Refugee status in #Canada
Source of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
In 2016, 33 percent of refugees were employed in sectors that required a high school diploma or specific job training. Examples include truck drivers, food and beverage waiters, and industrial butchers. About a fifth of the refugees were also employed in professional jobs that required a university degree, such as medicine, dentistry and architecture.
Refugees create jobs for themselves and for other Canadians. Among these, some are self-employed and others own companies and others work for them. 14% of refugees who have been in Canada for 10 to 30 years are entrepreneurs. This rate is 12% for people born in Canada.
The average age of refugees is lower than Canadian-born people. Canada has an aging population, and the average age of Canadians has increased from 37 years in 2001 to 41 years in 2016. Refugees are, on average, 11 years younger than those born in Canada, meaning they are more likely to be of working age. The average age of refugees who came to Canada in 2016 was 29 years. Refugees often come to Canada at a young age and have many years to contribute economically.
Refugees have settled across Canada
Census data shows that newcomers, most of whom are refugees, are more likely to settle in other parts of Canada. Of the refugees who arrived between 2011 and 2016, 48 percent live in smaller towns and villages. This rate is 44% for the entire immigrant population.
Home ownership is an indicator of a family’s financial health as well as the family’s commitment to a community. Despite the lack of initial financial resources, 65 percent of refugee families who have been in Canada for 10 years or more live in their own homes, compared to 79 percent for the Canadian-born. About one third of the refugee families managed to buy their own houses within the first 5 years of being in this country.
Refugees have a greater sense of belonging to Canada than those born in Canada Refugees show a greater sense of belonging to Canada than people born in Canada. Statistics show that 95% of refugees have a strong sense of belonging to Canada, but this rate is 91% for those born in Canada.
Refugees have the highest citizenship rate among all immigrant groups, with 89 percent of refugees becoming citizens compared to 84 percent of economic class immigrants and 80 percent of family class immigrants.
More refugees who arrived in Canada as children have completed high school, college, university and graduate education than children who were born in this country.
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