british columbians are particularly likely to go overseas, more than twice as likely as an ontarian, and five times more likely as a quebecer, according to a 2007 survey by "the vancouver sun". many of these are hong kong returnees; the so-called "astronauts" or "yacht people" who moved to vancouver from hong kong in the 1980s and 90s, but later returned. however, two-thirds of canadians overseas (in 2007) were canadian-born, outnumbering returning immigrants.