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Fiscal Impact of Recent Immigrants to Canada

Kapsalis, Constantine·2021·Canadian Public Policy
DOI 10.3138/cpp.2020-112
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Abstract

In a recent report from the Fraser Institute, Grady and Grubel (2015) concluded that, because of the low taxes they pay and the government services they receive, the fiscal burden of recent immigrants to Canada was significant ($5,329 per immigrant in 2010). The present study, however, shows that the fiscal burden is significant only in the case of refugees and sponsored immigrants. By contrast, economic immigrants actually pay more in taxes than they receive in benefits. This is an important finding because economic immigrants are selected primarily on economic grounds, whereas refugees and sponsored immigrants are accepted primarily on humanitarian and compassionate grounds.

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Authors
Kapsalis, C.
Affiliations
Data Probe Economic Consulting, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Corresponding author
Kapsalis, Constantine
Venue
Canadian Public Policy
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
Published
2021-06-01
Volume
47
Issue
2
Pages
170-179
ISSN
  • 0317-0861 (ISSN-L)
  • 1911-9917
DOI
10.3138/cpp.2020-112
OpenAlex
W3134322804
Semantic Scholar
97ce029b956a45e46b08cf71308f30a920d01840
Cited by
2
References
3
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2023: 1
FWCI
0.35
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Canadian Public Policy (publishedVersion)
  • Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Migration and Labor Dynamics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Migration, Refugees, and Integration
  • Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Economic and Fiscal Studies
Keywords
immigration policy, economic migrants, refugees, tax payment, government benefits, public finance, Canada

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