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Federal public servants warned the government that large increases in immigration could affect housing affordability and services.

Documents obtained by The Canadian Press through an access-to-information request show Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada analyzed the potential effects immigration would have on the economy, housing and services as it prepared its immigration targets for 2023-2025.

The deputy minister, among others, was warned in 2022 that housing construction had not kept up with the pace of population growth.