Ethnicity and Census

Question:
I have received what looks like a deceptively simple request. One of our researchers is looking for ethnicity and/or country of origin by CT (although he would take DA, obviously) for the 2016 census. I can’t seem to find anything on the Statcan website, and the FTP site doesn’t seem to have anything like the cumulative profiles at the DA level as from previous years. 

Answer from DLI List:
Have you tried the Canadian Census Analyzer from CHASS (http://dc.chass.utoronto.ca/census/)? It has ethnic origin and place of birth for both CT and DA. You do have to be a subscribing institution to access it but the website says UBC is. 

Census subject matter has responded with the following:

"We only have a limited number of standard products available at these smaller geographies. This would need to be done as a custom request."

1921 Census Population of Prince George

Question

I have a student who would like the population of Prince George from the 1921 Census by racial origin (he didn't say, but country of birth might also work). I found Table 28 in Vol. 1 of the 1921 census publication, which is "Population of cities and towns of 2,500 and over, classified according to racial origin, 1921". Unfortunately, the population of Prince George in 1921 was 2,053. So, I'm assuming this student is out of luck?

I've suggested that he could use the advanced search to search the 1921 census at <http://search.ancestry.ca/search/db.aspx?dbid=8991&path=>, but I'm not sure how practical or useful this will be for him.

Answer

The StatCan library verified tables in the census pubs, and they confirm that they assume as well that this information for Prince George is unavailable in the pubs.

The microdata for the 1921 census seems to be available in the RDCs. Dataset available:
<http://www.statcan.gc.ca/eng/rdc/data>.

I noted the following on the Canadian Century Research Infrastructure site:
Accessing and Using

As of the release date of the 1921 CCRI microdata, users may access the database in one of the Statistics Canada Research Data Centres (RDCs) located on certain university campuses throughout Canada. The RDCs provide researchers with access to the CCRI database in a secure setting under the provisions of the Statistics Act and in accordance with the confidentiality rules that apply. The centres are staffed by Statistics Canada personnel.

The microdata captured by the CCRI data entry centres was stored in a central CCRI DB2 database for cleaning and coding tasks. Once these processes were complete, it was necessary to extract a subset of the data from the central database for use in the RDCs according to the applicable Statistics Canada rules and regulations. The extract is a CSV formatted file designed to be imported into SPSS, SAS or Stata programs at the RDCs. A separate extract file was created for each of the census years from 1911 through 1951. Each extract file contains the coded micro data for the individuals that were captured for the corresponding census. These files are described in more detail in the Data Extract section.

Note: that the RDC houses the data for the census enumerations of 1921 to 1951. The census of 1911 is public. <https://ccri.library.ualberta.ca/endatabase/accessing/index.html>

Criminal Records

Question

Can anyone suggest where I can find information on the number of people with criminal records, specifically by ethnicity?

I'm not sure whether criminal records ever disappear on their own but I do know that people can sometimes apply to have them removed after a certain period of time. 

Answer

The Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics informed me that this information is not available and suggested Contacting Corrections Canada.

Marriage Instability Among Interracial Couples

Question
I’m helping a researcher looking at marriage instability and divorce among interracial couples in Canada, including Aboriginal peoples. is there a survey that includes questions related to interracial conjugal status?The GSS comes close, but when I filter by marital status = separated or divorced, all the results go to 0 since the questions about characteristics of the partner/spouse refer to a current one.

Answer

I have not been able to identify a specific survey that would meet your request. I have noted the two following sources:

1.) Vital Statistics - Divorce Database

This is an administrative survey that collects demographic information annually from the Central Registry of Divorce Proceedings (CRDP) at the Department of Justice Canada on all completed divorce proceedings in Canada. The data are used to calculate basic indicators (such as counts and rates) on divorces occurring in Canada. Information from this database is also used in the calculation of statistics, such as duration-specific divorce rates.

Detailed information for 2008; Data release - July 13, 2011 (2008 is the last year for which these data were collected.)

CASIM tables related: <http://www5.statcan.gc.ca/COR-COR/COR-COR/objList?lang=eng&srcObjType=SDDS&srcObjId=3235&tgtObjType=ARRAY>

2.) General Social Survey - Family (GSS)

The two primary objectives of the General Social Survey (GSS) are: to gather data on social trends in order to monitor changes in the living conditions and well being of Canadians over time; and to provide information on specific social policy issues of current or emerging interest.

