1. CANADA’S IMMIGRATION POLICY

2. CANADA’S IMMIGRATION POLICY
Canada’s immigration quota is approximately – per year ( in 2012)
The quota set each year depends on:
population growth rate
economy
demand for family reunification
international events (# of refugees – 10% of total)

3. Economic Immigrants (62.4%)
TYPES OF IMMIGRANTS
Economic Immigrants (62.4%)
2 groups who must go through the points system (skilled [67 pts] & business [35 pts])
business immigrants must have a net worth of between $ $
can contribute to the country’s economic prosperity (establishing a business, buying a business, making an investment that creates jobs for Canadians)

4. TYPES OF IMMIGRANTS (Cont...)
Family Immigrants (25.2%)
family members already in Canada
can sponsor immigrants if 19 or older and can prove they are financially capable
Refugee Immigrants (9%)
displaced people who flee for their lives due to political or cultural reasons ( /yr)

5. MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP, IMMIGRATION
AND MULTICULTURALISM
The current Immigration Minister is Jason Kenney.
(Minister of Multiculturalism)

6. Push/Pull Factors:
Reasons that people have for leaving their own country are called push factors.
*1840s Irish potato famine
Factors that attract someone to another country are called pull factors.
* free land in Prairies

7. Activity: Push or Pull?
Identify the following as either push or pull factors: famine, war, good education, freedom, low standard of living, unemployment, lack of freedom, good climate, peace, harsh climate, high taxes, jobs, friends or family, high standard of living.

8. Sources of Immigrants (1900-2012)
1965
2012
United Kingdom
China
United States
Italy
Phillipines
India
Poland
Germany
Pakistan
Russia
Portugal
Jewish
Greece
France
Ukraine
Iran
Caribbean
Haiti
Austria
Yugoslavia
South Korea

9. Where Immigrants Settle
Atlantic Canada: 4.1%
Quebec: 12.6%
Ontario: 28.5%
Man/Sask: 11.6%
Alberta: 18.0%
B.C.: 27.6%
Territories: 6.9%