Transcript Economic Outcomes of Immigrants to Canada

Migration Trends in the Americas
OAS Special Committee on Migration Issues
Washington
17 April 2008
Elizabeth Ruddick
Director General
Research and Evaluation Branch
Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Permanent Residents
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Between 10 and 14% of permanent residents to
Canada come from OAS countries
Share of Permanent Resident Flows from OAS countries
16%
14%
12%
14%
11%
12%
11%
10%
10%
10%
10%
10%
13%
11%
10%
8%
6%
4%
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The top ten OAS source countries for permanent
residents to Canada in 2006
Last country of
permanent residence
United States
2006
10,943
38%
Colombia
5,813
20%
Mexico
2,830
10%
Jamaica
1,686
6%
Haiti
1,651
6%
Peru
1,479
5%
Guyana
1,263
4%
Venezuela
1,221
4%
Brazil
1,209
4%
894
3%
28,989
85%
5,073
15%
All OAS
34,062
100%
All OAS as a
percentage of all
permanent residents
34,062
14%
251,649
100%
Argentina
Sub-Total of top 10
Other OAS countries
All permanent residents
Percent distribution of the top 10 OAS
countries.
•The top ten represent 85% of all
permanent resident flows from OAS
Countries.
•14% of permanent residents to Canada
were from OAS countries in 2006.
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The top ten OAS source countries for permanent
residents to Canada in 2006
Percent of top 10 OAS countries
(2006)
40%
38%
35%
30%
25%
20%
20%
15%
5%
4%
4%
Haiti
Peru
Guyana
Venezuela
Mexico
Colombia
0%
United
States
5%
4%
3%
Argentina
6%
Brazil
6%
Jamaica
10%
10%
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Temporary Foreign Workers and Seasonal
Agricultural Workers
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In 2006, almost 43,000 temporary foreign workers
(TFW) to Canada came from OAS countries
OAS Countries
Flow of
Temporary
Foreign
Workers
Seasonal
Agricultural
Worker
Program
United States of America
16,841
n/a
Mexico
13,933
12,582
Jamaica
6,313
5,935
Trinidad & Tobago, Republic of
1,479
1,305
Other OAS Countries
4,384
946
Total TFW from OAS
42,950
20,745
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