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| Amount of savings | Family | Economic | Refugees | All immigrants | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skilled workers | Other economic | All economic | ||||
| current dollars | ||||||
Average savings brought to Canada1 |
20,820 |
31,020 |
165,110 |
42,220 |
4,680 |
38,580 |
Median savings brought to Canada1 |
4,500 |
15,000 |
100,000 |
16,000 |
1,000 |
15,000 |
Average savings remaining after six months1 |
10,810 |
14,320 |
76,760 |
19,480 |
1,540 |
17,940 |
| 1. Amounts calculated based on immigrants bringing savings to Canada. Calculation does not include those who do not know, refuse or do not state these savings. | ||||||
| Data source: Statistics Canada, 2001, Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada. | ||||||
| Table source: Statistics Canada, 2005, A Portrait of Early Settlement Experiences, catalogue number 89-614-XWE2005001. | ||||||