FactSheet: Immigrants – Earnings by Level of Education


Highlights

  • Immigrants with a university degree are less likely to be employed than Canadian-born individuals with a university degree.
  • Among employed immigrants, the earnings gap is larger for individuals with a university degree.
  • For immigrants with a university degree who are employed, the earnings gap is larger for recent arrivals.
  • For both males and females with a university degree, the earnings gap of immigrants, compared to the Canadian born, is over 30% for those who arrived after 2001.