The Interprovincial Mobility of Immigrants in Canada

Ima Okonny-Myers
Research and Evaluation
Citizenship and Immigration Canada
June 2010

This document highlights some of the key findings of analysis carried out on the interprovincial mobility of immigrants and the retention of immigrants, based on data extracted from the Longitudinal Immigration Database (IMDB). The information presented focuses on the 2006 tax year.

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Table of contents

• Introduction
  • About the data
  • Report content
• Immigrants landed from 1991 to 2006
  • Highlights
• Immigrants landed from 2000 to 2006
  • Highlights
    • Skilled workers
    • Family category
    • Business immigrants
    • Live-in caregivers
    • Refugees
• Immigrants landed under the Provincial Nominee Program
  • Province of nomination vs. province of residence in the 2006 tax year
    • Highlights
    • Inflows vs. outflows of provincial nominees based on province of nomination
  • Province of destination vs. province of residence in the 2006 tax year
    • Highlights
    • Inflows vs. outflows of provincial nominees based on province of destination
• Conclusion
  • Next steps
• Appendix I - Movement by destination and category:  Tables
• Appendix II – Provincial nominees landed over 2000 to 2006: Tables
• Appendix III – Net interprovincial migration rates: 2000 to 2006  (Statistics Canada figures)

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