Immigrants and non-permanent residents

Description: Using data from the Longitudinal Immigration Database, this article examines recent trends in the admission, retention and labour market outcomes of foreign postdoctoral fellows in Canada. Foreign postdoctoral fellows are identified as individuals whose first Canadian work permit was issued under the Labour Market Impact Assessment exemption code designated for postdoctoral appointments within the International Mobility Program (IMP). Their outcomes are compared with those of other IMP work permit holders, Temporary Foreign Worker Program participants and immigrants who entered Canada directly as permanent residents.

Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin

Description: Components of international migratory increase, quarterly: immigrants, emigrants, returning emigrants, net temporary emigrants, net non-permanent residents.

Description: This table provides quarterly estimates of the number of non-permanent residents by type for Canada, provinces and territories.

Description: This interactive dashboard allows the user to visualize the components of international migration and how they have changed over time for Canada, the provinces and territories. The dashboard shows the number, the proportion relative to Canada, and the rate of each migration component (net international migration, immigrants, net non-permanent residents, and net emigration). The user can view the data for Canada or select a province or territory of interest as well as the reference period.

Description: This interactive dashboard allows the user to visualize estimates of the number of non-permanent residents (NPRs) by type and how they have changed over time for Canada, the provinces and territories. The dashboard shows estimates of the total number of NPRs, the proportion of NPRs in the population, the distribution of NPRs by type, as well as their provincial and territorial distribution. The user can view data for Canada or select a province or territory of interest based on the chosen NPR type and reference period.

Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin

Description: Number of persons in the labour force (employment and unemployment) and not in the labour force, unemployment rate, participation rate, and employment rate, by gender, age group and immigrant status, three-month moving average, unadjusted for seasonality.

Description: Number of immigrants in the labour force (employment and unemployment) and not in the labour force, unemployment rate, participation rate, and employment rate, by gender, age group, and country of birth, three-month moving average, unadjusted for seasonality.

Description: This article examines trades certification outcomes from 2008 to 2023 among apprentices who were childhood immigrants, compared with their Canadian-born counterparts, across eight registration cohorts (2008 to 2015).

Description: Components of international migratory increase, quarterly: immigrants, emigrants, returning emigrants, net temporary emigrants, net non-permanent residents.

Description: This table provides quarterly estimates of the number of non-permanent residents by type for Canada, provinces and territories.

Description: This interactive dashboard allows the user to visualize the components of international migration and how they have changed over time for Canada, the provinces and territories. The dashboard shows the number, the proportion relative to Canada, and the rate of each migration component (net international migration, immigrants, net non-permanent residents, and net emigration). The user can view the data for Canada or select a province or territory of interest as well as the reference period.

Description: This interactive dashboard allows the user to visualize estimates of the number of non-permanent residents (NPRs) by type and how they have changed over time for Canada, the provinces and territories. The dashboard shows estimates of the total number of NPRs, the proportion of NPRs in the population, the distribution of NPRs by type, as well as their provincial and territorial distribution. The user can view data for Canada or select a province or territory of interest based on the chosen NPR type and reference period.

Description: Number of persons in the labour force (employment and unemployment) and not in the labour force, unemployment rate, participation rate, and employment rate, by gender, age group and immigrant status, three-month moving average, unadjusted for seasonality.

Description: Number of immigrants in the labour force (employment and unemployment) and not in the labour force, unemployment rate, participation rate, and employment rate, by gender, age group, and country of birth, three-month moving average, unadjusted for seasonality.

Description: This table provides the number of temporary foreign workers, the number of jobs filled by temporary foreign workers and the number of operations with at least one temporary foreign worker in the agriculture et agri-food sectors, by industry in Canada and in the provinces.

Description: This table provides the number of temporary foreign workers, the number of jobs filled by temporary foreign workers and the number of operations with at least one temporary foreign worker in the agriculture sector, by category of farm revenue in Canada. A breakdown by the following farm revenue categories is available: Less than $100,000, $100,000 to $249,999, $250,000 to $499,999, $500,000 to $999,999, $1,000,000 to $1,999,999 and $2,000,000 and over.

Description: This table provides the number of temporary foreign workers in Canada and in provinces by their country of citizenship.

Description: Components of population change by census metropolitan area and census agglomeration, single year of age, five-year age group and gender for the period from July 1 to June 30, annual, based on the Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) 2021. The components include births, deaths, immigrants, net emigration, emigrants, returning emigrants, net temporary emigration, net interprovincial migration, net intraprovincial migration, net non-permanent residents and residual deviation.

Description: Using data from the Longitudinal Immigration Database, this article examines recent trends in the admission, retention and labour market outcomes of foreign postdoctoral fellows in Canada. Foreign postdoctoral fellows are identified as individuals whose first Canadian work permit was issued under the Labour Market Impact Assessment exemption code designated for postdoctoral appointments within the International Mobility Program (IMP). Their outcomes are compared with those of other IMP work permit holders, Temporary Foreign Worker Program participants and immigrants who entered Canada directly as permanent residents.

Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin

Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin

Description: This article examines trades certification outcomes from 2008 to 2023 among apprentices who were childhood immigrants, compared with their Canadian-born counterparts, across eight registration cohorts (2008 to 2015).

