Overview

Abstract (English)

KEY POINTS: * Immigrants who have enrolled in at least one university course in Canada take longer to find employment, but are more likely to have higher hourly wages and to work in their field of study than other immigrants. * Immigrants who have completed courses in Canada are less likely, on average, to hold full-time employment than immigrant men who did not return to school, but more likely than immigrant women who did not return to school. * Immigrants who enrolled in classes leading to higher degrees were likely to have taken more time to find their first job following immigration. * Immigrants who had completed classes leading to a high school diploma or had enrolled in other training not leading to a diploma had significantly higher average income per household member than immigrants who had enrolled in trades or university education or immigrants who had not attended school after immigration. * Immigrant women who did not return to school have less favourable labour market outcomes than immigrant men who did not return to school, or immigrants who enrolled in courses.

Abstract (French)

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