Pathways to Prosperity: Quebec

Highlights

• In 2012, the census division (CD) with the highest level of immigrant arrivals per capita was the CD of Montreal (1.9% of its total population).
• From 2007 to 2012, the highest rate of increase in immigrant arrivals was in Saskatchewan CD 13 (which includes Assiniboia), with an average increase of 54% per year over this period.

Creating trust in persons and institutions is a central goal of welcoming communities across Canada.  It is particularly relevant in the case of new Christian and non-Christian religious minorities who may experience discrimination and impediments to their religious practices.  A recent report produced by Fernando…

Examining the possibilities for international students and foreign graduates to settle in Atlantic Canada, this new study seeks to do three thing: to better understand the strategic initiatives and the practices that are implemented in this region of the country to attract and integrate these…

Highlights

• For the 12 months ending December, 2012, 76.5% of landed immigrants (25 to 54 years of age) were employed.
• This is 6.8 percentage points lower than the employment rate for the Canadian born.
• The gap in the employment rate widened, but only slightly, during the economic downturn.
• Most of the overall gap is due to a higher gap for women than for men.

Faits saillants

• Pour les 12 derniers mois jusqu’à décembre 2012, 76,5% des immigrants reçus (âgés entre 25 et 54 ans) occupaient un emploi.
• Ce taux est 6,8% plus bas que le taux d’emploi des citoyens canadiens de naissance.
• L’écart entre ces deux taux d’emploi s’est accru, mais très légèrement, pendant le ralentissement économique.
• Une grande partie de cet écart est dû à un plus grand écart pour les femmes que pour les hommes.

This report reviews research on the factors shaping the economic and social integration outcomes of permanent immigrants to Canada. The impact of source country/region and immigration class are of principal interest, but the effects of secondary explanatory variables, including, but not limited to, education, gender, age, and language…

Immigrant attraction to small communities is a growing reality in Canada as a result of the recent regionalisation, “marketisation” and decentralisation of immigration policy. These changes have increased the influence of local actors – municipalities, employers, and community members – in the immigrant attraction and…