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  • 1. Economic outcomes of taxfiling immigrants admitted as children compared to Canadian taxfilers by age at taxation in 2021
    Table: 43-10-0075-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: 2021 economic outcomes of taxfiling immigrants admitted between 0 and 14 years of age compared to Canadian taxfilers by age at taxation, sex, admission category, period of admission, age group at admission, and low income duration during first 4 years after admission, for Canada and provinces.
    Release date: 2024-04-09
  • 2. Provincial variation in the retention rates of immigrants 2022
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202404537977
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2024-02-14
  • 3. Longitudinal Immigration Database (IMDB) Interactive Application: Mobility
    Data Visualization: 71-607-X2019033
    Description: Immigrant Mobility by Geography of admission, Geography of residence, Immigrant mobility indicators, Age groups and sex at taxation year, Pre-admission experience, Knowledge of official languages at admission, Immigrant admission category, and admission year.
    Release date: 2024-02-14
  • 4. Emigration of Immigrants: Results from the Longitudinal Immigration Database
    Articles and reports: 91F0015M2024002
    Description: This paper examines the emigration of immigrants using the Longitudinal Immigration Database (IMDB). An indirect definition of emigration is proposed that leverages the information available in the IMDB. This study found that emigration of immigrants is a significant phenomenon. Certain characteristics of immigrants, such as having children, admission category and country of birth, have a strong correlation with emigration.
    Release date: 2024-02-02
  • 5. The continued impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic: Variations in the economic integration of new immigrants
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202402237898
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2024-01-22
  • 6. Longitudinal Immigration Database (IMDB) Technical Report, 2022
    Articles and reports: 11-633-X2024001
    Description: 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 35 years.
    Release date: 2024-01-22
  • 7. Longitudinal Immigration Database (IMDB) Interactive Application: Economic Outcomes
    Data Visualization: 71-607-X2019003
    Description: Immigrant Income, by sex, pre-landing experience, immigrant admission category, knowledge of official languages at admission, years since landing and landing year, for Canada and provinces.
    Release date: 2024-01-22
  • 8. Interprovincial migration of immigrant taxfilers, by admission year and tax year, for Canada and provinces
    Table: 43-10-0017-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    Interprovincial migration of immigrant taxfilers, by province of intended destination, province of residence, age group at taxation year by sex, pre-admission experience, knowledge of official languages, immigrant admission category, admission year and tax year, for Canada and provinces.

    Release date: 2024-01-22
  • 9. Interprovincial migration of immigrant taxfilers, by pre-admission experience and tax year, for Canada and provinces
    Table: 43-10-0018-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    Interprovincial migration of immigrant taxfilers, by age group at taxation year by sex, knowledge of official languages, immigrant admission category, pre-admission experience, admission year and tax year, for Canada and provinces.

    Release date: 2024-01-22
  • 10. Mobility of immigrant taxfilers by census metropolitan areas and tax year
    Table: 43-10-0022-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    Immigrant mobility, by age and sex, knowledge of official languages at admission, pre-admission experience, immigrant admission category, admission year and tax year, for Canada, provinces and census metropolitan areas.

    Release date: 2024-01-22
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  • 21. Profile of immigrants in nursing and health care support occupations
    Articles and reports: 75-006-X202100100004
    Description:

    This study is based on data from the Census of Population and the Longitudinal Immigration Database to provide a profile of immigrants in nursing and health care support occupations. It also examines the representation of immigrants in nursing and health care support occupations by intended occupation upon admission to Canada and by admission category. Lastly, it examines the professional integration of immigrants who completed their nursing education both in and outside Canada.

    Release date: 2021-05-28
  • 22. Immigrants to Canada: Income trajectories and regions of settlement, 1987 to 2017 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2021024
    Description:

    This infographic discusses changes in immigrants wages one year after admission from 1987 to 2017 and how immigrants income increases as they gain experience in Canada. There is also a discussion about the regions of settlement of immigrants.

    Release date: 2021-03-22
  • 23. Income and mobility of immigrants 2018 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X20210326423
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2021-02-01
  • 24. Immigration and Firm Productivity: Evidence from the Canadian Employer-Employee Dynamics Database
    Articles and reports: 11F0019M2020014
    Description:

    Previous studies on the impact of immigration on productivity in developed countries remain inconclusive, and most analyses are abstracted from firms where production actually takes place. This study examines the empirical relationship between immigration and firm-level productivity in Canada. It uses a data file derived from linking the Canadian Employer-Employee Dynamics Database that tracks firms over time with the Longitudinal Immigration Data file (IMDB) that includes sociodemographic characteristics at landing for immigrants who arrived in Canada after 1980.

    Release date: 2020-09-14
  • 25. The mental health of immigrants and refugees: Canadian evidence from a nationally linked database
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202000800001
    Description:

    This study fills this gap by examining the self-reported mental health (SRMH) of immigrants by admission category and other immigration dimensions (e.g., source world region and duration since landing) and making comparisons with Canadian-born respondents to a population-based survey.

    Release date: 2020-08-19
  • 26. 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
  • 27. Study: The long-term economic outcomes of refugee private sponsorship Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202001321485
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2020-01-13
  • 28. The role of social capital and ethnocultural characteristics in the employment income of immigrants over time
    Articles and reports: 75-006-X201900100009
    Description:

    This study examines the impact of social capital and ethnocultural characteristics on the evolution of employment income of a cohort of immigrants who arrived in Canada in 2001, based on two linked datasets: the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada (LSIC) and the Longitudinal Immigration Database (IMDB). The study examines the employment income of this cohort in their first 15 years in Canada (i.e., from 2002 to 2016).

    Release date: 2019-06-19
  • 29. Study: The role of social capital and ethnocultural characteristics in the employment income of immigrants over time Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X201917020483
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2019-06-19
  • 30. Asylum Claimants
    Articles and reports: 89-28-0001201800100013
    Description:

    This Just the Facts on asylum claimants provides more details on the number of asylum claimants in Canada, their characteristics and their outcomes after arrival.

    Release date: 2019-05-17
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  • 1. Longitudinal Immigration Database (IMDB) Technical Report, 2019 Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 11-633-X2021002
    Description:

    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 35 years. The IMDB includes Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) administrative records which contain exhaustive information about immigrants who were admitted to Canada since 1952. It also includes data about non-permanent residents who have been issued temporary resident permits since 1980. 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.

    Release date: 2021-02-01
  • 2. Longitudinal Immigration Database (IMDB) Technical Report, 2018 Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 11-633-X2019005
    Description:

    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 35 years. The IMDB includes Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) administrative records which contain exhaustive information about immigrants who were admitted to Canada since 1952. It also includes data about non-permanent residents who have been issued temporary resident permits since 1980. 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.

    The IMDB was released in stages. The sections 2.2 and 7 of this report were revised to take the updates into account.

    Release date: 2020-07-20
  • 3. Longitudinal Immigration Database (IMDB) Technical Report, 2014 Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 11-633-X2017007
    Description:

    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.

    Release date: 2017-06-16
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