Immigrant children outshines the Canadians with higher education rate and earnings- Study Report

According to a recent study conducted by Statistics Canada, those immigrants who came to Canada as children have higher participation in postsecondary education than the overall Canadian population. Additionally, these immigrants admitted at younger ages make more money from their mid-20s than their Canadian peers.

The study has been conducted based on income tax data 2019 from the Longitudinal Immigration Database (IMDB). The data provided a better, long-term perspective on how immigrant children have integrated into Canadian society.

Immigrant children- Participation in postsecondary education

Those who moved to Canada before age 15 had a high participation rate in postsecondary education, i.e., 70% for 20-year-old newcomers admitted as children. However, the participation rate of the overall Canadian population is only 59%.

Furthermore, at the age of 25, the participation rate of immigrants admitted as children are about 33%, while for the overall Canadian population, it is around 27%.

This data is generated based on the data of tax filers between the age group of 18 and 30 years in 2019. They claimed their tuition fees for postsecondary programs in the same year. 

As per the Statistics Canada report, in 2019 following was the participation rate of economic immigrant children in postsecondary education in Canada-

• For 20-year-old new immigrants admitted before their fifth birthday- 76.7%
• For those admitted between age group of 5 to 9 years- 71.4%
• For those admitted between age group of 10 to 14 years- 63.8%

Factors affecting participation in postsecondary education in Canada

The postsecondary education participation rate among immigrants who were admitted as children in Canada is primarily related to the socio-economic characteristics of their parents.

The selection process for economic immigration is based on the primary applicant’s education, skill level, and work experience. As a result, most of Canada’s immigrant tax filers who came to Canada under the economic immigration category have finished any postsecondary education in their home country before coming to Canada.

Correspondingly, those immigrants admitted to Canada as children with their economic immigrant families have higher participation than in postsecondary education. As a result, the report states that in 2019, the participation rate for 20-year-old immigrant children belonging to different immigrant families was as follows-:

• Economic immigrant families- 75.4%
• Sponsored immigrant families- 60.7%
• Refugee immigrant families- 53.9%

Economic Class Immigrant Children- Report Higher Maiden Wages

According to the Statistics Canada study, immigrant children of economic immigrant families have reported higher median wages in the mid-20s than their Canadian peers.

At 20, the economic class immigrant children were most likely enrolled in Canada’s postsecondary studies in 2019. As a result, they had median wages of $10,900, lower than their Canadian peers ($12,900). 

However, at age 25, the figures drastically changed. The median wages of economic class immigrant children were 11% higher than the overall Canadian population, i.e., $31,500 for immigrant children and $30,290 for their Canadian peers.

Similarly, at age 30, there was a hike of 29% in the maiden wages. As a result, the economic immigrant children touched a figure of $55,500 maiden wages, whereas the Canadian population was $42,940.

Keeping the figures in mind along with Canada’s ambitious immigration plan for 2022, i.e., to admit 4,11,000 newcomers, this is indeed the right time to apply for a Canada PR visa.

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- Rajneesh Kumar