India has replaced China as the prime source of immigrants to Toronto, according to a new study that also shows Montreal has moved ahead of Vancouver as the second-most attractive metropolitan centre for newcomers to this country.

Experts have mixed opinions about the significance of the changes.

Some say they highlight trends, such as how a city's economic fortunes influence immigrant numbers, or how national economic uncertainty has meant a decline in Asian immigration to Canada and a drop in the usually high number of Chinese immigrants to this country's largest city.

But experts agree the report points to new ways of looking at immigration's growing economic and political impact.

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