Patterns and determinants of immigrants' sense of belonging to Canada and their source country / by Feng Hou, Grant Schellenberg and John Berry.: CS11-0019/383E-PDF

"This study assesses immigrants’ acculturation profiles as measured by their sense of belonging to Canada and their source country. It first examines the relative distribution of immigrants who have a strong sense of belonging to both Canada and their source country; a strong sense of belonging to Canada only; a strong sense of belonging to their source country only; and a weak sense of belonging to Canada and their source country. It further examines four sets of determinants of these acculturation profiles, including source-country socioeconomic and cultural characteristics, immigration entry status, post-migration experience, and demographic characteristics. Using a large nationally representative sample of 7,003 immigrants in Canada from over 100 countries, this study finds that the overwhelming majority of immigrants have a strong sense of belonging to Canada with or without a strong sense of belonging to their source country. Source-country attributes are as important as immigration entry status and post-migration experience in affecting immigrants’ sense of belonging to Canada and their source country"--Abstract, p. 5.

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Publication information
Department/Agency Statistics Canada, issuing body.
Title Patterns and determinants of immigrants' sense of belonging to Canada and their source country / by Feng Hou, Grant Schellenberg and John Berry.
Series title Analytical Studies Branch research paper series, 1205-9153 ; no. 383
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Other language editions [French]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) "Release date: October 18, 2016."
Issued also in French under title: Profils et déterminants du sentiment d’appartenance des immigrants au Canada et à leur pays d’origine.
Includes bibliographical references.
Publishing information [Ottawa] : Statistics Canada, c2016.
Author / Contributor Hou, Feng, 1964- author.
Description 31 p. : ill.
ISBN 978-0-660-06475-8
Catalogue number
  • CS11-0019/383E-PDF
Subject terms Immigrants
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