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Brain drain and brain gain -- The migration of knowledge workers into and out of Canada.

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During the 1990s, Canada suffered a net loss of skilled workers to the United States in several key knowledge-based occupations, according to an analysis of the migration of knowledge workers into and out of Canada.

The magnitude of the loss was relatively small - about 0.1% of all taxfilers in 1996, and less than 1% of the stock of workers in any specific knowledge occupation.

Even so, the number of people leaving Canada for the United States and other countries grew steadily during the 1990s. In addition, these individuals tended to be better-educated than the population as a whole, and they were higher-income earners and individuals of prime working age.

While evidence indicates that Canada suffers from a brain drain to the United States, the issue is far more complex than first appears. Losses of highly skilled workers to the United States accelerated during the 1990s, but so too did the influx of highly skilled workers into Canada…

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