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  • 1. Introduction to place of birth, citizenship and immigration, 2021 Census of Population
    Stats in brief: 98-20-00032021025
    Description:

    This video is designed to give you a basic understanding of the Place of birth, Citizenship and Immigration concepts as well as the importance of collecting data on these topics. You will also learn about other derived concepts such as generation status, immigration status, admissions category, applicant type, year of immigration, age at immigration, year of arrival, pre-admission experience and province or territory of intended destination. Data on these are used to evaluate policies and programs and compare social and economic conditions of immigrants over time.

    Release date: 2022-11-09
  • 2. Immigrants make up the largest share of the population in over 150 years and continue to shape who we are as Canadians
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202229932992
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2022-10-26
  • 3. Population projections on immigration and diversity for Canada and its regions, 2016 to 2041: Overview of projection assumptions and scenarios
    Articles and reports: 17-20-00012022001
    Description:

    This document briefly describes the assumptions and scenarios that were selected for the population projections for Canada and its regions on the themes of immigration and diversity for the period 2016 to 2041, produced using the Demosim microsimulation projection model.

    Release date: 2022-09-08
  • 4. Canada in 2041: A larger, more diverse population with greater differences between regions
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202225134743
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2022-09-08
  • 5. A sociodemographic profile of Ukrainian-Canadians
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202200400003
    Description:

    The existing Ukrainian-Canadian communities will play an important role in helping the settlement of Ukrainians displaced by the Russian invasion. This article compares the Ukrainian-Canadian population to Canada's national population using the 2016 Census of Population. The findings provide information on current Ukrainian-Canadians, including their geographic distribution, demographic, employment, and economic profiles.

    Release date: 2022-04-28
  • 6. Provincial variations in birth outcomes according to maternal country of birth, 2000 to 2016
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202000400002
    Description:

    The objectives of this study are to describe recent provincial trends in the proportion of births to immigrant mothers and to determine whether disparities in birth outcomes according to immigrant maternal birthplace vary across the provinces. Statistics Canada's Vital Statistics-Birth Database (2000 to 2016) was used to extract 5,831,580 records on live births for the analyses.

    Release date: 2020-06-24
  • 7. Are Refugees More Likely to Leave Initial Destinations than Economic Immigrants? Recent Evidence from Canadian Longitudinal Administrative Data
    Articles and reports: 11F0019M2020004
    Description:

    Unlike economic and family class immigrants, who mostly make their own choice about where to settle in Canada, the initial geographic location of refugees is strongly influenced by government resettlement programs. Government-assisted refugees (GARs) are assigned to one of many designated communities based on a pre-approved regional quota of refugee allocation and the match between a refugee’s needs and community resources. Privately sponsored refugees (PSRs) are received by their sponsors, who are scattered across the country. While previous research suggests that refugees, especially GARs, are more likely to undertake secondary migration than other immigrants, no large-scale quantitative study has compared the rates of departure from initial destination cities for different immigrant categories in the long term. This study compares long-term secondary migration in Canada by immigrant admission category, with a focus on the size of the initial city of settlement.

    Release date: 2020-01-28
  • 8. Study: Are refugees more likely to leave initial destinations than economic immigrants? Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202002821947
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2020-01-28
  • 9. Temporary Foreign Workers in the Canadian Labour Force: Open Versus Employer-specific Work Permits
    Articles and reports: 11-626-X2019016
    Description:

    This Economic Insights article compares the labour force participation of temporary foreign workers with open work permits and employer-specific work permits in terms of their level of labour market engagement in Canada, their distribution by province and industry, and the duration of temporary residence status and rate of transition to permanent residency.

    Release date: 2019-11-18
  • 10. Study: Temporary foreign workers in the Canadian labour force: Open versus employer-specific work permits Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X201932221603
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2019-11-18
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  • 1. Place of Birth, Generation Status, Citizenship and Immigration Reference Guide, National Household Survey, 2011 Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 99-010-X2011008
    Description:

    This reference guide provides information that enables users to effectively use, apply and interpret data from the 2011 National Household Survey (NHS). This guide contains definitions and explanations of concepts, classifications, data quality and comparability to other sources. Additional information is included for specific variables to help general users better understand the concepts and questions used in the NHS.

    Release date: 2013-05-08
  • 2. Place of Birth, Generation Status, Citizenship and Immigration Reference Guide, 2006 Census Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 97-557-P2006003
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This guide focuses on the following demographic variables: Place of birth, Generation status, Citizenship and Immigration.

    Provides information that enables users to effectively use, apply and interpret data from the 2006 Census. Each guide contains definitions and explanations on census concepts. Additional information will be included for specific variables to help general users better understand the concepts and questions used in the census.

    Release date: 2008-01-09
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