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[-] sbv@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago

A lot of immigrants work in construction.

I could only find stats for Ontario. Immigrants work construction at the roughly the same rate as non-immigrants. About 26% of construction workers are immigrants, while 29% of the population is foreign born.

[-] CanadaPlus@futurology.today 2 points 10 months ago

I stand corrected. Yeah, I hadn't actually heard that, but you'd expect it would attract immigrants. Construction unions are pretty strong in Canada, so maybe that balances it out.

You'd expect that it would have a neutral-ish impact on long-term housing supply as it is, then.

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