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The Expatriate Mind on Loon Lounge: Immigrants pass Toronto to follow money West, study finds
Posted on Jan. 29th 2009 at 05:45 pm EST (209 views, 2 comments)
Interesting article that came across in my Connect2Canada email newsletter (unfortunately archived now, so you'll have to pay for it if you want the whole thing). Seems that immigrants (defined as all foreign born Canadians) are saying "show me the money" and the West is responding. What I found most interesting about this article was the additional information at the end from SHIFTING PATTERNS OF IMMIGRATION IN CANADA'S URBAN CENTRES BY JACK JEDWAB. Here's the trends for immigration growth and decline in the following cities. Growing: Charlottetown: +50.2% Halifax: +44.8% Moncton: +74% Edmonton: +52% Calgary: +32% Montreal: +36% Declining Toronto: -20.8% Vancouver: -1% It's also interesting to note that the report states the average immigrant family income in Canada prior to 2001 was in the $90K range. After 2001? Try just $45-60K per family. Have opportunities for immigrants in major Canadian cities really dried up this much? I'm going to be cautious and take it as simply one data point - not the whole story. Follow The Expatriate Mind at http://expatriatemind.blogspot.com/
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