Five things to know about social and economic outcomes of immigrants to Canada
OTTAWA — Are immigrants performing well socially and in the workforce after arriving in Canada?
An internal study by the federal Immigration Department, obtained by The Canadian press through access-to-information, offers a snapshot of economic and social outcomes of immigrants from all programs, including economic, family-class and refugee streams.
The report identified some interesting trends:
— The longer an immigrant is in Canada, the better off they are. Annual incomes of highly-skilled workers surpass the Canadian average soon after arrival and increase over time. In fact, earnings of all categories of immigrants increase with time. However, immigrants of non-economic programs and spouses and dependents of economic immigrants take longer to establish themselves economically. Refugees take the longest.