Recent Immigrants in Metropolitan Areas: Victoria—A Comparative Profile Based on the 2001 Census

Prepared by
Strategic Research and Statistics
in collaboration with Informetrica Limited

April 2005

Table of Contents

• Foreword
• Highlights
• Part A: Immigrants and Recent Immigrants
  • 57,600 immigrants in the Victoria Census Metropolitan Area
  • Immigrant share of the population stable
  • One in four immigrants landed after 1985
  • A decreasing share of British Columbia’s immigrant population
  • 14,200 recent immigrants—a small share of the population
  • Three out of four eligible recent immigrants have become Canadian citizens
• Part B: Who Are the Recent Immigrants?
  • Origin, immigration category and religion
    • Asian origins are increasingly important
    • Victoria's share of recent immigrants varies by country of birth
    • Large majority immigrated through family and economic categories
    • Religions changing with countries of origin
  • Age and gender
    • Nearly one-half of very recent immigrants are adults 25 to 44 years old
    • More women than men
  • Language and education
    • Almost all very recent immigrants speak English or French
    • Nearly one-half of very recent immigrants speak a foreign language at home
    • Many university graduates among recent immigrants
    • Fields of study quite similar
    • Recent immigrants more likely to attend school
• Part C: Families and Households
  • Family and household affiliation of individuals
    • Older recent immigrants more likely to be living with relatives
    • Recent immigrants more likely to live in extended families
  • Families
    • One in fourteen families in Victoria is a recent immigrant family
    • Recent immigrant families more likely to have children in the home
    • Older recent immigrant families have more children living at home
    • In one in three recent immigrant families, one spouse was born in Canada
  • Households
    • One in seventeen households is a recent immigrant household
    • Recent immigrant households more likely to be larger than a nuclear family
    • Recent immigrant households tend to be large
    • More care of children
• Part D: Participation in the Economy
  • Participation in the labour market
    • Labour force participation lower among very recent immigrants
    • Pattern of adjustment similar for most levels of education
    • Unemployment not uncommon during initial years
    • Share of men and women with jobs increases with length of stay
  • The jobs of recent immigrants
    • Part-time jobs more common for very recent immigrants aged 25 to 64
    • Many recent immigrants in sales and service occupations
    • Many recent immigrants in hospitality and other services, few in public sector
    • Skill requirements of jobs of recent immigrants somewhat lower
    • Education of recent immigrant women not fully utilized
• Part E: Income
  • Sources and level of income
    • Sources of income vary by time in Canada
    • Average income of very recent immigrants lower than in 1995
    • Earnings of recent immigrants who worked mostly full-time lower
    • Transfer payments from government somewhat lower
  • The distribution of income
    • Large differences between all groups
    • Distribution of household income becomes very similar with longer stay
    • Low income twice as common among very recent immigrants
• Part F: Housing
  • Crowded accommodations more common for recent immigrants
  • Large households likely to have crowded accommodations
  • Three in ten recent immigrant households face high housing cost
  • Housing of very recent immigrants in similar state of repair
  • Home ownership fairly common
• Glossary
• List of Tables
• List of Figures

 

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Cat. no. MP22-20/14-2005E-HTML
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