Facts

• Crime in Canada decreased by 19.7% between 2006 and 2016, while the immigrant population has increased by 2.1%.
• https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/12-581-x/2018000/cri-eng.htm

• The International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy states that immigrants are less involved in criminal activity than their Canadian-born counterparts.

• https://www.citywindsor.ca/residents/socialservices-/social-services-overview/welcoming-refugees/documents/myths%20about%20immigration.pdf

• A study in the 1990s by the Correctional Service of Canada found that immigrants in all regions and age groups were under-represented among those serving two or more years in federal penitentiaries.

• https://www.thespec.com/news-story/2222361-10-myths-about-immigration/ 
   

Resources

• Article discussing the past and present relationship between immigrants and crime in North America, and why the crime rate is dropping: https://thewalrus.ca/arrival-of-the-fittest/?utm_source=walrusmagazine.com&utm_medium=redirect&utm_campaign=move+old+website

• Scholarly article which proves that immigration does not cause crime in Canada: http://www.clsrn.econ.ubc.ca/workingpapers/CLSRN%20Working%20Paper%20no.%20135%20-%20Zhang.pdf

• University of Toronto thesis which analyzes the relationship (or lack thereof) between crime and immigration: http://hdl.handle.net/1807/79009