Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada: Progress and Challenges of New Immigrants in the Workforce
Abstract
The Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada (LSIC), conducted jointly by Statistics Canada and Citizenship and Immigration Canada under the Policy Research Initiative, is a comprehensive survey designed to study the process by which new immigrants adapt to Canadian society. About 12,000 immigrants aged 15 and older who arrived in Canada from abroad between October 2000 and September 2001 were interviewed. By late 2005, when all three waves of interviews will have been completed, the survey will provide a better understanding of how the settlement process unfolds for new immigrants.
The results of this survey will provide valuable information on how immigrants
are meeting various challenges associated with integration and what resources
are most helpful to their settlement in Canada. The main topics being investigated
include housing, education, foreign credentials recognition, employment, income,
the development and use of social networks, language skills, health, values
and attitudes, and satisfaction with the settlement experience. Results from
the first wave of the LSIC had shown that labour market integration was a particularly
critical aspect of the immigrant settlement process. This paper therefore focuses
on this issue. The release addresses questions such as: how long does it take
newly arrived immigrants to get their first job? How many of them find employment
in their intended occupation? And what obstacles do they encounter when looking
for work?
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