Immigration.ca - Canada Immigration News - October 2007
A new statistics Canada study has found that daughters born to immigrant parents typically earn more than both daughters of Canadian-born parents and sons of immigrants.
This surprising finding is explained partially by geography: approximately three quarters of daughters born to immigrant parents live in the prosperous provinces of Ontario and British Columbia, in large urban centres. Of their female counterparts with Canadian-born parents, about half live in rural areas of provinces with relatively weaker economies: the Maritime Provinces, Quebec, Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
The study, which followed second generation Canadians born between 1967 and 1982, also compared their education levels and family characteristics to children of non-immigrants born in the same time period. It found that daughters of immigrant parents are less likely to get married and have children, and that they tend to do these things later in life, which is another significant factor in their higher income levels.
Young men born to immigrant parents do not appear to enjoy the same earnings advantage, and while young men that are members of a visible minority tend to earn less than non-visible minority men with Canadian-born parents, this status appeared to have no impact on women�s earning potential.
Source:
CanWest News Service 2007
