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| Compared to your situation two years after arriving in Canada, material well-being / quality of life four years after arrival is … | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Better | Same | Worse | Total | |
| % | ||||
| All immigrants | ||||
| Material well-being (e.g. car, home, disposable income) | 55.5 |
39.0 |
5.6 |
100.0 |
| Quality of life (e.g. safety, freedom, pollution) | 44.3 |
52.5 |
3.2 |
100.0 |
| Economic immigrants | ||||
| Material well-being (e.g. car, home, disposable income) | 57.2 |
37.0 |
5.8 |
100.0 |
| Quality of life (e.g. safety, freedom, pollution) | 44.5 |
52.2 |
3.3 |
100.0 |
| Family class immigrants | ||||
| Material well-being (e.g. car, home, disposable income) | 51.1 |
44.0 |
4.9 |
100.0 |
| Quality of life (e.g. safety, freedom, pollution) | 42.8 |
53.9 |
3.3 |
100.0 |
| Refugees | ||||
| Material well-being (e.g. car, home, disposable income) | 54.9 |
38.9 |
6.2 |
100.0 |
| Quality of life (e.g. safety, freedom, pollution) | 48.7 |
49.3 |
2.0E |
100.0 |
| Due to rounding, percentages may not add up exactly to 100%. | ||||
| Source: Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada, 2005 | ||||