Canadian immigration leads to university
13/10/2008 by Bryan Palmer
A study based on Canada's census data has revealed that a higher proportion of the children of Canadian immigrants attend university compared with the children of Canadian-born citizens.
The census data shows that twice as many second-generation Asian-Canadian women aged 25-37 years old have university degrees compared with non-immigrant Canadian-born women of the same age. Earning power amongst second-generation immigrants aged 25-37 is 6% higher than the earning power of their Canadian-born counterparts.
The highest number of women employed in the country came from the second-generation immigrants group aged 25-37 years, at 72 per cent. Immigrant parents with less education were more likely to have highly educated children - this is opposite to the findings for non-immigrant families.
The study's author is Miles Corak, a professor of the University of Ottawa. He said of the findings: "The study offers a more precise picture of where discontent and disengagement might arise in Canadian society."
The results of the study will be good news for The Canadian Immigration and Citizenship (CIC) which aims to improve and streamline the immigration system so that more foreign workers will move to Canada.
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