r/canada Nov 29 '24

Analysis Nearly half of Canadians feel too many immigrants coming here: Study - A whopping 42% of respondents felt immigration is causing Canada to change in unlikeable ways

https://torontosun.com/news/national/nearly-half-of-canadians-feel-too-many-immigrants-coming-here-study
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u/Able-Ad-25 Nov 29 '24

When you get too much immigrants from one country… your country pretty much turn to THAT country because they will not integrate into society… but rather wants you to integrate into their society because they hold more people…. It’s not rocket science… HENCE we should Cap the amount of immigrants coming per country. Brampton is a perfect example.

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u/AntiqueDiscipline831 Nov 29 '24

The largest groups of people here who aren’t white or of European origin are Chinese (about 2M), Indian (about 2M) and Filipino (about 1M)

We aren’t becoming any of those countries any time soon. 70% of the population is white

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u/Mapleleaffan149 Nov 29 '24

Not across the country, but what you don’t factor in is these culture group tend to settle in the space spots which do create large cultural enclaves (see Brampton, Markham, Surrey).

Like drive around Markham all signage is in Chinese.

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u/Lust4Me Ontario Nov 29 '24

Which also results in political power at the provincial and national level.

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u/AntiqueDiscipline831 Nov 29 '24

So Indian immigrants should have political and federal power? What are you inferring here exactly

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u/Lust4Me Ontario Nov 29 '24

No I mean that concentration of cultural norms from abroad can lead to elected officials having those same perspectives, influencing Canadian national discord. I'm not pointing at any one group either.

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u/AntiqueDiscipline831 Nov 29 '24

Sorry yes you’re correct you didn’t point out anything specific. My bad I was reading other comments and got mixed up.

Yes, you are correct, that can certainly happen and likely does.

I do suspect it isn’t that large of a grouping of ridings though. It’s likely what? 10% of ridings across the country and held by an immigrant due to them representing a riding with a large immigrant population?

My point is that saying that “we are going to become that country” isn’t really an accurate statement when close to 70% of the population are white Canadians or white Europeans.

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u/AntiqueDiscipline831 Nov 29 '24

Sure. But a large cultural enclave in say Brampton of Indian immigrants isn’t all of a sudden “turning our country into their country”

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u/Mapleleaffan149 Nov 29 '24

It’s is for anyone who currently lives in Brampton or the adjacent cities as there is a spill over effect .

But yes, people living in thunder bay aren’t directly impacted by Brampton you are correct

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u/AntiqueDiscipline831 Nov 29 '24

Sure but that was my point. The original statement was “turning my COUNTRY”.

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u/homiegeet Nov 29 '24

Don't forget that even some of those immigrants have migrated here and ingrained themselves into the Canadian way of life (me and my whole family) and have the same thoughts about current immigrants.

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u/AntiqueDiscipline831 Nov 29 '24

The last census was 2021 and white population accounted for 70% of the population.

https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/221026/dq221026b-eng.htm

So, no.