More Than 120,000 People Left Canada Last Year, Marking an Emigration Peak

People are shown at Pearson International Airport in Toronto, in a file photo. The Canadian Press/Nathan Denette

More than 120,000 Canadians and permanent residents moved out of the country between September of last year and September of this year, according to data from Statistics Canada.

Similar peaks in the departure of citizens and permanent residents have only been seen twice in Canadian history, during extended real estate peaks in 1968 and 2017.