This survey monitors the changes in the structure of families with respect to marriages, common-law unions, children and fertility intentions.

Detailed information for 2011 (Cycle 25); Data release - July 18, 2012

Of potential interest is the article "Parenting and Child Support After Separation or Divorce," part of the publication Spotlight on Canadians: Results from the General Social Survey (Catalogue number89-652-X)

<http://www5.statcan.gc.ca/olc-cel/olc.action?ObjId=89-652 X2014001&ObjType=46&lang= en&limit=0 >

There is also a PUMF and a custom request may also be an option.

Immigration and Ethnic Origin Data on Haitians in Quebec

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A researcher is looking for data on the Haitian population in Quebec for the period going from 1970 to 1990 as well as immigration data from 1960 to 1990.

I was able to obtain ethnic origin data from the 1986 and 1991 censuses as well as statistics for the population by “place of birth Haiti” from the 1981, 1986 and 1991 censuses. Unfortunately the ethnic origin data from the 1971 and 1981 censuses do not provide a number specific to Haitian people although the information must have been recorded. Would it be possible to obtain:

1) number of people in Quebec that declared Haiti as their ethnic origin for those two censuses;

2) the number of people in Quebec who declared Haiti as their place of birth for the 1971 census;

We would also like to obtain historical immigration data from Haiti to Quebec from 1960 to 1990. The data are available from Immigration Statistics (http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/202/301/immigration_statistics-ef/index.html) back to 1973, but not before that. Would it be possible to obtain a table that would provide the complete time series from 1960 to 1990?

Answer

We were able to send 2 attachments to the researcher:

1st attachment - Immigrant Population by Place of Birth and Sex, for Canada, Provinces and Territories, 1981 and 1986 Censuses – 20% Sample 

-The Nation Series – 1986 Census – catalogue / 93-109

2nd attachment - Population by Ethnic Origin and Sex, for Canada and Provinces, 1981 

-92-911-Volume 1 (Nation Series) – There are also important notes regarding 1981 in this attachment for them to view

For 1971, I’m not finding a larger breakdown of Places of Birth or Ethnic Origin. I’ll keep looking and get back to you but I suspect this one may need to be a custom request.

For immigration (use the drop down to get provincial counts)

<http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/products/standard/themes/Rp-eng.cfm?LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=0&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=62124&PRID=0&PTYPE=55430,53293,55440,55496,71090&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=2001&THEME=43&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=>

In regards to yearly immigration data, we do have the Longitudinal Immigration Database (IMDB), however, activity on this program started only in 1980. There is also the Longitudinal Administrative Databank (LAD), however, activity on this program started in 1982. Variables have been harmonized where possible and individuals can be linked year to year starting with the 1982 data.

AIDS/HIV Stats for Haitian Population in Quebec

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A researcher has asked me to help him find historical statistics for the number of people of Haitian origin infected with HIV for the 1980 to 1990 period. I am fully aware that these numbers may not exist for that time period but would like to verify that assumption.

The HIV/AIDS Surveillance Reports from the Public Health Agency seems to be the main source of statistics. In the 2012 report <http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/aids-sida/publication /survreport/2012/dec/index-eng.php>, under the race/ethnicity distribution, I found a statement to the effect that “HIV reporting in Canada has included a race/ethnicity component since 1998” which would imply that there is such data for the 1980’s. In the absence of data by ethnicity, would it possible to obtain the total number of cases for Quebec annually for the 1980 to 1990 period? Unfortunately, the older editions of the Surveillance Reports are not online.

I’ve also checked at the provincial level and the Institut national de santé publique du Québec mentions that its epidemiologic data gathering started in 2002, so no luck there either.

Answer

I confirmed with subject matter that we do not collect this information and as you already noted that inquiries should be directed to PHAC.

I did find the following reference on their site of potential interest:

Population-Specific HIV/AIDS Status Reports <http://atlantique.phac.gc.ca/aids-sida/publication/index-eng.php#ps>

Foreign Trained Nurses

Question

I have a researcher who is looking for data on foreign trained nurses and an age profile of the nursing staff members at various provinces.

