And also, 2017 Yearbook of Immigration Statistics, Table 6, “Persons Obtaining Lawful Permanent Resident Status by Type and Major Class of Admission,” Department of Homeland Security.
There's the problem, you're comparing the overall immigration numbers for Canada to just the capped employment portion for the US. In addition, Canada isn't as accepting of illegal immigration (estimates of 35-120k in total there now), while the US adds 600k+ yearly.
> Immediate family of U.S. citizens. U.S. citizens can sponsor their spouses, unmarried children under age 21, and parents for a green card. This category does not have annual numerical limits.
> Family-sponsored preference visas. There are 226,000 green cards reserved each year for other categories of relatives. U.S. citizens can sponsor adult children and siblings, while green-card holders can sponsor their spouses and unmarried minor or adult children.
> The Employment Route. There are 140,000 green cards available each year for immigrants in five employment-based categories (formally known as “preferences”).
The Canadian numbers are number of new permanent residents, so the equivalent of new green card holders in the US, in all classes.
The US number is also the number of new permanent residents, however if my mistake was in fact that I excluded immediate family of citizens, then the number is 5X, not 10X. However, still, dramatic. I'll have to dig in more to make sure that's what I did.
[edit] Thanks for your help in figuring out my mistake!
I was likely neglecting the Immediate Relatives of US Citizens? Is that un-capped?
[1] https://www.stilt.com/blog/2020/03/visa-bulletin/
[2] https://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/immigratio...
[3] https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R45447
[4] https://www.congress.gov/116/crec/2020/05/12/modified/CREC-2...
And also, 2017 Yearbook of Immigration Statistics, Table 6, “Persons Obtaining Lawful Permanent Resident Status by Type and Major Class of Admission,” Department of Homeland Security.