Filipinos find work faster
TAVIA GRANT
Globe and Mail Update
February 13, 2008 at 9:29 AM EST
Immigrants born in Southeast Asia, particularly those from the Philippines, tend to be best integrated into the Canadian work force while those born in Africa have the most difficulties entering the labour market, a government study suggested Wednesday.
Of adult immigrants, even very recent immigrants from the Philippines had a jobless rate that was close to the Canadian-born population, Statistics Canada said. By contrast, the unemployment rate among very recent African-born immigrants was more than four times higher than the Canadian-born rate.
The study comes as the country is grappling with increasingly acute labour shortages. Canada has the second-highest proportion of immigrants among Western nations, and many provinces are trying to attract newcomers to help fill the gap.
Statscan's study used data from 2006 labour force surveys to determine which groups tend to find work fastest, where they go and the gender differences in the immigrant labour force. It did not give reasons for why there are discrepancies, though the agency will release a study on the link between immigrants' education and labour market outcomes in the spring.
TAVIA GRANT
Globe and Mail Update
February 13, 2008 at 9:29 AM EST
Immigrants born in Southeast Asia, particularly those from the Philippines, tend to be best integrated into the Canadian work force while those born in Africa have the most difficulties entering the labour market, a government study suggested Wednesday.
Of adult immigrants, even very recent immigrants from the Philippines had a jobless rate that was close to the Canadian-born population, Statistics Canada said. By contrast, the unemployment rate among very recent African-born immigrants was more than four times higher than the Canadian-born rate.
The study comes as the country is grappling with increasingly acute labour shortages. Canada has the second-highest proportion of immigrants among Western nations, and many provinces are trying to attract newcomers to help fill the gap.
Statscan's study used data from 2006 labour force surveys to determine which groups tend to find work fastest, where they go and the gender differences in the immigrant labour force. It did not give reasons for why there are discrepancies, though the agency will release a study on the link between immigrants' education and labour market outcomes in the spring.
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