Syrian Family: Newfoundland and Percentage Point

syrian family: According to the latest Canadian census, just 2.4 per cent of the population of Newfoundland and Labrador are immigrants, according to CBC. The Atlantic Canadian average is 4.9 per cent. But efforts underway in central Newfoundland led in part by a woman who happens to be a character in a Broadway play could change that. But the Newfoundland and Labrador number is changing it has risen nearly one percentage point in the last five years, and there are more immigrants on the way. Sherry Vivian/CBC In fact, volunteers are waiting for news about a Syrian family stuck in Lebanon who are heading for Gander once their paperwork clears. Wiaam Maymouna and Diane Davis have a laugh at a Gander park. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.