Changes in the Regional Distribution of New Immigrants to Canada

Feng Hou, Garnett Picot and Aneta Bonikowska

Analytical Studies Branch Research Paper Series from Statistics Canada, Analytical Studies Branch

Abstract:

Canada and the United States have recently experienced an increase in the regional dispersion of entering immigrants. American research suggests that a mixture of economic push factors (away from states like California) and pull factors (toward states with growth of low-wage jobs), as well as changing government policies and regulations contributed to the development of the `New Gateways.? Very few studies have been conducted to determine why the regional dispersion of entering immigrants occurred in Canada. This paper assesses the relative importance of immigrant selection programs and immigrant source regions in accounting for changes in the regional dispersion of entering immigrants during the 2000s.

Keywords: Ethnic diversity and immigration; Immigrants and non-permanent residents; Income; pensions; spending and wealth; Labour; Labour market and income; Low income and inequality; Wages; salaries and other earnings (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-03-18
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