Recent Immigrants in Metropolitan Areas: Winnipeg—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
  • 109,400 immigrants in the Winnipeg Census Metropolitan Area
  • A stable share of the population
  • One-third of immigrants landed after 1985
  • Very high share of Manitoba's immigrants live in Winnipeg
  • Nearly forty thousand recent immigrants—6% of the Winnipeg population
  • More than four out of five eligible recent immigrants are Canadian citizens
• Part B: Who Are the Recent Immigrants?
  • Origin, immigration category and religion
    • Asian origins are prevalent among recent immigrants
    • A favoured destination for immigrants from the Philippines
    • Share of economic immigrants increasing
    • Religions changing with countries of origin
  • Age and gender
    • Nearly one-half of recent immigrants are adults 25 to 44 years old
    • More women than men
  • Language and education
    • More than nine in ten very recent immigrants speak English or French
    • Nearly two in three very recent immigrants speak a foreign language at home
    • Very high level of education among very recent immigrants
    • Recent immigrants add to Winnipeg’s pool of scientists and engineers
    • 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 twelve families in Winnipeg 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 majority of recent immigrant families, both spouses are recent immigrants
  • Households
    • One in 14 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
    • Knowledge of English important for labour force participation
    • Unemployment higher for women during initial years
    • Share of men and women with jobs lower only for very recent immigrants
  • The jobs of recent immigrants
    • Incidence of part-time work similar
    • Many recent immigrants in processing occupations
    • Many recent immigrants in manufacturing
    • Skill requirements of jobs of recent immigrants lower
    • Education of recent immigrants not fully utilized
• Part E: Income
  • Sources and level of income
    • Sources of income vary by time in Canada
    • Average income higher for immigrants who have been in Canada longer
    • Earnings of recent immigrants who worked mostly full-time lower than average
    • Transfer payments a larger share of household income of non-seniors
  • The distribution of income
    • Personal income reaches parity and similar distribution with longer stay
    • Average household income somewhat higher
    • One in four very recent immigrants has low income
• Part F: Housing
  • Crowded accommodations more common for recent immigrants
  • Large households likely to have crowded accommodations
  • Housing costs similar in relation to income
  • Housing of very recent immigrants in slightly better repair
  • Home ownership relatively high
• Glossary
• List of Tables
• List of Figures

 

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©Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, represented by the Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada, 2005.

Cat. no. MP22-20/10-2005E-HTML
ISBN 0-662-39087-3

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