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Citizenship & Immigration Canada Information Sources

Citizenship & Immigration Canada Information Sources. 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

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Citizenship & Immigration Canada Information Sources

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  1. Citizenship & Immigration Canada Information Sources

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. Permanent Residents Demonstration

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. Temporary Residents Demonstration

  11. Roughly 40% of Canada’s temporary residentsauthorized to work TEMPORARY RESIDENTS VERSUS TEMPORARY RESIDENTS AUTHORIZED TO WORK: STOCKS ON DECEMBER 01, 1980 - 2001

  12. Foreign Workers From Selected Countries ofLast Permanent Residence By Skill Level: Stocks, 2001 Stock is calculated on the first day of each month.

  13. Workers From the US Have Shorter Average Duration of Employment

  14. Post-Secondary Foreign Students in Canada by Top Ten Source Country and Gender: 2001

  15. 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

  16. Externally-Produced Data Sources • In partnership with CIC • IMDB (admin data links) • LSIC (admin data links)

  17. 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

  18. 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)

  19. IMDB Demonstration

  20. 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.

  21. 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)

  22. 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

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