The deteriorating economic welfare of Canadian immigrants.

Abstract

one as well as the other the low-income and the earnings gap between immigrants and the Canadian born are observ to have increased, particularly for new immigrants. While the incidence of depressed income fell among the Canadian born during the 1990 it increased among immigrants in all education and age collections and from most "non-traditional" source countries. In Canada's major cities virtually all the increase in low-income rates during the 1990 was concentrated among the immigrant population.

The deterioration in immigrant economic welfare occurr despite policy changes designed to fix upon individuals with greater potential contribution to the Canadian economy. We