Getting started – as a child, as a graduate, as a newcomer – is important, because how well we begin is an indicator of how well we succeed.

• Relative Immigrant Income
• Immigrants as a % of the Population
• Youth Unemployment Rate
• Median Earnings of Canadian-born and Immigrant Workers
• Average Immigrant Money Income

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Relative Immigrant Income charts the economic success of non-Canadian-born workers compared to Canadian-born workers.

Source: http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/products/standard/themes/RetrieveProductTable.cfm?Temporal=2001&PID=68538&APATH=3&GID=517770&METH=1&PTYPE=55496&THEME=43&FOCUS=0&AID=0&PLACENAME=0&PROVINCE=0&SEARCH=0&GC=99&GK=NA&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=&FL=0&RL=0&FREE=0

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Immigrants as a % of the Population is an indicator of the diversity of our community and its attractiveness to immigrants.

Source: Statistics Canada Community Profiles 1886, 29001, 2006

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The Youth Unemployment Rate is an indicator of how well we are doing at getting our young people started on their working lives

Source: Census 1996 and 2001 and 2006

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The Median Earnings of Canadian-born and Immigrant Workers is an indicator of how well we are doing at integrating our immigrant workers into the workforce.

Source: Statistics Canada http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/highlights/earnings/Table802.cfm?SR=1

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Average Immigrant Money Income is an indicator of how immigrants are doing economically compared to non-immigrants.

Source: http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/products/standard/themes/RetrieveProductTable.cfm?Temporal=2001&PID=68538&APATH=3&GID=517770&METH=1&PTYPE=55496&THEME=43&FOCUS=0&AID=0&PLACENAME=0&PROVINCE=0&SEARCH=0&GC=99&GK=NA&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=&FL=0&RL=0&FREE=0

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