Immigration numbers may be up in Newfoundland and Labrador, but a new report from the Institute for Canadian Citizenship finds that growing numbers of immigrants to Canada are choosing to leave rather than stay.

The Leaky Bucket was produced for the ICC by the Conference Board of Canada finds that the number of immigrants leaving Canada suddenly surged in 2017 and 2019

CEO of the Institute for Canadian Citizenship, Daniel Bernhard says Canada must start delivering for newcomers.

Executive Director of the Conference Board of Canada, Stefan Fournier says Canada’s future prosperity depends on immigration.

The report found that the risk of so-called onward migration is particularly high between years four and seven following arrival in Canada. Last month, the federal auditor general found that the backlog in processing immigration applications was growing.