Häufigste ausländische Nationalität in den USA und Kanada

Sources:

– [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_United_States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_United_States) (as of 2020 census)

– [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Canada](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Canada) (as of 2021 census)

Despite the US and Canada sharing the similarity of being hubs for global immigration and geographic proximity, their demographics/immigration patterns are quite different. In the US, Latin America has by far been the largest source of immigration for the past 60 years with 38 of 50 states having a Latin American country as its most common foreign-born nationality. In contrast, Canada’s immigration comes from much further away geographically as their biggest source of immigration over the past couple decades has been from Asia (particularly Indians, Chinese, and Filipinos), along with the two countries that have influenced Canada the most as a result of centuries of settlement that continue to this day (the British and French)

Fake map, canada isn’t all blue.

The part about this map that’s craziest to me is that there is no place in Canada with more people from the US than any other foreign nationality.

This immigration pattern has something to do with divergent immigration policies between the US and Canada. The US has family reunification-centered immigration policy that promotes chain migration by Hispanics by bringing their entire families from Mexico to the US, whereas in Canada, they have a point-based skilled immigration that favors Asians over Hispanics because Asian immigrants can use their higher education credentials to boost their immigration credentials up to 67 points (77 points if you speak French).

If the US were to adopt.Canadian-style point-based skilled immigration policy as Trump 45 administration wanted, then there would be a massive Asian immigration, especially Chinese, Filipinos, and Indians, and Latin American immigration will evaporate to zero levels.

Me “Why are there so many British people in Florida?… Oh Nvm.”