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Proportion of adult immigrants admitted from 2016 to 2020 who accessed federally funded settlement services, by type of services and immigration category

Total Other Refugee Sponsored family Economic dependant Economic principal applicant 0 20 40 60 80 100 % Community connectionsCommunity connections Employment relatedEmployment related Language trainingLanguage training Needs assessment and referralsNeeds assessment and referrals Information and orientationInformation and orientation Accessed at least one type of servicesAccessed at least one type of services
Note(s):
Services provided in Canada up to April 2021 were included in the analysis. Immigrants admitted at age 18 or older were included in the analysis. Immigrants indicating Quebec as the intended destination province were excluded from the analysis. There were in total 952,475 immigrants in the analysis, including 349,525 economic principal applicants, 181,300 economic dependents, 296,725 family sponsored immigrants, 113,390 refugees and 11,535 other immigrants.
Source(s):
2020 Longitudinal Immigration Database settlement services module (5057).

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This is a bar clustered chart.

Proportion of adult immigrants admitted from 2016 to 2020 who accessed federally funded settlement services, by type of services and immigration category, %
  Community connections Employment related Language training Needs assessment and referrals Information and orientation Accessed at least one type of services
Total 8.3 10.2 13.4 30.4 40.4 46.3
Other 4.8 4.5 8.5 29.4 34.5 4.1
Refugee 29.8 25.0 46.8 77.3 84.5 89.4
Sponsored family 4.8 5.9 13.4 22.2 32.9 40.4
Economic dependant 8.0 11.7 11.1 31.8 44.1 51.0
Economic principal applicant 4.7 8.5 3.9 21.5 30.7 35.2
Note(s):
Services provided in Canada up to April 2021 were included in the analysis. Immigrants admitted at age 18 or older were included in the analysis. Immigrants indicating Quebec as the intended destination province were excluded from the analysis. There were in total 952,475 immigrants in the analysis, including 349,525 economic principal applicants, 181,300 economic dependents, 296,725 family sponsored immigrants, 113,390 refugees and 11,535 other immigrants.
Source(s):
2020 Longitudinal Immigration Database settlement services module (5057).
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