The number of Canadians who say the federal government is letting in too many immigrants has spiked in recent years — and among Conservative voters the swing is even more dramatic, according to a new poll from Environics Institute.
The Canadian consensus that adding more newcomers is generally a positive development is crumbling — and it's largely driven by most Conservative voters moving to a starkly more negative position on the immigration system.
The number of Conservative voters surveyed who say there's too much immigration has doubled over the last five years from 41 per cent in 2020 to 82 per cent — the highest number Environics has ever recorded for any demographic group in the 48 years it has been tracking opinions on this question.
That 82 per cent figure is significantly higher than the overall number of Canadians who say too many immigrants are coming in, which clocked in at 56 per cent this year — a number that has also moved sharply higher in the last five years.
Keith Neuman, a senior associate at Environics Institute, sa
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