Answer

Perhaps the Registered Nurses Survey would be of interest.

This service provides custom tabulations of variables collected on registered nurses including age and sex, basic and post-basic nursing education, year and province of graduation, post-basic education in other than nursing, employment status, full-time/part-time status, hours worked per week, location of employment, location of residence, type of employer, primary area of responsibility and position of employment.

Note(s):

As of the 1996 data year, the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) assumed the data collection and dissemination responsibilities for the Registered Nurses Survey. Statistics Canada, however, maintains and disseminates historical data from this survey.

For historical data up to 1995, see: <http://www5.statcan.gc.ca/olc-cel/olc.action?lang=en&ObjId=83-243-X&ObjType=2>

Ethic Origin, Visible Minority Status and Labour Force Status

Question

I would like confirmation of my notion that the most recent reliable source of comparable data that would contain variables relating to ethnic origin, visible minority status and labour force status is the 2006 census.

I know that the data from the NHS might be usable at the national or provincial levels (which is what the user wants), but that it wouldn't be comparable to earlier data from the census. I don't see that the LFS contains ethnicity or vismin variables, even in the master files. Have I missed anything?

Answer

I consulted a few subject matter divisions, and it doesn't appear that you have missed anything.

However, I had also considered SLID, and while the PUMF does not have the variable information you are looking for, the author division confirmed that the master file does.

The SLID microdata file does contain these variables as well as various labour-related variables. The client can consult the SLID Electronic Data Dictionary: <http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/75f0026x/2013000/t03200-eng.htm#etho1c15> for a complete list. The client would have to access the data through the Research Data Center or request a custom table on a cost-recovery basis.

Temporary Foreign Worker Data

Question 

I have a researcher who is looking for numbers of employed temporary foreign workers (TFWs) in the Prince George region (whatever geography she can get for this general area) by business/industry of employment and by country/region of origin. She is looking for as granular as possible, but she recognizes that she may have to go less granular.
Data like these tables from the NHS looked useful:

- <http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/dt-td/Ap-eng.cfm?LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=0&GK=0&GRP=0&PID=105602&PRID=0&PTYPE=105277&S=0&SHOWALL=1&SUB=0&Temporal=2013&THEME=96&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=>
- <http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/dt-td/Ap-eng.cfm?LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=0&GK=0&GRP=0&PID=105611&PRID=0&PTYPE=105277&S=0&SHOWALL=1&SUB=0&Temporal=2013&THEME=96&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=>

However, the researcher feels that NHS data would be seriously underreporting the numbers (ie. would the workers know about the NHS? Would they fill it out? Would language difficulties get in the way of them filling it out?). I think these are legitimate concerns re. using NHS data for this purpose. So, she's looking for other options--anything she can get. Is there any administrative data that would help her out? From CIC? From Employment & Social Development Canada?

I downloaded the CIC tables from the mirror site and provided her with all the tables for the Prince George CA. I think that these will be somewhat useful for her, but they are eight years out of date and rather limited for her purposes .Are they going to be giving us comparable updated data?

Answer

Unfortunately, the 2011 NHS includes temporary foreign workers in the non-permanent resident population. Non-permanent residents in the NHS are defined as persons from another country who, at the time of the survey, held a work or study permit or who were refugee claimants, as well as non-Canadian-born family members living in Canada with them. The non-permanent resident population is identified from responses to the citizenship and landed immigrant status questions. Persons who are not Canadian citizens by birth and who answered 'No' to the landed immigrant status question are considered non-permanent residents. The NHS does not further distinguish the different types of non-permanent residents (e.g., student, worker, etc).

There is also this excerpt from the Place of Birth, Generation Status, Citizenship and Immigration Reference Guide, National Household Survey, 2011: <http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/ref/guides/99-010-x/99-010-x2011008-eng.cfm>
which notes the difficulty in capturing data from non-permanent residents: "Although every attempt has been made to enumerate non-permanent residents, factors such as language difficulties, the reluctance to complete a government form or to understand the need to participate may have affected the estimate of this population." To assist people whose first language was neither English nor French, the NHS questions were translated into 31 other languages, including 11 Aboriginal languages.

