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Study: The social and economic concerns of immigrants during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Released: 2020-05-01

All Canadians are concerned about the health, economic and social ramifications of COVID-19. However, a short study published today suggests that immigrants to Canada may be more concerned about the impact of COVID-19 than Canadian-born people.

In regard to health, for example, almost half of immigrants (49%) reported that they were "very" or "extremely" concerned about their own health, compared with one-third (33%) of the Canadian-born.

Over half of immigrants (53%) reported that they were "very" or "extremely" concerned about the possibility of civil disorder, compared with about one-third (37%) of the Canadian-born.

Over two-fifths of immigrant men (43%) reported that the crisis would have a "major" or "moderate" impact on their finances, compared with about one-quarter (27%) of Canadian-born men.

This study coincides with the launch of a series of virtual conferences on selected themes related to the multiple social and economic effects of COVID-19, an initiative of the COVID-19 Social Impacts Network. The first of these virtual conferences, "The economic and social impact of COVID-19 on newcomers to Canada," will be held today, May 1, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. (Eastern Time).

  Note to readers

The data from this release are from the new Canadian Perspective Survey Series (CPSS). The CPSS is a web panel online survey that was developed by Statistics Canada to get timely information about how Canadians are coping with COVID-19. More than 4,600 respondents (including more than 700 immigrants) participated in the survey from March 29 to April 3, 2020.

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The study "The social and economic concerns of immigrants during the COVID-19 pandemic" is now available as part of the series StatCan COVID-19: Data to Insights for a Better Canada (Catalogue number45280001).

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For more information, or to enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact us (toll-free 1-800-263-1136; 514-283-8300; STATCAN.infostats-infostats.STATCAN@canada.ca) or Media Relations (613-951-4636; STATCAN.mediahotline-ligneinfomedias.STATCAN@canada.ca).

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