FactSheet: Immigrant Employment Experience by Year of Arrival in Canada
Highlights
- Immigrants who arrived in the 1980s have higher employment rates; the employment rates of subsequent arrival cohorts are lower for each year of arrival since the 1980s.
- Similarly, median earnings (for those who are employed) are lower for each year of arrival from the 1980s to the present.
- Thus, immigrants in each arrival cohort maintain their position relative to other arrival cohorts, regardless of changes in the economy.
