Table 3. Immigrants' experience finding housing, accessing health care services, training, and entering the labour market, 2001

Immigrants' experience Find housing Access health care services Acquire further education Enter the labour market
Number
Immigrants who tried to obtain services
125,100
122,500
108,900
116,700
  %
Immigrants who never tried to obtain services1
23.8
25.4
33.7
28.8
Immigrants who tried to obtain services1
76.2
74.6
66.3
71.2
Immigrants who did not experience any difficulty2
62.3
76.6
60.4
29.7
Immigrants who had at least one difficulty2
37.7
23.4
39.6
70.3
1. Among all immigrants who arrived in Canada from abroad between October 2000 and September 2001, i.e. 164,200.
2. Among immigrants who tried to obtain services.
Source: Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada, 2001.