018 immigration plan, the government will phase in the increase over three years by raising the intake initially to 310,000 next year and 330,000 in 2019 before reaching the 340,000 target in 2020. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.