By Ashika Niraula and Lori Hamada The Conversation Skilled migrants and international students are leaving the United States for Canada in growing numbers. A March 2025 report by Statistics Canada reveals a sharp rise in the numbers of American non-citizen residents moving to Canada. Reasons given are largely restrictive U.S. immigration policies, visa caps and long wait times for green cards. This is a shift from earlier decades when American-born citizens dominated the trend.
