Environics

• For the first time in history, the population grew by more than a million (2.7 per cent) in a single year.
• Over the past few decades, Canadians have been more positive than negative in their attitudes toward immigrants and immigration.
• Over the last few years, Environics public opinion data also indicated Canadians felt very positively about immigrants and immigration levels.

A million newcomers in two years

• That marks a dramatic reversal from a year ago, when support for immigration levels stood at an all-time high.
• That’s the biggest one-year change in opinion on this question since it was first asked by Environics in 1977.
• The public is much more likely to say that newcomers make their own communities a better place than a worse one.

Housing crisis concerns

• In September 2023, when Environics conducted its latest survey, there was a lot of media coverage about the housing crisis, including the scapegoating of international students.
• In reality, Canada’s housing shortage was fuelled for decades by myriad factors, including municipal zoning laws, developers’ special interests and public policy on housing.
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Attitudes towards immigrants may change

• Policymakers and community leaders should pay close attention to public attitudes toward immigration levels as they strive to build a diversified and robust immigration system and create welcoming communities for immigrants.
• The latest research demonstrates the public still feels positively toward immigrants and their many contributions to communities and Canadian society.
• If Canadians continue to blame immigrants for the housing crisis, their attitudes toward immigrants themselves — as opposed to immigration levels — may harden.

Leah Hamilton receives funding from SSHRC.

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• Will Power is a national public awareness campaign designed to inspire people to think differently about charitable giving by considering a gift to charity in their Will, or via registered funds and other methods of giving - something the survey shows a growing number of Canadians are interested in.
• "With tax season approaching and many Canadians already speaking to their advisors about their finances, now is the perfect time to plan your charitable legacy and learn how to make the most of charitable tax benefits."
• Similarly, 12 per cent of Gen Z and Millennials (18-37) have already left a charitable donation in their Will, versus six per cent of Boomers (55-75).
• "Our aim is to motivate those people to take action in this tax season, and contribute in a really intentional way to our collective social good.