Canada's current liberal and vigorous immigration policy allowed the acceptance of an average of 240,000 immigrants per year from 1995 to 2008 and is expected to accept more this year approximately 300,000, with an emphasis on family reunification and refugees, a shift from the historical source of economic migration as the primary source of immigrants (Kelley & Trebilcock, 2010, p 19; Zilio, 2016). The sources of Canada's natural population increase (births and deaths), as well as international migration, are changing rapidly and it is a studied trend, which outlines immigration, will soon be relied upon as the most feasible source of continuous population growth (Jedwab, 2016). Natural population growth has declined dramatically since the 1960s, largely due to declining fertility rates as well as the aging and death of older populations (Figure 1) (Statistics Canada, 2016). Statistics Canada outlines a Canadian population forecast that pushes for increased immigration due to the increased aging of the population and the increase in the number of deaths (2016). Immigration is a major driver of a maintainable population as without increased immigration to Canada
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