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Statistics Canada - Government of Canada
Table 15  The degree to which expectations about life in Canada were met after four years, by immigrant category
  Total Economic Family Refugee
%
Better than expected… remained high
21.1
15.3
32.2
33.0
About what expected... remained the same
16.0
17.0
14.7
11.8
Worse than or about what expected… but improved
28.8
31.2
23.5
26.8
Worse than expected… remained low
11.0
14.4
3.8
6.0
Better than or about what expected… but declined
23.1
22.1
25.8
22.3
Total
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
Due to rounding, percentages may not add up exactly to 100%.
Source: Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada, 2005