Survey Of Over 13,000 Prospective Immigrants Shows That Interest To Move To Canada Remains Strong. 

News Source:- Nearly 93 per cent of respondents said the pandemic would either have “no impact” or make them “more interested” in gaining Canadian permanent resident status.

A new survey of over 13,000 prospective immigrants shows that interest to move to Canada remains strong.

The survey was conducted by World Education Services (WES) Canada, a designated provider of Educational Credential Assessments (ECA) for Canadian immigration.

In 2020, WES surveyed individuals that had submitted an ECA application to better understand how the coronavirus pandemic was impacting their Canadian immigration plans.

In August 2021, WES repeated the survey to compare responses and to see if the evolving pandemic context has impacted the motivations of respondents to immigrate to Canada.

WES reports there is no decrease since 2020 in respondents being interested in immigrating to Canada. Nearly 52 per cent of respondents said the pandemic would have no impact on their immigration plans. Nearly 93 per cent said the pandemic would either have “no impact” or make them “more interested”.

In the 2021 survey, 33 per cent of respondents said they felt the pandemic would negatively impact job availability in Canada, down from the 45 per cent who felt this way in 2020. Meanwhile, 35 per cent said they felt the pandemic would have a positive impact on job availability, compared to 27 per cent who felt this way in 2020. Read More.