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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– Ex: They cannot have

dangerous and transmittable diseases

– Cannot have criminal records or suspicious dealings

Immigration

• The Citizenship and Immigration Canada is a government department that deals with immigration

• There are four types of immigrants:1. Economic immigrants (66%)2. Family Class (21.5%)3. Refugees (8.8%)4. Other (3.2%)

Immigrant Classifications in Canada (p.174)

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.

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.

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

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?

Immigration to Canada

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.

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.

Alberta

Interprovincial Migration (p.181)

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).