Pathways to Prosperity: Canada

Canada’s immigrant service agencies and umbrella associations are facing major changes that will profoundly change the sector’s orientation, financing and organization. In the past, the sector’s response to such changes has been passive and adaptive. The Agency of the Future project is designed to help…

This study was undertaken as a partnership between South London Neighborhood Resource Centre and Western University, Faculty of Education. Our partnership is based on mutual respect as well as combined areas of expertise with a commitment to joint action as advocates for the interests of…

The settlement sector, across much of Canada, delivers programs on a fee-for-service basis financed by government.  This arrangement has resulted in chronic underinvestment by the sector in intellectual activities such as program research, analysis and evaluation. Service provider agencies generally lack the fiscal room to…

Le secteur de l’établissement, à travers quasiment tout le Canada, offre des programmes basés sur un système de frais de services, financé par le gouvernement. Cet arrangement a provoqué un sous-investissement chronique de la part du secteur dans des activités intellectuelles comme la recherche, l’analyse…

This report provides an overview of recent settlement outcomes of immigrants living in the four provinces of CIC’s new Western region. The report also offers comparisons of similarities and differences across the region, and suggests factors that may account for this variation.  It is hoped…

Ce rapport fournit une vue d’ensemble des récents résultats en matière d’établissement des immigrants vivant dans les quatre provinces de la nouvelle région Ouest de CIC. Ce rapport offre également des comparaisons sur les similarités et les différences dans cette région; et propose certains facteurs…

Highlights

• In 2012, there were 455,000 “recent” immigrants (who had arrived in the previous 5 years) and 294,000 “temporary residents” who were employed by firms in Canada.
• These recent arrivals represented 5% of paid employees working in Canada (3% were “recent” immigrants” and 2% were “temporary residents”).
• The shares were higher in the four western provinces and the shares are somewhat higher among smaller firms. Manitoba is an exception.
• Over the 2006 to 2012 period, these recent arrivals have grown in numbers (a growth of 1% per year for “recent” immigrants and a growth of 5% per year for “temporary residents”).
• The highest combined rates of growth have been in Saskatchewan. Manitoba is relatively higher in the growth of “recent” immigrants and Alberta is relatively higher in the growth of “temporary residents”.
• Rates of growth are generally (but not always) higher among smaller firms.