An obscure gardener died in a small town.  His name was Hubert Bales, and he was one of the shyest men around.  When he talked, he squirmed, blinked his eyes rapidly and smiled nervously.  Hubert never ran in influential circles.  He grew shrubs and trees, working with his hands the plot of land left by his father.  He was anything but an extrovert.  Yet when Hubert died, his funeral was the largest in the history of the little town.  There were so many people that they filled even the balcony of the church.

Why did such a shy man win the hearts of so many people?  Simply because, for all his shyness, Hubert knew how to make friends.  He had mastered the principles of caring, and for more than 60 years he had put people first.  Perhaps because they recognized that his friendliness was an extra effort for someone so reserved, people loved him back.  By the hundreds.
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21.9 % of Canadians are immigrants, the highest percentage in 85 years. Statistics Canada estimates that immigrants could represent up to 30% of new Canadians by 2036.


See more at: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/census-2016-immigration-1.4368970