Canada spends enough on immigration to give each newborn child $157,000

[border_humper]

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In 2023, Canada spent an estimated $45–65 billion on immigration-related costs across federal, provincial, and municipal governments, according to budget documents, parliamentary budget officer estimates, and provincial disclosures. The total includes asylum housing, settlement services, healthcare, education, enforcement, and transfers to municipalities managing intake.

Canada recorded approximately 350,000 births in 2023. Using the midpoint of immigration spending (~$55 billion), this equates to roughly $157,000 per Canadian-born child if the same funds were instead allocated to domestic family support.

The calculation is straightforward:
•~$55B in total immigration-related spending (2023)
•÷ ~350,000 births
•= ~$157,000 per child

Even using the low-end estimate of $45 billion, the figure remains over $125,000 per child.

Officials have consistently framed immigration as a demographic and economic necessity, citing labor shortages and population aging. However, the spending profile suggests immigration functions as a near-total substitute for domestic population growth, rather than a supplement to it.

No comparable national program exists that offers Canadian families support on this scale. Existing child benefits and tax credits amount to a fraction of the per-capita resources currently directed toward immigration-driven population growth.

Interesting calculation.

 

[Hirudinea]

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Interesting calculation.

border_humper

I never knew suicide was so expensive.

 

[WHlTE_W4LKER]

Thoughts of a NatSoc

Oy vey that would be a good way to bring a world war upon your nation.

 

[YQRanon]

Yup, so many military aged males. Once you see them you can't unsee them. I've often wondered where the warehouse, storage units and/or shipping containers full of weapons are in my community.

 

[Trudeaus coke dealer]

The mosques and temples.

 

[FreedomTruth]

Canada Child Benefit is around 86 k per child by the time they are 18, for the low income earners. If the government gave out the equivalet of the rest as yearly + matches/top-ups to an RESP that would be ok by me.