Immigrant Earnings Compared To That of The Canadian Population
Age
According to the research, you have realized the general Canadian population has a higher salary level than children of economic, sponsored, and refugee children at a younger age. Most immigrants move to Canada for post-secondary studies at this age limit. However, at age 30 and above, the median wages of immigrants grew compared to the general Canadian population.
Immigrants admitted into Canada as children had a lower wage of $10,900) compared to ($12,900 of the Canadian population in their 20s. However, at the age of 25, immigrants’ average wages is $31,500, higher than $30,290 that of the overall Canadian population. The results are according to a study done in 2019.
Socioeconomic Characteristic
From the report, you will realize that at age 25, the children of economic immigrants have about $33,700, which is higher than the general Canadian population with $30,290. The children of immigrant sponsored families recorded much lower average wages than the overall average wage of the Canadian population and refugee children.
At age 30, the economic immigrants recorded median wages of $55,500 compared with the general Canadian population wages of $42,940. However, the immigrant children from refugee families made an average of $43,200, whereas sponsored families made about $41,000.
Final Remarks
Hopefully, you have been enlightened more on various ways in which canadian immigrants’ post secondary participation rate compare with that of the general Canadian population. Age of the children during migration, social economics of the families is among the factors. In addition, the Canadian population has higher earnings at a younger age than immigrants, as discussed above. However, immigrants earn more than the overall Canadian population at an older age. There are many achievements that immigrant children can obtain while in Canada.
