Social Policy Trends: Falling Fertility in Canadian Cities

The dashed line shows the replacement rate of 2.1 children, where, in the absence of immigration, one generation just replaces another, leaving population 0.5 unchanged. [...] Source: up2d0a0te9 da2ta0 10 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Victoria Lethbridge Halifax Local policies aimed at welcoming and helping settle immigrants are rare Calgary Vancouver Toronto examples of the ability of municipal governments to independently control the pace of change in local economic conditions. [...] These cities are key hubs through which immigrants flow, and which have non- Addressing the decline in municipal fertility rates requires immigration or pro-natalist profit organizations skilled at the reception and economic inclusion of policies. [...] Municipal governments are better able to independently influence local population Municipal governments and councils interested in having greater say in growth with policies intended to encourage in-migration than they are with pro-natalist the pace of economic growth should consider the input of settlement policies. [...] These opportunities exist because as recent research shows, upon arrival in agencies and invest in their services when planning the long-term Canada the majority of immigrants stay in their initial city of residence.