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Immigration Policy in Canada

In: The Economics of Immigration

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  • Örn B. Bodvarsson

    (St. Cloud State University)

  • Hendrik Berg

    (University of Nebraska)

Abstract

This chapter presents a brief history of Canadian immigration policy. Like U.S. immigration policy, Canadian immigration policy has shifted from openness at the start of the nineteenth century to a rigid ethnic quota system in the early twentieth century, and now back to a more open policy regime. The current immigration policy in Canada differs from U.S. policy in one important way: Canadian policy is more selective but admits many more immigrants on a per capita basis than does U.S. policy. The chapter attempts to answer the seven questions posed in the Introduction to this section for each of the distinct immigration policy regimes.

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  • Örn B. Bodvarsson & Hendrik Berg, 2009. "Immigration Policy in Canada," Springer Books, in: The Economics of Immigration, chapter 0, pages 379-394, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-540-77796-0_14
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-77796-0_14
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