25. Recent Immigrants
in Vancouver
SUMMARY
Organizer:
Elizabeth Ruddick
Citizenship and Immigration CANADA
elizabeth.ruddick@8754bss.cina.cic.x400.gc.ca
Description:
The Vancouver metropolitan area is Canada's second major urban centre
for recent immigrants - persons who immigrated ("landed") after 1980. In
1996, there were 339,000 recent immigrants in Vancouver, 16 per cent of
all recent immigrants living in Canada, accounting for more than one-half
of all immigrants in Vancouver and one-fifth (19%) of the population of
the city.
This workshop will include a tour of the city, and will bring together
individuals working in the field of immigration: academics, federal,
provincial and municipal government representatives, and individuals from
service providing organizations. Topics to be discussed include, but are
not limited to: the demographic and socio-economic characteristics of
recent immigrants in Vancouver, their social and labour market needs and
experiences, their participation in the economy, the jobs they occupy and
their income sources. Where appropriate, comparisons will be made with
earlier immigrants and the native-born.
Presenters
Jean Bergeron
, Citizenship and Immigration CANADA 
