This statistic shows the the income from employment of refugees in Canada within their first year of receiving permanent resident status in 2016. Government-assisted refugees earned an average of 4,200 Canadian dollars within their first year of receiving permanent resident status in Canada in 2016.
Average earned income of refugees in Canada within the first year of receiving permanent resident status in 2016, by admission class
Government-assisted refugees are people living outside their home country and outside Canada who are unwilling to return to their home country for well founded fear of persecution and who are supported by the Canadian government for one year after their arrival to Canada. Privately sponsored refugees are people living outside their home country and outside Canada who are unwilling to return to their home country for well founded fear of persecution and who are supported by a private sponsor for one year after their arrival to Canada. Admission appiles to refugees who have applied for and received permanent resident status after their refugee claim was accepted.
To access the data, select Government-assisted refugees, Privately sponsored refugees, Protected person in Canada, and Dependent abroad of a protected person in Canada under Immigrant admission category.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, statcan.gc.ca, 2016. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
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