With the passing years, the count of Indians receiving Permanent Residence in Canada increased gradually and reached number on 80,000 and plus every year. Moreover, huge figure of individuals arrives Canada every year for visit, work or study.

Adding to this, due to Canada’s generous family sponsorship laws, the number of family members (mainly parents) of Canadian Permanent Residents get the opportunity to enter Canada either as Permanent Residents or extended visitors, providing the opportunity for a family reunion. The Canadian authorities also provide an opportunity reunite international students with their parents by allowing them to enter Canada on visitor visa. Right now, “ Canadian government is proud to declare openly that Canada continues to attract visitors, students and business travelers from India,” said Citizenship and Immigration scale Minister Chris Alexander. “The impressive scale of visitor visas and study permits granted to travelers from India is an indicated of the strong ties that exist between our two great nations.”

The Indo-Canadians are Canadians with ancestry from India. Categorically, Indian Canadians comprise a subgroup of South Asian Canadians which is a further subgroup of Asian Canadians. According to Statistics Canada, Indian Canadians are one of the fastest-growing communities in Canada. The largest group of Indo-Canadians are of Punjab origin, calculated around 50 percent. From the beginning, the highest proportions of Indian Canadians are found in the provinces of Ontario and British Columbia, followed by Alberta and Quebec. Indo-Canadians make up the second-largest non-European group after the Chinese Canadians. Despite the diversity in their culture and language, it is one of Canada’s most prominent and well-integrated communities. Canadian immigrants bring valuable skills, education or investments, which they pour into the Canadian economy. Many new arrivals in Canada are so fluent in the English language because of which they get incredible opportunities to work in industries like information and technology, science and many more. Apart from this, they feel much comfortable in searching for jobs related to their filed of interest which act as assistance in settling easily after arriving in Canada.

All areas of Canadian society comprise Indo-Canadians whether it is politics, sports, education and so on. Some of the prominent Canadians of South Asia decent include Naheed Nenshi, the mayor of Calgary and Herb Dhaliwal, the first Indo-Canadian cabinet member, Ujjal Dosanjh, the first Canadian from South Asian premier of British Columbia, representing the New Democratic Party. The novelists Shauna Singh Baldwin and Michael Ondaatje claim roots in India and Sri Lanka, respectively and the list goes on. “Canada’s success and growth as a country is intimately ties to the growth of its immigrant communities,” said Attorney David Cohen. He said, “It has been my great pleasure to help many Indian citizens come to Canada to live and work. I know that with every new arrival, our country is becoming richer both economically and culturally.”