Table 2
Associations between changes in immigrant composition and changes in low-income rates among recent immigrants (living in Canada for 5 years or less)

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Table 2
Associations between changes in immigrant composition and changes in low-income rates among recent immigrants (living in Canada for 5 years or less)
Table summary
This table displays the results of Associations between changes in immigrant composition and changes in low-income rates among recent immigrants (living in Canada for 5 years or less) Time 1
low-income rate, Time 2
low-income rate, Change in rate, Change in rates associated with, Changes in immigrant composition, Changes in regression coefficients, Joint change, Total, Admission class, Education, Language, Source region and Age, family structure, calculated using percent and percentage points units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  Time 1
low-income rate		 Time 2
low-income rate		 Change in rate Change in rates associated with
Changes in immigrant composition Changes in regression coefficients Joint changeNote 1
Total Admission class Education Language Source region Age, family structure
percent percentage points
1995 to 2000  
Canada 45.7 39.4 -6.3 -1.9 -0.3 -1.3 -0.1 0.6 -0.9 -4.9 0.6
Atlantic region 40.2 38.9 -1.3 -0.2 -0.5 -1.3 1.3 1.1 -0.8 -4.3 3.2
Quebec 51.8 41.5 -10.3 -2.7 0.5 -1.4 -0.2 -1.0 -0.6 -7.8 0.2
Ontario 47.4 39.7 -7.7 -2.1 -0.5 -1.9 0.0 1.3 -1.1 -6.3 0.7
Manitoba 36.2 27.8 -8.4 -1.9 0.1 -1.9 -0.1 1.1 -1.1 -7.6 1.2
Saskatchewan 37.7 31.2 -6.5 -3.3 -1.3 -0.7 -0.2 -0.4 -0.6 -2.6 -0.7
Alberta 50.1 36.5 -13.6 -2.9 -0.5 -1.6 -0.1 0.7 -1.3 -11.4 0.7
British Columbia 45.4 46.6 1.2 -2.0 -1.5 -0.6 -0.1 0.6 -0.4 1.6 1.6
Montréal 53.9 42.7 -11.3 -2.7 0.5 -1.5 -0.2 -1.0 -0.5 -8.4 -0.1
Toronto 46.8 39.0 -7.8 -1.8 -0.3 -1.7 0.0 1.4 -1.1 -6.5 0.5
Vancouver 47.2 48.0 0.8 -2.3 -1.8 -0.5 -0.2 0.5 -0.4 1.6 1.5
Next five largest census metropolitan areas 53.0 40.0 -13.1 -3.5 -0.8 -2.3 0.0 0.8 -1.2 -9.9 0.4
Other census metropolitan areas 44.4 40.1 -4.3 -1.4 -0.3 -1.4 0.2 1.1 -1.0 -4.6 1.7
2000 to 2010  
Canada 39.4 31.9 -7.5 -2.5 -0.2 -1.0 -0.4 -0.7 -0.3 -4.2 -0.8
Atlantic region 38.9 28.8 -10.1 -4.6 -3.0 0.2 -0.7 -1.2 0.0 -8.8 3.4
Quebec 41.5 31.3 -10.2 -4.2 -1.3 -1.5 -0.4 -0.4 -0.5 -8.0 2.0
Ontario 39.7 38.8 -0.8 -0.6 0.2 -0.8 -0.2 0.2 0.1 0.3 -0.5
Manitoba 27.8 16.3 -11.6 -2.1 0.8 -1.1 0.4 -1.2 -1.0 -3.8 -5.7
Saskatchewan 31.2 14.7 -16.5 -5.0 -1.8 0.3 0.5 -3.5 -0.6 -12.6 0.9
Alberta 36.5 22.1 -14.4 -5.1 -2.7 -1.5 0.0 -0.5 -0.4 -10.5 1.2
British Columbia 46.6 33.2 -13.5 -1.4 2.4 -0.9 -0.9 -1.9 -0.2 -9.2 -2.8
Montréal 42.7 33.0 -9.6 -4.8 -1.5 -1.7 -0.5 -0.5 -0.7 -7.2 2.4
Toronto 39.0 38.5 -0.4 -0.7 0.2 -0.8 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.6 -0.3
Vancouver 48.0 35.6 -12.4 -1.2 2.2 -0.9 -0.5 -1.8 -0.2 -8.7 -2.5
Next five largest census metropolitan areas 40.0 28.8 -11.1 -4.3 -2.2 -1.3 -0.6 0.0 -0.2 -7.1 0.2
Other census metropolitan areas 40.1 33.8 -6.3 -1.4 -0.7 -0.9 -0.8 0.8 0.1 -2.9 -2.1
Note 1.

The joint change is the product of changes in immigrant characteristics and changes in the regression coefficient associated with each characteristic.

Return to note 1 referrer

Note: For the earlier period (1995 to 2000), "time 1" is 1995 and "time 2" is 2000; for the later period (2000 to 2010), "time 1" is 2000 and "time 2" is 2010.
Source: Statistics Canada, Longitudinal Administrative Databank.
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