Canadian Citizenship Applications Decline Among Recent Immigrants
Study reveals that there is a sudden drop in the number of immigrants pursuing Canadian Citizenship compared to last 20 years ago.
Obtaining a citizenship brings benefits to immigrants as they are granted voting rights and be a part of the political influence. It also indicates the commitment of the immigrants’ towards the country and their dedication to adhere to the values and laws.
A recent study by the Statistics of Canada has discovered that there is a significant decline in the number of immigrants applying for Canadian Citizenship. The study, accumulating data from 1996 to 2021, revealed that there was a nearly 30% drop-in citizenship rate among recent immigrants, with most of this reduction occurring in the last 10 years.
The study found out that the citizenship rate among the immigrants has been declining since 1996 from 75.4% citizenship pursued to 45.7% in 2021. This has been noticed to be the greatest reduction in this rate happening since 1996.
With the varied groups of immigrants, it has been revealed that there is a variance in the citizenship uptake rates. For instance, the immigrants with an income varying from $50,000 to $100,000, were 14% more likely to acquire Canadian citizenship as compared to the lower income group with earnings of $10,000.
This trend also demonstrated that more recent immigrants were educated—among those with a high school degree as their highest education level, 30.4% took up citizenship, as compared to 51.8% citizenship uptake among those with a university degree.
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