CANADIAN IMMIGRATION NEWS

Canada hailed around the world for its successful integration of immigrants

Friday, 29 May 2009

According to immigration experts, Canada has been more successful than most countries at integrating immigrants into society.

Unlike in many European countries, almost all of Canada's immigrants become citizens, says William Kymlicka, the Canada Research Chair in political philosophy at Queen's University and a leading expert on Canadian immigration. And their children outperform offspring of non-immigrant families when it comes to education - something that doesn't happen in any other Western democracy, he adds.

Kymlicka also argues that visible minorities, both first and second generation, claim to feel a great sense of pride in Canada, which is on par with that felt among white Canadians. According to research, Muslims feel more welcome in Canada than in other countries, says Kymlicka. As a result, the vast majority of Canadians feeling comfortable with immigrants as neighbours and co-workers.

Unlike other countries where immigrants often chose to live within their own communities resulting in such areas becoming ghettos, Canadian society does not lock people into poverty or breed anti-Canadian feelings.

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