A new survey shows that the high cost of housing is causing nearly 40 percent of the country's new immigrants to consider moving to another province or even out of the country altogether.

Respondents to an Angus Reid poll say they are most likely to move to Alberta if they were to leave the province they are in now.

"In Toronto and Vancouver, there is a long-term risk of a mass exodus of new immigrants and a loss of labor," the survey said. "Immigrants leave their country in search of the Canadian dream, but many of those who have entered this country in recent years have not reached a dream but rather a nightmare."

But it is not only new immigrants who are ready to move to another city or province to solve their housing problem. The survey found that among all Canadians, 28 percent are seriously considering leaving their province because of the high cost of housing.

Among those considering moving from their current state, 15 percent said they would move to the United States, while 28 percent said they would move to a country other than the United States.

The survey found that 45 percent of those considering moving would go elsewhere in Canada, with 18 percent saying they were considering Alberta, 10 percent to Atlantic Canada, 6 percent to British Columbia, 4 percent to Ontario and 2% think Saskatchewan or Quebec.

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