How to use this application
Introduction Page
This dashboard visualizes economic outcomes data derived from the Longitudinal Immigration Database (IMDB).
The IMDB combines administrative files on immigrant admissions from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) with tax files from the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). For more information on the IMDB, please refer to the IMDB Technical Report.
The IMDB is the result of a partnership between Statistics Canada, IRCC, and the provinces.
Instructions Page
- Who: Select the population of interest
Using the filters and sliders at the top of the dashboard, users can define their cohort of interest across multiple dimensions, such as:
- Geography of residence,
- Immigrant admission category,
- Pre-admission experience,
- Sex,
- Knowledge of official languages at admission, and
- Admission year
- How: Select how the data is displayed
By using the buttons found in the pie chart to the left, users can display which immigrant admission categories appear in the line chart. Admission categories can be shown broadly, in more detail, or specific groupings, such as economic immigrants or refugees.
To select particular admission categories, select the "Detailed admission category" button and Ctrl+Click the admission categories of interest on the pie chart, or use the filter found at the top.
- What: Select what is being measured
By using the buttons at the bottom of the dashboard, users can select what is being measured, such as mean total income, median investment income, or incidence of social welfare.
For additional information about the data, how to manipulate it, or how to visualize it, use the yellow HELP button found underneath the pie chart.
Help Page
Slider Help
This slider controls the Admission Year, which is the year in which the immigrant first obtained their landed immigrant/permanent resident status. This may or may not be the same as the year of arrival.
Filter Help
These drop down menus help users filter for their population of interest. There are five variables to choose from:
Geography of residence indicates the province or territory in which the tax filer is a resident on December 31st of the tax year.
Immigrant admission category refers to the category under which immigrants are admitted to Canada by immigration authorities.
Sex refers to the sex as indicated on the immigrant’s application.
Pre-admission experience refers to the presence of temporary resident permits held by an immigrant before their permanent residency.
Knowledge of official languages at admission refers to the self-declared knowledge of an official language at the time of admission.
Other not stated cases may be included in totals but not shown as a category.
For more information, please refer to the IMDB Technical Report.
Pie Chart Help
This pie chart displays the distribution of the immigrant admission category for those who filed taxes in 2020.
Immigrant admission category refers to the category under which immigrants are admitted to Canada by immigration authorities.
Admission categories can be shown broadly, in more detail, or as specific groupings, such as economic immigrants or refugees, by using the buttons in the pie chart.
If users select one or multiple categories on the pie chart (using Ctrl+Click), they will be represented on the line chart. Hovering over the pie chart will show the number and proportion of immigrant taxfilers.
Line Chart Help
This line chart displays the economic outcomes of immigrant taxfilers by their Years since admission, which refers to how many years have passed between an immigrant's admission year and a given tax year. It is calculated as Tax Year subtracted by Admission year. For example, if the year of admission is 2011 and years since admission is 5, the information displayed is for immigrants who were admitted in 2011 who filed taxes in 2016.
Users can select which immigrant admission categories are being displayed by using the pie chart on the left or the filters above, as well as which statistic is being displayed by selecting one using the buttons below.
All dollar values are shown in 2020 constant dollars. Only incomes greather than zero are included in means and medians.
Statistics Help
These buttons allow users to select which statistic is being displayed in the line chart. Only one measure can be selected at a time. Incidence is the proportion of immigrant taxfilers with type of income for a given tax year.
Total number of residents represents the number of immigrant taxfilers residing in the specified geography on December 31st of the tax year.
Employment income is the sum of wages, salaries, commissions, and self-employment income.
Total income includes the taxfiler’s income from taxable sources (for example, all market incomes such as employment earnings) as well as non-taxable sources (for example, government transfers such as social assistance or child benefits).
Wages, salaries and commissions is the sum of T4 earnings (line 101 on the income tax form) and other employment income (line 104).
Self-employment income is the sum of self-employment income (from business (line 135), professional (line 137), commission (line 139), farming (line 141) or fishing (line 143) income)), and limited partnership (line 122) income.
Investment income is the sum of dividend income (line 120), interest and other investment income (line 121) and taxable capital gains (line 127).
Employment insurance benefits are income paid to individuals experiencing paid-employment income interruptions or who stop working because of sickness, injury, pregnancy, birth or adoption of a child. Prior to 1996, these benefits were referred to as Unemployment insurance benefits.
Social assistance benefits are family level financial assistance/benefits provided by federal and/or provincial programs.
All dollar values are shown in 2020 constant dollars. Only incomes greater than zero are included in means and medians.