Our only other suggestion for the client would be to use administrative data from the department of citizenship and immigration Canada on temporary residents.

2000-2012 Immigrant Stats

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I have a researcher looking for immigration stats covering 2000 – 2012. He’s interested in foreign-born arrivals by province. I’ve found a couple of tables in CIC Facts and Figures; components of population growth (CANSIM) that may work; and I know that LFS includes immigrant status. Am I overlooking something more obvious?

Answer

If you're looking for yearly immigration stats, I found the following table that may be of potential interest: 054-0003 <http://www5.statcan.gc.ca/COR-COR/Result?lang=eng&srcObjType= SDDS&tgtOb jType=A RRAY&srcObjId=5057&tgtObjId=540003> - Number of immigrant tax filers, by province of landing, province of residence, sex, landing age group, immigrant admission category, landing year for tax years 1996 to 2011

The Information in this table is derived from the Longitudinal Immigration Database (IMDB). The Longitudinal Immigration Database (IMDB), an administrative database combining an administrative landing file with the T1 Family File (T1FF) through exact matching record linkage techniques. The overall linkage rate is approximately 80%. The IMDB consists of immigrants landed between 1980 and 2011 and who filed taxes at least once between 1982 and 2011. The population for this table consists of immigrants who landed between 1996 and 2011 and filed taxes at least once between 1996 and 2011.

Investor Immigrants

Question

Where can I find out how many Investor Immigrants came to Canada between 1986 and 2013?

I found a table that has this date from the years 2007 to 2011. I need to get data from 1986 (when the investor class started) to the most recent data if possible. The four categories of immigrants I am looking for: Entrepreneurs – principal applicants, Entrepreneurs – spouses and dependents, Investors – principal applicants, Investors – spouses and dependents.

Answer

This information would be available from CIC, you must contact them directly.

Ethnic Minorities in the Federal, Quebec and Ontario, Civil Services

Question

I am looking for data on the representation of ethnic minorities in the civil service at the Federal level as well as in Ontario and Quebec. Does the Federal government collect that type of statistics on the civil servants?

Answer

For the federal civil service (employment equity designated groups and demographic snapshots), use: http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/chro-dprh/rp-eng.asp

Internet Use by Immigrant Status

Question

I'm looking for data on internet use (by province, ideally) by immigrant status? Preferably on people who've not become Canadian citizens, but I'll make do with whatever is available. It would appear that the 2007 CIUS master file might be useful, but I'm wondering if the more recent versions might have also produced some good results. Do you have any suggestions besides the RDC?

Answer

I checked the userguide of GSS22, variables on the internet (and other characteristics place of birth and visible minority status) and thought these could be of potential interest:
Socio-demographic factors influencing use of the Internet - Internet use among new Canadians <http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/56f0004m/2008016/findings-resultats/socio-eng.htm#a1> (data from the 2003 General Social Survey on social engagement). For more recent data, consider 2008 - Cycle 22 Social Networks <http://www.statcan.gc.ca/dli-ild/data-donnees/ftp/gss-esg/gssc-esgc2008-eng.htm>
Selected activities of home Internet users1, by immigration status, Canada, 2007
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/56f0004m/2008016/tbl/socio/tbl001-eng.htm
Data source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Internet Use Survey, 2007.

Union Memberships Among Visible Minorites

Question

A researcher is looking for union memberships for Aboriginal and visible minority populations. Union memberships shows up in the Labour Force Historical Review and the Labour Force Survey PUMF, but neither seems to include anything about Aboriginal or visible minorities. The LFS questionnaire does ask about Aboriginal status, so I would guess that the researcher might access this tabulation via a Research Data Centre. But, is there any way to get information on memberships by visible minority status?

Answer

The Labour Force Survey (LFS) does have custom tabulations with union coverage for aboriginals living off reserves, but it does not collect data on visible minorities.

Irish Immigration Statistics

Question

I am working with a PhD student who is looking for long time series for Irish immigration to Canada, going back as far as possible (even back to the 19th Century) and I have a few questions.

