Immigrant women earn less, face greater employment barriers: internal report
OTTAWA — Immigrant women in Canada face greater employment barriers and earn less money than both male immigrants and Canadian-born women, data compiled by the immigration department suggests.
The information, obtained by the Canadian Press through the Access to Information Act, shows a persistent gap between female immigrants, both new and established in Canada, compared with their Canadian-born counterparts.
The data also shows that more women arrive in Canada as the spouses of economic immigrants or as non-economic newcomers or refugees and have lower employment rates and earn less than the average wage.
That, the internal government report says, indicates selection policies for immigration programs are not tailored to capitalize on the economic value of female immigrants.