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[–]Nombre27 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

the majority of the immigrants that come here to be fairly wealthy

That's just not true. Median income after being here for 10 years is less than $35,000.

Scroll this page for income data

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/reports-statistics/research/annual-income-immigrants-relative-canadian-national-average-1981-2011.html

Or this one. It's too much to copy paste. I'll see if I can summarize 0, 5, 10, 15, 20 years after landing averages.

https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=4310000701

Total numbers by category

Year 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Number of economic immigrants permitted 170,390 156,028 159,289 186,366 196,658
Family Reunification Total 65,485 77,998 82,468 85,170 91,311
Humanitarian and Compassionate 4,315 3,792 3,631 4,026 4,681
Total Refugees and Protected Persons 32,114 58,914 41,121 45,493 48,530
Total 272,304 296,732 286,509 321,055 341,180

Family reunification breakdown

Year 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Spouse, partners and children admissions 49,997 60,955 61,973 67,140 69,298
Parents and grandparents admissions 15,489 17,043 20,495 18,030 22,011
total 65,486 77,998 82,468 85,170 91,309

Economic immigrant breakdown

Immigration Category 2019 Total
Federal economic – Skilled 90,242
Federal economic – Caregiver 9,807
Federal economic – Business 1,336
Atlantic Immigration Pilot Program 4,141
Provincial Nominee Program 68,647
Quebec skilled workers and business immigrants 22,485
Economic Total 196,658

2019 source countries, page 35

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/annual-report-parliament-immigration-2020.html

Rank Country Total NumberFootnote37 Percentage Females Males
1 India 85,593 25 41,163 44,430
2 China, People's Republic of 30,246 9 16,890 13,356
3 Philippines 27,818 8 15,342 12,476
4 Nigeria 12,602 4 6,229 6,373
5 Pakistan 10,793 3 5,240 5,553
6 United States of America 10,780 3 5,562 5,218
7 Syria 10,121 3 4,881 5,239
8 Eritrea 7,030 2 3,156 3,874
9 Korea, Republic of 6,103 2 3,413 2,690
10 Iran 6,056 2 3,130 2,926
Total Top 10 207,142 61 105,006 102,135
All Other Source Countries 134,038 39 68,066 65,968
Total 341,180 100 173,072 168,103