The 1966 to 1996 period is well covered by the Citizenship and Immigration statistics archives (http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/202/301/immigration_statistics-ef/index.html). When looking for older statistics, I went to Historical Statistics of Canada which referred me to the Immigration statisticsannual publication by the CIC which provided me with the stats for the 1956 to 1966 period

This leaves me with 3 main questions:

1) After 1996 things are not that clear (at least not to me). CANSIM does provide a table (Immigrants to Canada, by country of last permanent residence #051-0006) but that table does not provide stats for Irish immigrants as those would be lumped under “Other Europe”. IS there another source to obtain that breakdown? I looked at the CIC website and more specifically at their Canada Facts and Figures 2012 document. That document presents data for the 2002 to 2012 period for “Permanent Residents by source country” and Ireland is listed as one of the countries. Would that number be equivalent to the number of immigrants by country of last residence? Even it that is the same number, that still leaves the 1997 to 2002 period uncovered, how can we obtain those stats?

2) For pre 1956 stats, I saw that the Canada Year Book would present tables going back to 1906 and I did find those numbers in the publication. However, the first edition of Historical Statistics of Canada seems to imply that, before 1956, immigrants were asked about their ethnic origin (or racial origin even earlier) rather than their country of last residence or country of origin. Can someone confirm this? The Canada Year Book tables do not have any explanatory notes and the language that they use for immigrant origins seems to change every so often.

3) And finally, for pre 1906 statistics, the essay in Historical Statistics of Canada (first edition) mentions various sources including, for the 1852 to 1959 period, the Annual Report 1959-60 of the Department of Citizenship and Immigration. Does anyone know if that report actually has immigration statistics for the whole period and, if so, does it provide statistics by country of origin or ethnic origin?
Answer

For historical data

Table 075-0022  offers Historical statistics, country of birth of other British-born and foreign-born population, *Terminated* every 10 years (foreign-born persons unless otherwise noted): <http://www5.statcan.gc.ca/cansim/a05?lang=eng&id=0750022&pattern 07500 22&searchTypeByValue=1&p2=35> (Data from the Census of Pop) Immigrant population by place of birth and period of immigration (2006 Census) <http://www.statcan.gc.ca/tables-tableaux/sum-som/l01/cst01/demo24a-eng.htm>

For the early period (1867-1920s or so). You and your researcher may not like the answer although I am truly surprised these figures have not been compiled *somewhere.*

The CIC or its equivalent would be found in the documentation generated via administrative processes. For the early period, your information should be contained in the annual reports of the departments responsible for immigration and those reports will be found in the Sessional Papers of the Parliament of Canada. The Department of Agriculture was responsible for immigration from 1869-1892; the Department of the Interior was responsible for immigration from 1892 until 1917 when a Department of Immigration and Colonization was established.

The Sessional Papers were published as a discrete set from 1867-1925. You have to go to the series for each year and, using the Table of Contents/Index, find the SP number for the department you seek and then grab the appropriate volume. The Table of Contents/Index will give you a SP number and should also tell you the volume in which it will be found. From 1925-1929, only the Annual Reports were published (in a discrete series entitled "Departmental Annual Reports" with, however, the same binding and they are usually found on the shelves right after the earlier run of SPs). Thereafter, you need to look at departmental publications. A couple of years ago, I had my gov doc students find 1940s and 1950s immigration stats by country of origin and seem to recall it was an easy task as the department produced them in an annual report of some sort.

Note that many of the SPs have been digitized and can be found in, I think, Canadiana and the Internet Archive but, as the tools of discovery are not really that good, it might actually be easier to use the paper.

I checked the 1896 SPs at random and found the figures for 1895 in Annexes to the Dept. of the Interior’s Annual Report. It is Sessional Paper 13 and the report is a long one. Appended to the report are Annexes, which include reports of immigration agents from the principal ports (I saw one for Halifax and one for Quebec during my 10 minute perusal). Annex No. 2, for instance, is the report of the Halifax Agent of the ‘Dominion Government Immigration Agency’ and I found tables there, most of them broken down by origin (‘English,’ ‘Scotch,’ “Irish,’ and ‘other’).

