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Welcome to Canada!

Welcome to Canada!. Glossary Words. Push Factors Pull Factors Out-Migration In-Migration. Immigrating to Canda. Immigrating to Canada is a very complex costly venture Before the process of immigration can be explored, immigrants must ensure they are not a danger to Canadians

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Welcome to Canada!

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  1. Welcome to Canada!

  2. Glossary Words • Push Factors • Pull Factors • Out-Migration • In-Migration

  3. Immigrating to Canda • Immigrating to Canada is a very complex costly venture • Before the process of immigration can be explored, immigrants must ensure they are not a danger to Canadians • Ex: They cannot have dangerous and transmittable diseases • Cannot have criminal records or suspicious dealings

  4. Immigration • The Citizenship and Immigration Canada is a government department that deals with immigration • There are four types of immigrants: • Economic immigrants (66%) • Family Class (21.5%) • Refugees (8.8%) • Other (3.2%)

  5. Immigrant Classifications in Canada (p.174)

  6. Family Class • Due to the high cost of immigration, usually only one parent comes to Canada and must work hard to sponsor the rest of their family into Canda. • You can only sponsor a family member after you become financially stable in Canada and can support those who you sponsor into the country.

  7. Refugees • Unlike Immigrant, refugees have been displaced from their country and cannot return home. • The flee to escape torture, persecution or death, often from war torn countries. • There is a limited number of refugees that are allowed to immigrate to Canada each year. • With few possessions, special programs are put in place to help refugees.

  8. Economic Immigrants • For economic immigrants and point system is in place to determine if applicants have the necessary characteristics to settle successfully in Canada. • This evaluation has six factors of interest: education, official language, proficiency, work experience, age, pre-arranged employment in Canada, adaptability. • Passing rate if 67/100

  9. Factors of Immigration • Certain factors encourage people to leave their country and move to a new one • Push factors : encourage a person to leave their country. • Pull factors: encourage a person to move to a new country • Pause for Thought: What factors might pull immigrants to Canada from the United States?

  10. Immigration to Canada

  11. Migration Patterns in Canada • Since Canada is so diverse, quality of life varies from region to region. • When people leave province, it is called out-migration, while in-migration is when people come to live permanently in a province or territory.

  12. Interprovincial Migration • There are many reasons people move from province to province • Steady employment • Higher wages • Alberta, with its economic boom, has the largest net in-migration of any province or territory.

  13. Interprovincial Migration (p.181)

  14. Impact of Interprovincial Migration • Interprovincial migration plays an important role in Canada’s economy. When people leave a province, the economic growth will go down. • It also changes the makeup of a province. Most migrants have post secondary and are young (15-44).

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