Research reports

Citizenship and Immigration Canada’s strategic research program furthers our understanding of the impact of immigration on Canadian society.

Access analytical research reports prepared to support Citizenship and Immigration Canada’s research program.

• Impact of Canadian postsecondary education on recent immigrants’ labour market outcomes
  This paper uses data from three waves of the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada (LSIC) that cover the period 2000-2004 to assess short-term employment outcomes for recent immigrants who had prior university education and chose either to enrol in a Canadian university, college, or other postsecondary educational institution. The key research question we sought to answer is: Do different PSE pathways lead to successful employment outcomes among recent immigrants with prior university education?
  
  Copies of the full report are available upon request to Research-Recherche@cic.gc.ca.

• Recent immigrants: A comparison of participants and non-participants in Canadian post-secondary education
  In this study, the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants in Canada (LSIC) is employed to examine the extent to which immigrants utilized the Canadian post-secondary education (PSE) system soon after arrival, the focus being on adult immigrants who had obtained a post-secondary credential in their country of origin, thus allowing for an analysis focused on the experiences in Canada of immigrants who have post-secondary education at time of immigration.
  
  Copies of the full report are available upon request to Research-Recherche@cic.gc.ca.

• A description of the ethnic segregation/mixing within major Canadian metropolitan areas project
  This report investigates and analyzes residential and workplace geographic distributions of immigrants and visible minority groups living in Canada’s largest cities and depicts the findings through a series of colour coded maps.

• Elderly immigrants in Canada: Income sources and self-sufficiency
  Using data from the Longitudinal Immigrant Database (IMDB) this report builds on two aspects of previous research in this area. First, this paper investigates the demographic characteristics elderly immigrants in an attempt to highlight differences that may affect income. The second part of this analysis takes a more in-depth look at the income sources of elderly immigrants in Canada.
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• Immigrant income and the family
  Throughout the entire report the immigrant and non-immigrant populations are compared with respect to socio-economic characteristics and family income situations.

• Recent immigrant outcomes – 2004
  This research report provides a longitudinal study on immigrant labour market outcomes with the use of data from the Longitudinal Immigrant Database (LAD) and the Labour Force Survey (LFS). The report discusses major factors affecting the labour market outcomes of recent immigrants to Canada. This  is an annual follow-up to 2003 report.

• Recent immigrant outcomes – 2003
  This research report provides a longitudinal study on immigrant labour market outcomes with the use of data from the Longitudinal Immigrant Database (IMDB) and the Labour Force Survey (LFS). The report discusses major factors affecting the labour market outcomes of recent immigrants to Canada.

• Recent Immigrants in Metropolitan Areas
  Read about recent immigrants living in Canada and in selected metropolitan areas at the time of the 2001 Census of Population. A set of comparative profiles is available with information on the origin and background of immigrants, their family and household structures, economic participation, income and housing.

• Labour Market Outcomes for Migrant Professionals: Canada and Australia Compared – Executive Summary
  This report was co-funded by Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Human Resources and Social Development Canada, and Statistics Canada.
  
  Copies of the full report are available upon request to Research-Recherche@cic.gc.ca.

Older Research and Statistics reports can be found on the Library and Archives Canada website