Changing Landscapes: Recent Immigrants Living in York Region

Non-immigrants:
Persons who are Canadian citizens by birth.
Although most were born in Canada, a small
number of them were born outside Canada to
Canadian parents.
Official language ability:
The ability to conduct a conversation in English only,
in French only, or in both English and French.
Out-migrants:
Persons who moved out of a census division (e.g.,
York Region) to elsewhere in Canada, within the
5 years prior to the Census Day May 15 for 2001
Census or May 16 for 2006 Census.
Period of immigration:
The ranges of years based on the year of
immigration, which refers to the year in which
landed immigrant status was first obtained.
A landed immigrant is a person who has been
granted the right to live in Canada permanently
by immigration authorities.
Post graduate educational attainment:
Those persons who have university certificate or
diploma above bachelor level, degree in medicine,
dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry,
master’s degree and earned doctorate.
Recent immigrants in 2001:
Immigrants who landed in Canada between
January 1, 1996 to May 15, 2001 (2001 Census Day)
and had lived in Canada as permanent resident for
less than 5 years at the time of 2001 Census.
Recent immigrants in 2006:
Immigrants who landed in Canada between January
1, 2001 to May 16, 2006 (2006 Census Day) and
had lived in Canada as permanent resident for less
than 5 years at the time of 2006 Census.
Secondary in-migrants:
Immigrants who first landed elsewhere in Canada
before they moved to York Region.
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Unemployment rate:
The unemployed expressed as a percentage of the
labour force in the week (Sunday to Saturday) prior
to Census Day May 15 for 2001 Census or May 16
for 2006 Census.
University certificate or diploma at a
bachelor’s level or higher:
Includes those who have a bachelor’s degree as
well as those with university certificate or diploma
above bachelor level, degree in medicine, dentistry,
veterinary medicine or optometry, master’s degree
and earned doctorate.
Visible minorities:
The Employment Equity Act defines visible minorities
as ‘persons, other than Aboriginal peoples, who are
non-Caucasian in race or non-white in colour’.
Worked mostly for full time and full year:
Persons aged 25 to 64, excluding institutional
residents, who worked 49 to 52 weeks (mostly full
time) in 2005 for pay or in self-employment.
Working-age:
The age range from 25 years to 64 years of age.
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census Dictionary.
Note: Additional definitions for census terms can be
found in the 2006 Census Dictionary at the
Statistics Canada Website:
http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/censusrecensement/2006/ref/dict/pdf/92-566-eng.pdf