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IMMIGRATION IN CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES BARBARA BOYLE TORREY BIXBY VISITING SCHOLAR POPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU
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FOREIGN BORN POPULATIONS AS PERCENT OF TOTAL POPULATION Source: Statistics Canada; U.S. Census Bureau. Note: Canadian data are for the Census Year, which is one year after U.S. Census at the beginning of a decade. %
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IMMIGRANT POPULATION BY PLACE OF BIRTH - 2000 Source: Statistics Canada; U.S. Census Bureau. Tamara M. Woroby, American Review of Canadian Studies (Summer2005): 247-264. %
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PERSONS ENTERING CANADA AND U.S. BY STATUS : 2002 (excluding tourists) Source: Tamara M. Woroby, The American Review of Canadian Studies, (Summer 2005):247-264. %
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IMMIGRANT LABORERS TO CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES (as percent of all immigrants) SOURCE: Tamara M. Woroby, op. cit.
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CATEGORIES OF LEGAL IMMIGRANTS: 2000 (IN PERCENTAGE) SOURCE: Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Facts and Figures 2000 p. 5. 2001 Statistical Yearbook of the Immigration and Naturalization Service
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CANADIAN SELECTION GRID FOR IMMIGRATION Selection Criteria Skilled Worker Immigrant Investor/ Entrepreneur Education 25 Official Language 24 Experience 21 Business Experience 35 Age 10 Arranged Employment 10 Adaptability 106
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ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR CITIZENSHIP CANADAUNITED STATES RESIDENCY3 YEARS5 YEARS LANGUAGEBASIC ENGLISH OR FRENCH UNDERSTAND BASIC ENGLISH DUAL CITIZENSHIPYESNO PERCENT NATURALIZED AMONG ELIGIBLE FOREIGN BORN RESIDENTS 84%40%
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FOREIGN-BORN ENTERING BETWEEN 1980-1989 WHO BECAME U.S. CITIZENS BY 2002 Source: U. Census Bureau, as reported in Philip Martin and Elizabeth Midgley “Immigration: Shaping and Reshaping America, PRB, June 2003.
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IDENTITY OF FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION CANADAUNITED STATES MOSTLY AS CANADIAN OR AMERICAN 49 %54% MOSTLY BY ETHNICITY OR BIRTHPLACE 3322% BOTH EQUALLY 13%23% Source: Environics, Focus Canada, 1997-2 Source: Public Agenda, November 2002
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IDENTITY OF U.S. IMMIGRANTS:2002 MEXICANOTHER LATINO EUROPEEAST ASIAN CARIB- BEAN MOSTLY AMERI- CAN 45%55%67%53%49% MOSTLY BIRTH CO. 28%21%13%20%24% BOTH EQUALLY 26%22%18%26%28% DON’T KNOW 1%3%2% --
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LONGITUDINAL SURVEYS OF NEW IMMIGRANTS LONGIT. SURVEY OF IMMIGRANTS TO CANADA U.S. NEW IMMIGRANT SURVEY SAMPLE SIZE12,00010,000 ADULTS 1,000 PARENTS SAMPLE CHARACTER- ISTICS AGED 15 + ARRIVED 2000-2001 ADULTS AND CHILD SURVEY NUMBER OF WAVES THREE WAVESREINTERVIEW EVERY 2 YEARS YEARS2003-2005NEW PANEL IN FIVE YEARS.
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