Economic Integration of Immigrants

Economic Integration of Immigrants

Quebec ranked seventh out of 11 jurisdictions according to the latest common year of data in 2021. Economic integration measured by immigrant unemployment rates has shown a downward trend in the majority of jurisdictions studied. However, Italy, the United States, and Iceland experienced an upward trend in immigrant unemployment rates. Quebec ranks fifth among the jurisdictions studied.

Sources

Domestic Source : Statistics Canada. Table 14-10-0083-01.

International Source : OECD. Foreign-born unemployment.

Methodological note: This concerns the unemployment rate as a percentage of the population aged 15 to 64 for OECD countries, and for Quebec, Ontario, and Canada, it includes individuals aged 15 and above.