Americans Moving To Canada In Record Numbers

Ken McCracken • July 31, 2007

My first reaction to this was: “Good. Let the Canadians pay for their health care.”

The number of Americans admitted to Canada last year reached a 30-year high, with a 20 per cent increase over the previous year and nearly double the number that arrived in 2000.
The results of a survey, conducted by the Association for Canadian Studies, also revealed that the so-called “brain drain” of Canada appears to be narrowing.
The survey found that 10,942 Americans came to Canada in 2006, compared to just over 9,262 in 2005. In 2000, 5,828 came to the country.

Sounds like a bad thing for America, initially, except when you consider this from later in the article:

While twice as many Canadians went to the States than Americans came to Canada, that ratio diminished between 2005 and 2006.
In 2006, 23,913 Canadians went to the U.S., resulting in a net loss of 12,971 to Canada when compared to the Americans coming to Canada.

So Canada is actually losing people to the US.
It’d be interesting to know how many of them are fleeing Canada’s high taxes and slow, inefficient national health care system. Because I’m willing to bet it’s quite a lot.

Tags: Domestic Issues, International Scene, Politics

http://Array Mr. Mxyzptlk

I wonder how many news sources will report the first statistic while glossing over and ignoring the 2nd?
http://www.ski-blog.com/ sayanything-24

In 2006, 23,913 Canadians went to the U.S., resulting in a net loss of 12,971 to Canada when compared to the Americans coming to Canada.

OK, there are 33M Canadians. There are 300M Americans. Of a country 1/10th the size of America, roughly double the number of people in Canada move to the US than US move to Canada. Let’s combine the two figures. Reality is that a Canadian is 20x more likely to move to the US than a US citizen to move to Canada.

20x MORE LIKELY.

Is that what we are saying? So what, these stats mean that now it is 20x more likely instead of say 30x more likely in 2000?

Big effing deal. It still speaks volumes about Canada and the media will probably not report that. Am I missing something?
k_lunch

I can’t say for sure if it was a reason in their leaving, but my neighbors here in Plymouth, MA are Canadian and for the record, they say the Canadian health care system SUCKS.

I’ve heard the same thing from my Canadian neighbors along the North Dakota border as well. A lot of them really don’t like it.
markm

“The survey found that 10,942 Americans came to Canada in 2006″

Survey?…I know there are only, like, 23,000 Canadians but that’s still a lot of surveying seeing they are spread over a pretty big place.

Crazy Canadians.
MikeAdamson

It’d be interesting to know how many of them are fleeing Canada’s high taxes and slow, inefficient national health care system.

Could be cause it sure isn’t the lure of that fine American beer.
http://www.ski-blog.com/ sayanything-24

Could be cause it sure isn’t the lure of that fine American beer.

I think it aboot all the Hockey teams moving to the US, eh.
docdave

Another interesting statistic would be the number of Americans who have moved into Canada that are anti-war, anti-Bush. After all there were many liberals that promised to leave our country if Bush was reelected.
deadrody

I can’t say for sure if it was a reason in their leaving, but my neighbors here in Plymouth, MA are Canadian and for the record, they say the Canadian health care system SUCKS.
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Could be cause it sure isn’t the lure of that fine American beer.

Just because you Canadians need stronger drinks to make your women look prettier is no reason to run-down American beer.

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