Poll Suggests Canadians Skittish on Future Immigration Increases as Pandemic Persists

Canadian and American flags fly near the Ambassador Bridge at the Canada/USA border crossing in Windsor, Ont. on March 21, 2020. The Canadian Press/Rob Gurdebeke

OTTAWA—New data suggests that Canadians are feeling skittish about any future increases in immigration levels for the next 12 months.

Fifty-two percent of those polled by Leger and the Association for Canadian Studies want to see the currently low levels of immigration maintained for at least a year.