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The employment rate in Canada among immigrants increased in 2023

The employment rate in Canada among immigrants increased in 2023 Statistics Canada published a new study exploring links between the employment rate in Canada of core working-age immigrants and the duration of their stay in Canada. The data highlights that immigrants with over ten years of stay had the highest employment rates, while recent arrivals (within the last five years) had the lowest.  Specifically, employment rates were 77.8% for immigrants who landed five or fewer years ago, 81.9% for those who landed between 5 and 10 years ago, and 84.5% for those in Canada for over ten years. The overall employment rate for immigrants in 2023 was 82.6%, slightly lower than the 86.3% rate for Canadian-born individuals. In December, there were more people working in professional, scientific, and technical services (+46,000; +2.4%), health care and social assistance (+16,000; +0.6%), and "other services" (including personal and repair services) (+12,000; +1.5%). Five industries exp