On February 12, 2014, Hamilton’s city council voted to become Canada’s second Sanctuary City. This Info Sheet provides a brief
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Temporary Foreign Workers – Part 2: Policy and Analysis; Issue 11
Part 2 of the Temporary Foreign Workers Info Sheet looked at the policies, definitions and the different streams of the
Temporary Foreign Workers – Part 1: Statistics & Trends; Issue 10
Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) gained significant importance between 2002 and 2012, with over 338,000 TFWs residing in Canada
International Students: Statistics & Trends; Issue 12
Between 2003 and 2012, Canada admitted a growing number of international students each year. Within the Western Region, most of
National Household Survey – Highlights; Issue 9
The results of the first National Household Survey (NHS) were released on May 8, 2013 and contained data related to
Refugees – Statistics & Trends in Canada and BC; Issue 8
In 2012, 23,056 refugees and their families made Canada their home. This AMSSA Info Sheet looks at numbers, trends and
The Intersection of Poverty and Immigration in BC and Canada; Issue 6
In 2010, British Columbia (BC) had the highest poverty rate in Canada with more than half a million people or
CIC Western Region – Comparisons with Ontario and the Eastern Region; Issue 7
In April 2012, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) reorganized the British Columbia/Yukon region and the Prairies region into the new
Immigration Numbers and Statistics – Trends for Canada and BC; Issue 2
Immigration Minister Jason Kenney announced in November 2012 that immigration levels for 2013 would hold steady with a planned 240,000
Review: Shaping the Future: Canada’s Rapidly Changing Immigration Policies; Issue 1
Naomi Alboim & Karen Cohl, Maytree Foundation, October 2012 This report on Canada’s immigration policies was published in October 2012
