Immigrants’ Social Relations with Neighbours: Does the Population Density of the Neighbourhood Matter?

Max Stick (), Christoph Schimmele, Maciej Karpinski and Amélie Arsenault
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Max Stick: Social Analysis and Modelling Division, Statistics Canada
Christoph Schimmele: Social Analysis and Modelling Division, Statistics Canada
Maciej Karpinski: Policy Research Division at Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada
Amélie Arsenault: Policy Research Division at Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada

Journal of International Migration and Integration, 2024, vol. 25, issue 2, No 17, 885 pages

Abstract: Abstract The population density of immigrants’ places of settlement matters for their level of social integration, according to data from Statistics Canada’s 2020 General Social Survey. Generally, immigrants who live in lower density places have stronger social relations with their neighbours than immigrants who live in higher density places. The largest difference was observed between immigrants who lived in small cities and rural areas versus those who lived in high-density neighbourhoods in larger cities. Those from smaller cities and rural areas had comparatively more extensive and higher quality relations with their neighbours. This difference was not attributable to variation in the sociodemographic composition of these settlement environments or differences in the built environment. To a lesser extent, immigrants from low- and medium-density neighbourhoods in large cities had stronger relations with their neighbours than those from high-density neighbourhoods, but this was observed only for the quality of relations, and was partly attributable to compositional differences between these neighbourhood types.

Keywords: Immigration; Canada; Neighbourhood; Social relations; Density (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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