A new research report revealed education, rather than investment or immigration, as the biggest reason Chinese buyers look to purchase homes in Canada’s largest cities.

The joint report, published by Sotheby’s International Realty Canada and Chinese international property portal juwai.com, said ‘education’ was the biggest motivator for buying property in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal with ‘own use’ as the second-most cited reason.

The report revealed Toronto as the top city of interest, followed by Vancouver, with Toronto receiving more property inquiries than Vancouver, Montreal, Calgary and Ottawa combined. Canada was among the most popular countries for Chinese buyers, only behind the United States and Australia.

“Whether it’s a unit that’s solely for the purposes of the children going to school or if it is for extended family members to be with the children as they go to school, those have come out as the primary reasons for people looking to those markets,” Brad Henderson, CEO of Sotheby’s, told BNN in an interview.

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