Just visit any forum or discussion board related to immigration and you will see Canada mentioned as the fallback for people who can't get into the US. In part

Just visit any forum or discussion board related to immigration and you will see Canada mentioned as the fallback for people who can't get into the US. In particular, there has been pretty widespread abuse of investor visas, region-specific incentives, and student work visas. Investor visas have an extremely poor economic return, and most of the people who benefit from regional programs immediately move to the GTA. There are also a plethora of degree mill community colleges that count as "Canadian postsecondary institutions" for immigration purposes. In reality, their students do a few hours of academic work a week to keep their student work visa and moonlight as a trucker or in some other blue-collar field. Canada's approach to immigration, with over 400k people last year, is to take whoever as long as it keeps wages down and property prices up.