RECENT IMMIGRANTS IN METROPOLITAN AREAS Saskatoon A Comparative Profile Based on the 2001 Census April 2005 Produced by Strategic Research and Statistics For additional copies, please visit our website: Internet: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/research/papers/menu-recent.html All rights reserved. No part of this information (publication or product) may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, or stored in a retrieval system, without prior written permission of the Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0S5 or [email protected]. © Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, represented by the Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada, 2005. Cat. no. MP22-20E/8-2005E-PDF ISBN 0-662-39075-X Aussi disponible en français sous le titre Les immigrants récents des régions métropolitaines : Saskatoon – un profil comparatif d’après le recensement de 2001. RECENT IMMIGRANTS IN METROPOLITAN AREAS Saskatoon 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................................................................................................................................................................VII HIGHLIGHTS.................................................................................................................................................................X PART A: IMMIGRANTS AND RECENT IMMIGRANTS ...................................................................................1 16,900 immigrants in the Saskatoon Census Metropolitan Area...........................................................................1 Immigrant share of the population stable ...............................................................................................................2 Four in ten immigrants landed after 1985 ..............................................................................................................2 An increasing share of Saskatchewan’s immigrant population.............................................................................3 6,600 recent immigrants—3% of the population....................................................................................................3 More than four out of five recent immigrants have become Canadian citizens....................................................4 PART B: WHO ARE THE RECENT IMMIGRANTS? .........................................................................................6 ORIGIN, IMMIGRATION CATEGORY AND RELIGION ..................................................................................................6 Countries of origin changing...................................................................................................................................6 Saskatoon's share of recent immigrants varies by country of birth .......................................................................7 Steady flow of skilled workers and government-assisted refugees ........................................................................8 Religions changing with countries of origin ...........................................................................................................9 AGE AND GENDER .......................................................................................................................................................10 Nearly one-half of recent immigrants are young adults.......................................................................................10 More men than women among very recent immigrants .......................................................................................12 LANGUAGE AND EDUCATION .....................................................................................................................................13 Almost all very recent immigrants speak English or French ...............................................................................13 More than half of very recent immigrants speak a foreign language at home....................................................14 Many university graduates among recent immigrants .........................................................................................14 Recent immigrants add to Saskatoon’s pool of science professionals.................................................................17 Recent immigrants more likely to attend school...................................................................................................18 PART C: FAMILIES AND HOUSEHOLDS...........................................................................................................19 FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD AFFILIATION OF INDIVIDUALS ......................................................................................19 Older recent immigrants more likely to be living with relatives..........................................................................19 Recent immigrants more likely to live in extended families .................................................................................20 FAMILIES .....................................................................................................................................................................22 One in twenty-four families in Saskatoon is a recent immigrant family..............................................................22 Recent immigrant families more likely to have children in the home..................................................................23 Older recent immigrant families have more children living at home..................................................................24 In majority of recent immigrant families, both spouses are recent immigrants..................................................25 HOUSEHOLDS ..............................................................................................................................................................26 One in twenty-five households is a recent immigrant household.........................................................................26 Recent immigrant households more likely to be larger than a nuclear family....................................................26 Recent immigrant households tend to be large.....................................................................................................28 More care of children.............................................................................................................................................29 PART D: PARTICIPATION IN THE ECONOMY ...............................................................................................30 PARTICIPATION IN THE LABOUR MARKET ...............................................................................................................30 Labour force participation lower among very recent immigrants.......................................................................30 Pattern of adjustment similar for most levels of education..................................................................................33 Unemployment higher for recent immigrants.......................................................................................................36 Share of men and women with jobs higher with longer stay................................................................................36 THE JOBS OF RECENT IMMIGRANTS..........................................................................................................................38 Part-time jobs more common for very recent immigrants ...................................................................................38 Many recent immigrants in health and science occupations ...............................................................................38 - i - Many recent immigrants in hospitality and other services and the public sector............................................... 40 Skill requirements of jobs of very recent immigrants higher ............................................................................... 43 Skills of university graduates utilized.................................................................................................................... 45 PART E: INCOME...................................................................................................................................................... 47 SOURCES AND LEVEL OF INCOME ............................................................................................................................. 47 Sources of income vary by time in Canada........................................................................................................... 47 Average income comparable for 1996-2001 and 1986-1995 immigrants .......................................................... 48 Earnings of recent immigrants who worked mostly full-time lower.................................................................... 49 Transfer payments a larger share of income of households of non-seniors ....................................................... 50 THE DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME ................................................................................................................................51 Large differences between all groups ..................................................................................................................