Tables and figures

Main tables, listed by topic
Supplementary tables
Figures, listed by topic

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Main tables, listed by topic

Pre-migration and arrival in Canada

Table 2.1. Immigrants' gender distribution, by immigration category, 2001

Table 2.2. Immigrants' age group distribution, by immigration category, 2001

Table 2.3. Immigrants' level of education, by immigration category, 2001

The first six months

Table 3.1. Five most cited reasons for immigrating to Canada, by immigration category, 2001

Table 3.2. Immigrants' network at landing, by immigration category, 2001

Table 3.3. Immigrants' network at landing, by most popular census metropolitan areas of residence, 2001

Table 3.4. Proximity of immigrants' relatives in Canada, by immigration category, 2001

Choosing where to live and finding a home

Table 4.1. Immigrants' distribution, by selected census metropolitan areas of residence and immigration category, 2001

Table 4.2. Number of places immigrants have lived in since arrival, by immigration category, 2001

Table 4.3. Immigrants' pattern of housing arrangements at time of arrival versus at time of interview, by immigration category, 2001

Table 4.4. Immigrants' household size, by immigration category, 2001

Table 4.5. Distribution of tenant immigrants, by cost of housing relative to family income and immigration category, 2001

Table 4.6. Immigrants reporting difficulties in finding housing, by immigration category, 2001

Adapting to a new linguistic environment

Table 5.1. Immigrants' knowledge of official languages, by immigration category, 2001

Maintaining health

Table 6.1. Self-rating of health by age group for Canadian population and LSIC immigrants, 2001

Table 6.2. Immigrants' reported type of health problem, by immigration category, 2001

Table 6.3. Immigrants' most frequently reported reasons for not obtaining health care, by province of residence, 2001

Table 6.4. Immigrants' reported problems or difficulties accessing health care, by immigration category, 2001

Table 6.5. Immigrants' problems or difficulties accessing health care, by province, 2001

Building on education and training

Table 7.1. Immigrants' type of training taken, by immigration category, 2001

Table 7.2. Immigrants with credentials, by immigration category and type of credential, 2001

Table 7.3. Immigrants' credentials checked, by immigration category, 2001

Table 7.4. Where immigrants' credentials checked, by immigration category, 2001

Table 7.5. Immigrants' credential acceptance, by immigration category, 2001

Table 7.6. Immigrants' credential acceptance, by language ability, 2001

Table 7.7. Immigrants' credential acceptance, by province, 2001

Table 7.8. Immigrants' plans to have credentials assessed, by immigration category, 2001

Finding employment

Table 8.1. Immigrants' methods for finding employment, by immigration category, 2001

Table 8.2. Immigrants' methods for finding employment, by gender, 2001

Table 8.3. Labour force status of immigrants, 2001

Table 8.4. Labour force status of immigrants, by immigration category, 2001

Table 8.5. Immigrants' labour force rates, by immigration category, 2001

Table 8.6. Immigrants' labour force rates, by gender and age group, 2001

Table 8.7. Immigrants' labour force rates, by region and selected census metropolitan areas, 2001

Table 8.8. Immigrants' labour force rates, by knowledge of official languages, 2001

Table 8.9. Immigrants' labour force rates, by major world region and country of origin, 2001

Table 8.10. Immigrants' type of employment, by immigration category, 2001

Table 8.11. Immigrants' occupational distribution pre and post arrival in Canada, 2001

Table 8.12. Immigrants' most common occupations, by gender, 2001

Table 8.13. Employment status of immigrants in the skilled worker principal applicant category, by intended occupation, 2001

Table 8.14. Number of jobs (or businesses) held by immigrants, by immigration category, 2001

Table 8.15. Immigrants' job satisfaction, by immigration category, 2001

Table 8.16. Immigrants' reason for leaving job, by immigration category, 2001

Table 8.17. Immigrants' employment problems, by immigration category and gender, 2001

Making ends meet

Table 9.1. Immigrants bringing savings to Canada, by immigration category, 2001

Table 9.2. Immigrants' amount of savings brought to Canada, by immigration category, 2001

Table 9.3. Immigrants' gross monthly income, by immigration category, 2001

Table 9.4. Skilled worker immigrants' gross monthly income, by application status, 2001

Table 9.5. Immigrants' sources and distribution of family income, by immigration category, 2001

Table 9.6. Immigrants' incidence of loans and average loan amount, by immigration category, 2001

Table 9.7. Immigrants' satisfaction with financial situation, by average per member monthly family income, 2001

Settling in a new country

Table 10.1. Extent to which immigrants' new friends in Canada are of the same ethnic group, by immigration category, 2001

Methodology and data quality

Table 12.1. LSIC imputation rates for income and earnings, 2001

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Supplementary tables

Table A. Immigrants' top ten countries of birth, by immigration category, 2001

Table B. Immigrants' top ten countries of last permanent residence, by immigration category, 2001

Table C. Immigrants' integration challenges, by province of residence, 2001

Table D. Immigrants' integration challenges, by major immigration category and gender, 2001

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Figures, listed by topic

Adapting to a new linguistic environment

Figure 5.1. Immigrants' self-perception of English language skills, 2001

Figure 5.2. Method of learning English for immigrants outside of Quebec, 2001

Figure 5.3. Self-perception of French language skills for immigrants in Quebec, 2001

Figure 5.4. Method of learning French for immigrants in Quebec, 2001

Maintaining health

Figure 6.1. Proportion of immigrants who received health care, 2001

Figure 6.2. Immigrants' most serious problem accessing health care, by province of residence, 2001

Building on education and training

Figure 7.1. Immigrants' type of training taken, by gender, 2001

Figure 7.2. Immigrants' reasons for not having credentials assessed six months after arrival, 2001

Figure 7.3. Immigrants' reasons for not planning to have credentials assessed, 2001

Finding employment

Figure 8.1. Immigrants' weekly rates of employment, by immigration category, 2001

Making ends meet

Figure 9.1. Immigrants' satisfaction with financial situation, by immigration category, 2001

Settling in a new country

Figure 10.1. Immigrants' satisfaction with experiences in Canada, by immigration category, 2001

Figure 10.2. Immigrants' rating of experiences in Canada, by immigration category, 2001

Figure 10.3. Immigrants' intention to sponsor or help others immigrate to Canada, by immigration category, 2001

Challenges to integration

Figure 11.1. Immigrants who had housing difficulties, and sources of assistance, 2001

Figure 11.2. Immigrants who had health difficulties, and sources of assistance, 2001

Figure 11.3. Immigrants who had difficulties with education or training, and sources of assistance, 2001

Figure 11.4. Immigrants who had difficulties with employment, and sources of assistance, 2001