IMDB 2008 Immigration Category Profiles

Research and Evaluation
Citizenship and Immigration Canada
March 2012

Profiles are available for the following 12 immigrant categories. Each profile consists of two main sections:

Background characteristics: Provides demographic landings information for the target category by province, country of last permanent residence, family status, age, and gender; and
Economic outcomes: Provides information on the economic performance of the target category compared to other selected immigrant categories and all Canadians including, average employment earnings, income distributions as well as incidence of employment earnings, social assistance and employment insurance.

The profiles are graphical presentations of the demographic and economic trends observed over time with corresponding text focusing on category specific highlights. Each profile is accompanied by an appendix containing a full set of supporting tables and the IMDB 2008 Research Series – Technical Notes providing information about data sources, a glossary of terms and concepts as well as additional notes.

The IMDB 2008 Immigration Category Profiles and the IMDB 2008 Research Series – Technical Notes are available upon request to Research-Recherche@cic.gc.ca.

Economic Class:

Skilled Workers | Appendix: Data Tables

Live-in Caregivers | Appendix: Data Tables

Provincial Nominees | Appendix: Data Tables

Business Immigrants – Entrepreneurs | Appendix: Data Tables

Business Immigrants – Investors | Appendix: Data Tables

Business Immigrants – Self-Employed | Appendix: Data Tables

Family Class:

Parents and Grandparents | Appendix: Data Tables

Spouses and Partners | Appendix: Data Tables

Refugees:

Government-assisted Refugees | Appendix: Data Tables