You should consider, however, that the dates sought will impact upon the search and, possibly, the quality of the information. Prior to 1921, there was one Ireland and it was a part of the UK. Figures from that period tend to break down UK immigration and group the rest into “other.” If you need Irish immigration from, say, 1924, you may find one figure for “Ireland” (what we know as Northern Ireland) and another, either lumped in with “other” or, if you're lucky, found separately under “Ireland” (what we would call today Eire). You may also have problems with the accuracy of the figures as they pertain to intended destination -- attempts seem to have been made to clarify and to classify but a great many immigrants passed through Canada on their way to the US and the Agents made mention of this.

Muslim Immigrants & Country of Origin

Question

Although religion wasn’t asked in the 2006 Census, is there a way to obtain counts for the number of Muslim immigrants at the National level x country of origin?

Answer

There are a few possible sources in locating the answer to this question. You could first consult a report issues by Environics Research Group (http://www.environicsinstitute.org/PDF-MuslimsandMulticulturalisminCanada-LiftingtheVeil.pdf). Alternatively, you could  do a xtab of coutry of origin and religion in the 2001 Census PUMF, or the version in the RDC, which should have more detailed country of origin values coded. The most detailed country of origin data come from Citizenship and Immigration, but they don't ask religion.

Non-Native Speakers of English and the Law

Question

Any suggestions about data on this topic? I think the person is looking for articles discussing discrimination between police and new immigrants noting that there could be both a language and a cultural barrier.

I've been poking around looking for questions whether people have felt they were discriminated against due to culture or language but seem to be spinning my wheels.

Answer

The Immigrants and Victimization, 2004 issue of the Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics Profile Series, 2008 (85F0033MWE2008018) includes a section on Immigrants’ perceptions of the criminal justice system which may be of interest to your client (http://www.statcan.gc.ca/bsolc/olc-cel/olc-cel?catno=85F0033MWE2008018&lang=eng).

The author draws on the General Social Survey (GSS) cycle 18 (2004) on victimization o your client may also be interested in the GSS cycle 18 and 23 PUMFs that are available through the DLI and which include variables on topics such as language of respondent, contact with police, discrimination and perception.

I hope that this suggestion is helpful.

Immigration Canada Facts and Figures

Question

I have a researcher asking for historical immigration data. Is the historical data available for inclusion in the DLI Collection?

Immigration Canada Facts and Figures publication.

I am looking for historical time series for:

• Canada – Transition of temporary residents to permanent resident status


• Canada – Transition of temporary residents by previous yearly status


• Canada – Total entries of foreign students by province or territory and urban are


• Canada – Foreign students present on December 1st by province or territory and urban area

Preferably starting from 1980.

The historical series are not available on the Citizenship and Immigration website or from Stats Can...

Answer

We have a copy of the Citizenship and Immigration Canada 2006 Facts and Figures Digital Library on the DLI mirror site at the University of Alberta (please see: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/dli-ild/data-donnees/ftp/cic-cic-eng.htm). I had a quick look at this product and while some of the tables go back to 1980, others only back into the '90s. The researcher may wish to approach CIC (Research-Recherche@cic.gc.ca) directly to see if they can provide additional historical data if the Digital Library product doesn't contain all of the data he/she needs. They can also provide the 2008 edition of the Facts and Figures Digital Library on request.

Facts and Figures 2008 Digital Library
The Facts and Figures 2008 Digital Library is a bilingual collection of statistical tables describing Canada’s permanent and temporary residents. The tables are available in Excel and are easily accessible through a built-in search engine.

The collection includes annual statistics for both permanent and temporary residents for calendar years 1984 to 2008 along with a series of tables describing additional selected characteristics for the ten-year period from 1999 to 2008. Tables are provided for Canada, the provinces and territories, and selected urban areas. The temporary resident section includes information for foreign workers, foreign students, refugee claimants and other humanitarian cases.

Annual statistics are provided for new permanent residents, total entries of temporary residents and temporary residents present on December 1st as well as for transitions from one temporary resident status to another and from temporary resident to permanent resident status. Please contact Research-Recherche@cic.gc.ca to request copies of the Facts and Figures 2008 Digital Library." (http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/statistics/menu-fact.asp)

StatCan has a Longitudinal Immigration Database (IMDB, http://www.statcan.gc.ca/cgi-bin/imdb/p2SV.pl?Function=getSurvey&SDDS=5057&lang=en&db=imdb&adm=8&dis=2) that covers 1980 to 2007. This database isn't available through the DLI but custom data extractions from this database are available for a fee. If this would be of interest to your researcher, I can consult the division that oversees the Longitudinal Immigration Database (IMDB) to confirm if the tables your researcher requires could be produced on a custom basis.

