Immigration Trends, Language Skills and the Labour Market Integration
of Recent Immigrants
Having proficiency in the destination country language is an important form of human capital that assists in the labour force integration of immigrants. Using Citizenship and Immigration annual flow data and information from the 2006 Canada census, the sociologist Monica Boyd has developed a presentation that provides answers to the following two questions:
1) What are the changes over time in the English/French language skills of recent immigrants and how are they linked to the management of Canada’s immigration?
2) What is the relationship between English/French proficiency and labour market outcomes, such as labour force participation, unemployment, part-time work, occupation, weeks worked, earnings and employment in linguistic enclaves? The findings update earlier research, confirming again that low levels of language proficiency in destination country languages are strongly associated with unfavorable labour market outcomes. These outcomes are disproportionately experienced by recently arrived immigrants, who increasing originate from non-European and U.S. countries.
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