Vast Majority of Canadians Think Immigrants Make Them Stronger

Canadians top the list for positive image of immigrants

It's easier to think that immigrants are never welcome in most developed countries by watching the news. While it is impossible to find a perfect society where no one is racist, it can still be interesting to look at data about the opinion of citizens on immigrants.

In 2019, the Pew Research Center produced a comprehensive study where they surveyed countries that held half of the world's migrants from the United States (18%) to Hungary (less than 1%). 

The results show that Canada is the clear place in the world where the population sees immigrants less as a burden to society, but rather as a strength. 68% of Canadians consider that immigrants make the country stronger.

Canadians have no strong opinion when it comes to how immigrants should integrate

Interestingly enough, Canadians am ambivalent when asked if they believe that immigrants want to either adopt Canadian customs or way of life (48%)  or prefer to remain distinct from the Canadian society (47%). On the other hand, there are countries that are a little more extreme. For instance, Japanese expect that newcomers want to adopt the Japanese lifestyle (75%) and only 10% of Italians believe that newcomers want to adopt the Italian way of life.

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