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QUICK FACTS: WOMEN IMMIGRANTS IN CANADA

  • In 2022, more than 200,000 women immigrated to Canada.

 

  • 38% of immigrant women and 49.6% of recent women immigrants have completed a university certificate or degree at the bachelor's level or above.

 

  • 82.7% of recent women immigrants completed their highest postsecondary credential outside of Canada.

 

  • Immigrant women are more likely to have postsecondary credentials in the sciences, mathematics, computer and information sciences, or architecture, engineering and related technologies.

 

  • Immigrant women have a lower labour force participation rate compared to Canadian-born women.

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  • Employment rate is lower and the unemployment rate is higher for immigrant women compared to Canadian-born women.

 

  • Recent female immigrants are more likely to be of core working age, 25 to 54 years old but least likely to be employed.

 

  • Immigrant women take longer to integrate into the labour force compared to immigrant men.

 

  • Immigrant women are less likely than Canadian-born women to be a member or participant in an association or organization.

 

  • In 2011, 60.5% of immigrant females belonged to a visible minority group.

References

Dressler, P. (2015 June). Immigrant Women Finding Meaningful Employment in Calgary. Mount Royal University Institute For Community Prosperity. Retrieved from https://www.mtroyal.ca/nonprofit/InstituteforCommunityProsperity/_pdfs/icp_report_immigrantwomen.pdf

 

Employment and Social Development Canada. (2022, March 7).  Women's Employment Readiness Pilot Program. Retrieved from https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/news/2022/03/womens-employment-readiness-pilot-program.html

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Hudon, T. (2015, October 21). Women in Canada: A Gender-based Statistical Report. Statistics Canada. Retrieved from https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/en/pub/89-503-x/2015001/article/14217-eng.pdf?st=qTonMjQb

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Meraj, N. (2015, February 27). Settlement Experiences of Professional Immigrant Women in Canada, USA, UK and Australia. Western University. Retrieved from https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4230&context=etd

 

Yssadd, L. & Fields, A. (2018, December, 24.) The Immigrant Labour Force Analysis Series. The Canadian Immigrant Labour Market: Recent Trends from 2006 to 2017. Statistics Canada. Retrieved from https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/71-606-x/71-606-x2018001-eng.htm

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