Description: This article provides a broad assessment of occupational match and associated earnings outcomes among immigrants admitted to Canada from 2010 to 2020. Using linked data from the Longitudinal Immigration Database and the 2021 Census, the study examines the extent to which recent immigrants work in occupations aligned with their intended occupation at admission, identifies the characteristics associated with occupational match, and analyzes the earnings implications of matching versus not matching into intended occupations.

Description: Statistics Canada acquired Entry and Exit data from the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA). This data could enable many development projects related to demographic estimates. This report discusses the potential of this new source of data to refine the measurement of some of the demographic estimates program’s components.

Description: In recent years, the entry earnings of newly admitted immigrants to Canada have exhibited substantial year-to-year fluctuations. Notably, first-year earnings increased by 21% for the 2020 admission cohort relative to the previous cohort and by 11% for the 2021 cohort, followed by a 13% decline for the 2022 cohort—despite a continued modest rise in the median wage among all Canadian workers. This article examines the extent to which these fluctuations reflect changes in immigrant selection and broader labour market conditions. Using data from the Longitudinal Immigration Database, the analysis focuses on admission cohorts from 2015 to 2022 and measures earnings (annual wages or salaries) in immigrants’ first full calendar year after admission.

Description: The experience of loneliness is not evenly distributed in the population but disproportionately affects certain social groups. For example, persons with disabilities have a greater risk of loneliness than persons without disabilities and immigrants have a greater risk of loneliness than Canadian-born persons. This study examines how differences in the experience of loneliness between immigrants and Canadian-born persons with disabilities emerge in the context of socioeconomic participation (employment and school attendance) and socioeconomic deprivation (food insecurity, core housing need, low-income status), using data from the 2022 Canadian Survey on Disability.

Description: This study uses data from the 2024 Survey on Health Care Access and Experiences – Primary and Specialist Care to analyze the prevalence of having a regular health care provider among immigrants and non-immigrants. Specifically, the study examines differences in access between recent immigrants, established immigrants and non-immigrants, and how these patterns vary by demographic and socioeconomic factors.

Description: The article examines the prevalence of having a regular health care provider (RHCP) among the seven largest racialized groups in Canada. Specifically, using data from the 2024 Canadian Community Health Survey, the article shows how the proportion of people who have an RHCP differs between and within the racialized populations and the non-racialized and non-Indigenous population and varies across racialized groups based on demographic characteristics, such as gender, age, immigrant status, immigration period and provincial region.

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The Longitudinal Immigration Database (IMDB) is a comprehensive source of data that plays a key role in the understanding of the economic behaviour of immigrants. It is the only annual Canadian dataset that allows users to study the characteristics of immigrants to Canada at the time of admission and their economic outcomes and regional (inter-provincial) mobility over a time span of more than 30 years. The IMDB combines administrative files on immigrant admissions and non-permanent resident permits from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) with tax files from the Canadian Revenue Agency (CRA). Information is available for immigrant taxfilers admitted since 1980. Tax records for 1982 and subsequent years are available for immigrant taxfilers. This report will discuss the IMDB data sources, concepts and variables, record linkage, data processing, dissemination, data evaluation and quality indicators, comparability with other immigration datasets, and the analyses possible with the IMDB.

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The Longitudinal Immigration Database (IMDB) is a comprehensive source of data that plays a key role in the understanding of the economic behaviour of immigrants. It is the only annual Canadian dataset that allows users to study the characteristics of immigrants to Canada at the time of admission and their economic outcomes and regional (inter-provincial) mobility over a time span of more than 30 years. The IMDB combines administrative files on immigrant admissions and non-permanent resident permits from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) with tax files from the Canadian Revenue Agency (CRA). Information is available for immigrant taxfilers admitted since 1980. Tax records for 1982 and subsequent years are available for immigrant taxfilers.

This report will discuss the IMDB data sources, concepts and variables, record linkage, data processing, dissemination, data evaluation and quality indicators, comparability with other immigration datasets, and the analyses possible with the IMDB.

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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.

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

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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, data quality and historical comparability. Additional information will be included for specific variables to help general users better understand the concepts and questions used in the census.

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

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.

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This activity focuses on the contribution of immigrants to Canadian agriculture, highlighting which countries they come from and why, and what types of farms they prefer.

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The Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada (LSIC), conducted jointly by Statistics Canada and Citizenship and Immigration Canada under the Policy Research Initiative, is a comprehensive survey designed to study the process by which new immigrants adapt to Canadian society. About 12,000 immigrants aged 15 and older who arrived in Canada from abroad between October 2000 and September 2001 were interviewed. By late 2005, when all three waves of interviews will have been completed, the survey will provide a better understanding of how the settlement process unfolds for new immigrants.

The results of this survey will provide valuable information on how immigrants are meeting various challenges associated with integration and what resources are most helpful to their settlement in Canada. The main topics being investigated include housing, education, foreign credentials recognition, employment, income, the development and use of social networks, language skills, health, values and attitudes, and satisfaction with the settlement experience.

Description: The Longitudinal Administrative Databank (LAD) is a longitudinal file designed as a research tool on income and demographics.