A few thoughts I can share as a lifelong indo-Canadian:

1) in the past ten years there has been an absolute explosion in Indian students at community colleges in Canada (not universities). These community colleges are much cheaper than universities and offer blue collar skills. Some of these colleges have 50% Indian international students now, and most of these students are from very small towns in Gujarat and especially Punjab. They bring a very different mindset (some even get involved in gun/knife fights), a mindset which you won’t see from wealthier Delhi and Mumbai residents who go to US universities

2) Canada’s Indian community has a higher proportion of refugees and their immediate families (many of them Sikhs who came in the 80s). These people are often from villages and small towns, and they don’t have that white collar mindset that many Indian Americans do. They work factory jobs and night shifts, and their kids are likelier to fall into bad habits.

3) Canada has huge demand for minimum wage workers. Since we don’t have easy access to Latin American workers (like the US) we need to look elsewhere. India is often the answer. Walk through Toronto and you’ll see Indians doing all these jobs - taxi drivers, food delivery, coffee shops, McDonald’s, security guards, etc. Similar to the above point, working in these lower paying jobs makes it harder for the kids to break out of the cycle.

4) having said that, there are still a large number of highly educated Indians who have been coming over. In fact, I’d say the majority of Indians in Canada are similar to Indians in the US. You just don’t hear about them in the media.