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More Brits settle in Canada than ever
It's official: Last year was a record year for British emigration to Canada, with a total of 6,542 Brits receiving a permanent residence visa
This, according to newly released data from Citizenship and Immigration Canada, is the highest since 1997 – from which the current means of collating statistics dates.
The figure is an 11 per cent increase over figures for 2005, and made the United Kingdom the seventh-biggest source country for immigrants entering Canada in 2006. This increase was despite a 4 per cent decrease in the overall numbers admitted through Canada's immigration programme – from 262,239 in 2005 to 251,649 in 2006 – and a massive 22 per cent drop – to 33,080 – in the number of Chinese nationals becoming permanent residents of Canada, although the country did still head the 2006 league table of source countries.
In fact, considering that there's been a well-publicised increase in the visa processing times at the Canadian High Commission (CHC) in London, which deals with visa applications from Brits, the increase could be considered something of a surprise.
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14 August 2007