Workforce integration has been a central theme of work undertaken by the CLBC. Immigrants face many of the same challenges as other Canadian workers, and some that arise from being new to our country. This collection of research and analysis conducted by the CLBC includes a new commentary piece by senior CLBC researcher Clarence Lochhead, "The Transition Penalty."
The Transition Penalty: Unemployment among Recent Immigrants to Canada: CLBC Commentary by Senior Researcher Clarence Lochhead, August 2003.
Despite comparable national unemployment rates, census data suggests immigrants are having more difficulty today integrating into the economy than was the case in 1981.
Public Policy Forum Conference, March 19-20, 2006
“Integrating Immigrants: Building Partnerships That Work”
Presentation by Clarence Lochhead, CLBC Senior Researcher
CLBC Release (December 30, 2003):
Immigration is The New Year’s Wish for Growing Canada’s Labour Force
Research Reports
The CLBC received support from Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) for a development project under the Enhanced Language Training (ELT) initiative.
In Ottawa, as in many other urban centres accross the country, recently landed immigrants show unfavourable labour market outcomes, a sign of failure to recognize their credentials. In an effort to address this issue, the Ottawa Internationally-Trained Workers project has been created, as a means to develop a community-based strategy aimed at facilitating the accreditation and integration of internationally-trained workers into the Ottawa economy.
- Workers Educated Abroad: Seduction and Abandonment
Food for Thought, Document #10, Produced by the Canadian Career Development Foundation for Working Connection, The Pan-Canadian Symposium on Career Development, Life-long Learning and Workforce Development. By Francois Lamontagne. - Tapping the Potential: A Statistical Profile of Ottawa's Immigrant Workforce, June 2003
Drawing from the latest governmental data on immigration, this report contains a statistical profile highlighting the role of immigration in Ottawa’s workforce landscape. It demonstrates the importance of immigration to Ottawa’s population and labour force growth.
With immigrants becoming the primary source for growth in Canada’s labour force, this survey of 1,200 managers and labour leaders explores attitudes to immigration levels, solving skill shortage challenges and recognizing foreign credentials.
Drawing from a 1999 national survey, this report examines the extent of employer-sponsored training received by recent immigrants, and how it differs from that received by earlier immigrants and Canadian-born workers.
Employers assess their experience with provincial credentials-assessment services.
Data / Indicators
Charts:
Unemployment Rates, Canadian-born and Recent Immigrants
Canada
Newfoundland & Labrador
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
New Brunswick
QuebecTables:
Immigrant Status and Period of Immigration by Labour Force Activity
Canada
Newfoundland & Labrador
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
Ottawa
Toronto
Montreal
Vancouver
Calgary
Links
Maytree Foundation
The Maytree Foundation has a robust database of information related to immigration. We have selected a few "chapters" from their database that are very specific to labour market integration.Barriers
Business Mentoring
Credential Assessment
Immigrant Professional Associations
Prior Learning Assessment
Skills Based Assessment
Trades
