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Most prospective immigrants in a recent WES survey say they are more worried about negative economic impacts in their home country than in Canada.

The economic impacts of corona-virus have largely not changed people’s plans to immigrate to Canada. In most cases, prospective immigrants still expect that Canada will endure less economic hardship than their own country.

Survey’s Conducted by WES

Of the 4,615 people who responded to a recent survey from World Education Services (WES). 38% say they are more interested in immigrating to Canada. 57% say that the pandemic does not impact their interest, and 5% say they are less interested.

WES conducted this survey from April 15 to 21, 2020. Survey potrays an effort to understand how COVID-19 affected the intentions of prospective Canadian immigrants. The non-profit credential evaluation provider collected survey results from their clients. Most of whom are in the pre-arrival phase and are on track to immigrate to Canada.

When the survey got conducted all the respondents were outside Canada. More than half of the people surveyed from the Philippines (64%), China (64%), and Nigeria (58%) said they are more interested in immigrating to Canada as a result of COVID-19. There was largely no impact on the desire to immigrate to Canada for respondents from Pakistan (58%), the U.K. (59%), the U.S. (57%), India (64%), and France (73%).

Just over half of respondents, 52%, do not expect COVID-19 to impact their ability to pay for the costs of immigrating to Canada; however, about 35%, do expect it to negatively impact their ability to pay the costs.

More than a third, 39%, say that personal and family economic hardships would make them more interested in immigrating.

Loss of Jobs & Other Stats

The loss of job opportunities in a respondent’s occupation in Canada had the biggest impact on attitudes toward the move, with 31% saying it would make them less interested to come to Canada. Even so, the majority, 46%, said job loss would not impact them.

Most report that they would not get impacted by immigration obstacles such as increases in IRCC processing times, a reduction in immigration targets, or travel restrictions. The risk of contracting COVID-19 was the biggest hurdle with 36% reporting they would be less interested in immigrating to Canada, however 42% still reported that it would not impact their interest.

The biggest reason for the delay was the risk of contracting corona-virus.

WES is conducting at least two more surveys on this topic. One survey will take place this month and another in August.

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