That doesn't match either my experience living in Canada for thirty years, nor does it match the history I have read. Canada has had an the immigration rate of

That doesn't match either my experience living in Canada for thirty years, nor does it match the history I have read. Canada has had an the immigration rate of ~0.7% of the population since at least the 1960s. It's long been among the highest in per capita immigration rates among countries of its size, and it is one of the few western nations in which public support for immigration has remained consistently strong.