As the war in Ukraine enters a second year, many Ukrainian newcomers are assessing whether they should focus on establishing a life in Canada, hope to return to Ukraine one day, or move to another country entirely.
Yuliia Kleban remembers waking up to a message from her manager on Feb. 24, 2022, telling her Russia had started invading her country.
The 37-year-old said she decided to apply to come to Canada to stay with extended family in Barrie, Ont., when Ottawa announced its special visa program for Ukrainians last March. Ihor Michalchyshyn, the executive director of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress – a non-profit umbrella organization of Ukrainian Canadian organizations – said Ukrainian newcomers are trying to figure out what path might work best for them in the future."As people fled a year ago, they thought they would be able to go back in a couple of weeks and then it turned into a couple of months and now it's a year, right? And so I think none of us know.
Almost 1.4 million people, or four per cent of Canada's population, said at least one of their ethnic origins is Ukrainian in the 2016 census.
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