Fact-check: “Approximately 45% of the current Canadian population is made up of immigrants and the children of immigrants”
Verdict: Mostly True (78% confidence)
Statistics Canada's 2021 Census found that first-generation (foreign-born) residents made up 26.4% of the population and second-generation Canadians (at least one foreign-born parent) made up 17.6%, combining to 44.0% — close enough to 'approximately 45%' to be substantially accurate. The 44.0% figure is from 2021, not 2026, and no inter-censal update of the first-plus-second-generation share exists, so the present-tense framing is slightly overstated on recency. An alternative calculation usin…
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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