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The three categories immigrants classify for immigration status are:

1. Independent class (Skilled persons)
2. Business Immigrants
3. Family Class

-www.canada-immigration.org

The top two reasons that Chinese immigrants leave their homeland are:

1. Economic Opportunity

2. Social Pressure

-http://usinfo.state.gov

Canada employs a multicultural approach to immigration strategy, but there is emphasis on cultural pluralism as outlined in The Multiculturalism Act of 1987.

-The Age of Migration by Stephen Castles and Mark J. Miller