Claire Wilson for Business In Vancouver writes, “as Canada aims to welcome 465,000 new permanent residents in 2023, B.C. is grappling with the question of not only where they will live, but how to factor record national immigration levels into an existing housing crisis. British Columbia absorbs, on average, roughly 20 per cent of new full-time residents to Canada each year, according to David Lee, director of employment, language and social enterprise with MOSAIC, a non-profit settlement services organization. Lee says that it is important to consider not only the high levels of immigration to B.C., but the existing housing needs of current residents.