Prof. Ather Akbari, Saint Marys University: Immigrants in Labour - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Prof. Ather Akbari, Saint Mary’s University: Immigrants in Labour Force of Canada and Atlantic Canada / Employment and wages by skill levels, 2006 and 2016

Professors Yoko Yoshida and Howard Ramos Dalhousie University: Demographic and Economic Profiles of Immigrant Taxfilers to Atlantic Canada 2017

Discrimination Experienced Based on Ethnicity and Culture BC 15% 85% PR 12% 88% Title ON 13% 87% QC 7% 93% AC 6% 94% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Title Research by Discrimination Experienced Based on Race or Colour Professor Yes No BC 13% 87% Howard PR 11% 89% Ramos, Title ON 12% 88% Dalhousie QC 4% 96% AC 4% 96% University: 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% 2013 Statistics Title Discrimination Experienced Based on Language Canada data Yes No BC 6% 94% PR 5% 95% Title ON 7% 93% QC 9% 91% AC 5% 95% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Yes No

The Province is Best Served by Having… Atlantic Canada 100% Corporate Research 80% Associates Inc.: Atlantic Quarterly, 60% Spring 2016 43% 40% 40% 31% 27% 26% 24% 20% 4% 3% 0% More immigrants Fewer The same number Don't know/ from other immigrants of immigrants No answer countries Q.126

Retentio ion of of In Intern rnatio ional l Stud tudents in in Provin ince of of Stud tudy (P (POS) ) One ne Yea ear Aft fter r Lan andin ing 2004 -- -- 2013 2013 Applied for PR Applied in POS Applied in POS Province of Study Left Canada Outside POS but left and stayed NL 67% 11% 11% 11% PEI 63% 11% 15% 11% Nova Scotia 69% 13% 7% 11% New Brunswick 59% 18% 11% 12% Atlantic Total 65% 14% 9% 11% Source: Prof. Michael Haan, University of Western Ontario , tax data