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Greater Toronto and Metro Vancouver are growing far faster through immigration than any other North American city.

The two Canadian metropolises are absorbing many more immigrants per capita than the United States’ top immigrant-receiving cities, such as New York, Miami, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.

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The rapid growth of Toronto and Vancouver through immigration comes as the federal Liberals in 2019 welcomed the largest number of new immigrants to the country in more than a century at 341,000.

The concentrated flow into Toronto and Vancouver is occurring as the province of Quebec has reduced its immigration levels by 20 per cent, leading to fewer moving last year to Montreal (34,620). The two Canadian cities’ immigration numbers also coincide with tightening border rules in the U.S., which has long allowed in three times fewer immigrants per capita than Canada.

Greater Toronto and Metro Vancouver, the latter of which experienced a record 13-per-cent rise in new immigrants in 2019, are proving to be distinctly powerful magnets for foreign-born newcomers, even within their own provinces.