Economic immigrants\u2019 children stay in school longer and get higher-paying jobs than does the average Canadian-born worker, a Statistics Canada report reveals.<\/p>\n
By the age of 30, these children of economic immigrants to Canada out-earn the average Canadian worker by 29.3 per cent, commanding a median annual wage of $55,500 compared to the $42,940 earned annually by the average Canadian worker of the same age.<\/p>\n
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Ontario Issues 1,032 NOIs In First Express Entry Skilled Trades Draw Of 2022<\/a><\/span> The reason economic immigrants\u2019 children can command these higher salaries is because more of them go to college or university compared to Canadians.<\/p>\n \u201cIn 2019, the post-secondary education participation rate was 70.3 per cent for 20-year-old immigrants admitted as children, compared with 58.9 per cent of the overall Canadian population,\u201d states the report by Canada\u2019s statistical and demographic services agency.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Not only do more of these children of economic immigrants get a university education but they also attend these post-secondary institutions longer, suggesting more of them get post-graduate degrees than do Canadian-born students.<\/p>\n \u201cAt age 25, the participation rate was 32.7 per cent for immigrants admitted as children and 26.6 per cent for the overall Canadian population,\u201d notes that report.<\/p>\n In its Socioeconomic Outcomes Of Immigrants Admitted To Canada As Children, 2019 <\/i>released this week, Statistics Canada points out one of the costs these economic immigrants\u2019 children incur for their higher participation in post-secondary education.<\/p>\n Video<\/b><\/p>\n
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