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Citizenship & Immigration Canada Information Sources
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Overview
• Internally-produced data sources, derived from CIC’s administrative data – Facts and Figures data systems: permanent
residents, temporary residents & refugee claimants, citizenship
• Externally-produced data sources– in partnership with CIC– other
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The Facts and Figures Data Systems
• Permanent Resident Data System (PRDS) - immigrant landings
• Client Based Data System (CBDS) - temporary residents & refugee claimants
• Landings-Citizenship Registry System (LCRS) - citizenship acquisition
• Components interconnected• Support C&I Monitor• Building blocks for other databases
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Permanent Residents
• Immigrant landings information• Socio-demographic characteristics
captured include: category, gender, age, province/city of destination, source region/country, level of education, self-declared knowledge of official languages, intention to work, skill level/occupation
• Data available from 1980 to present
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Permanent Residents (2)
• Annual landings component of Facts and Figures (100+ tables)
• Digital library (CD with tables)
• PRDS query tool (desk top software)
• Quarterly electronic updates
• Building block for other data systems
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Permanent Residents Demonstration
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Temporary Residents (1)
• Tracks temporary residents
• A person-based system (not document-based)
• Can describe different perspectives– Primary Status - motivation– Program Status - participant in special
program, e.g., LCP– Transition from one status to another
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Temporary Residents (2)
• Characteristics captured for all include: primary status, all permits issued, gender, age, location - province/city, source region/country, marital status
• Other characteristics captured if available: skill level/occupation, level of study, length of study program, country of alleged persecution, etc.
• Data available from 1978 to present
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Temporary Residents (3)
• Annual Temporary Resident Component of Facts and Figures (30+ tables)
• Digital library (CD with tables)
• CBDS query tool (beta version)
• Quarterly electronic updates
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Temporary Residents Demonstration
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Roughly 40% of Canada’s temporary residentsauthorized to work
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TEMPORARY RESIDENTS VERSUS TEMPORARY RESIDENTS AUTHORIZED TO WORK:TEMPORARY RESIDENTS VERSUS TEMPORARY RESIDENTS AUTHORIZED TO WORK: STOCKS ON DECEMBER 01, 1980 - 2001STOCKS ON DECEMBER 01, 1980 - 2001
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Foreign Workers From Selected Countries ofLast Permanent Residence By Skill Level: Stocks,
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Skill Level C
UK
France
Germany
India
Japan
Philippines
Australia
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Mexico
Jamaica
Stock is calculated on the first day of each month.
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Workers From the US Have Shorter Average Duration of Employment
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Average Duration of Most Recent Continuous Stay of Foreign Workers from Selected Countries of Last Permanent Residence
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Post-Secondary Foreign Students in Canada by Top Ten Source Country and Gender: 2001
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Citizenship
• Immigrant landings information linked to citizenship acquisition data
• Socio-demographic characteristics similar to those in PRDS but also includes: type of grant/proof
• Data available from 1992 to present
• Updated annually
• Products to be defined
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Externally-Produced Data Sources
• In partnership with CIC– IMDB(admin data links)– LSIC (admin data links)
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What is the IMDB? (1)• Longitudinal IMmigration Data Base• Links immigrants landed from 1980 to 2000
with their income tax filings• Addresses need for detailed, reliable,
policy-relevant data: only source identifying immigrant category
• Updated annually• Developed by CIC in federal-provincial
partnership
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What is the IMDB? (2)
• Permits analysis of relative labour market performance– By immigrant category– By characteristic (cohort, gender, knowledge
of official language, education, destination/location, etc.)
– By source of income
• Permits analysis of geographic mobility• Taxfilers tracked over time (16 years)
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IMDB Demonstration
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What is the LSIC? (1)• Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada• Designed to study process by which new
immigrants adapt to or integrate into Canadian society, including stages in integration process, factors which influence integration, and impact of services
• Longitudinal – the same respondents interviewed repeatedly: at six months, two years and four years after arriving in Canada.
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What is the LSIC? (2)• Topics investigated: housing, education, foreign
credentials recognition, employment, income, development and use of social networks, language skills, health, values and satisfaction with settlement
• Target population - all immigrants and refugees aged 15+ landed from abroad between October 1st, 2000 and September 30th, 2001. (accounts for about 165,000 of the total 250,000 persons admitted to Canada during reference period)
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Others Externally-Produced Data Sources
• Census of Population (1981,86,91,96 & 2001)
• Adult Literacy and Life Skills• World Values Survey• General Social Survey• Ethnic Diversity Survey• CANSIM• yet to be determined