The researcher may also wish to look into the files held by the Metropolis project in BC (http://mbc.metropolis.net/). Their data holdings are described at: http://web.uvic.ca/~baer/MBC/

The following Postsecondary Student Information System (PSIS) table only goes back to 1992/1993 but may still be of interest to the researcher: University enrolments, by province of study and immigration status, annual (number), 1992/1993 to 2007/2008 (xls) at http://www.statcan.gc.ca/dli-ild/data-donnees/ftp/psis-siep-eng.htm

I hope that this is helpful.

Information About Second-Generation Canadians

Question

A researcher is trying to find information on the amount of first-generation Canadians and their composition percentage of Canadian population as first generation immigrants. If possible, she would also like to see if we can find a percentage for Alberta and Edmonton (i.e. percentage of people in Alberta who are 1st generation Canadian and percentage of people in Edmonton who are first generation Canadian).

In the 2006 Canadian census, she found there were 24% of Canada's population is 15+ years of age.

Are there any resources or any places that would be able to shed some light on this question?

Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.

Answer

The following 2006 Census topic based tabulation may be of interest to the researcher. The first can provide statistics on generation status for Canada and the provinces and the second one includes statistics for Edmonton.

Generation Status (4), Age Groups (9) and Sex (3) for the Population 15 Years and Over of Canada, Provinces and Territories, 1971, 2001 and 2006 Censuses - 20% Sample Data (97-557-XCB2006010)

http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/tbt/Rp-eng.cfm?TABID=1&LANG=E&A=R&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=01&GID=614135&GK=1&GRP=1&O=D&PID=89431&PRID=0&PTYPE=88971,97154&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=725&Temporal=2006&THEME=72&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=&D1=0&D2=0&D3=0&D4=0&D5=0&D6=0

Place of Birth of Father (35), Place of Birth of Mother (35) and Generation Status (4) for the Population 15 Years and Over of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data (97-557-XCB2006009)

http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/tbt/Rp-eng.cfm?TABID=1&LANG=E&A=R&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=01&GID=837928&GK=1&GRP=1&O=D&PID=89426&PRID=0&PTYPE=88971,97154&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=725&Temporal=2006&THEME=72&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=&D1=0&D2=0&D3=0&D4=0&D5=0&D6=0

I located them through the following steps: www.statcan.gc.ca --> clicked on Census on top right--> clicked on Data products on left --> clicked on Topic-based tabulations --> clicked on Immigration and citizenship --> clicked on Generation status

Additional 2006 Census tables on generation status are available at http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/tbt/Lp-eng.cfm?LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=0&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=0&PRID=0&PTYPE=88971,97154&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=725&Temporal=2006&THEME=72&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=

I hope that this is helpful.

2 Questions - Foreign Students & Outward Remittance by Immigrants

Question

I have a student looking for the number of foreign students who come to Canada but not just for college and university studies but also high school, private education etc. In addition, he asks if there are any figures on financial assistance given to these students.

The second question relates to the data on outward remittance i.e. how much money do immigrants send to other countries and which countries by amount.

I would appreciate your help in answering these questions.




Answer

Statistics on college and university enrolments by immigration status (Canadian students/International students/Not reported) are available in the Postsecondary Student Information System (PSIS) tables that were recently added to the DLI collection (http://www.statcan.gc.ca/dli-ild/data-donnees/ftp/psis-siep-eng.htm).

Our education contacts have confirmed that they do not collect any data for foreign students at the high school level or in private schools nor do they collect data on financial assistance for foreign students. As mentioned in an off-list message, you may also wish to look into the data on foreign students by level of study that would be available from CIC.

With respect to your second question on outward remittances, your user may be interested in the publications and sources cited in the following Daily release for the 2008 study "Remittances by recent immigrants" : http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/080723/dq080723b-eng.htm (see the sources listed at the bottom of the release). If the specific information the student requires isn't included in these sources, please do not hesitate to let me know.

I hope that this information is helpful.