Faces of Ottawa
A snapshot of immigrant labour market integration
Highlights
March 2007
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The Faces of Ottawa report
‘Faces of Ottawa’ was conducted by the City of Ottawa to develop a thorough understanding of the immigrants who have chosen the City as their new home. This report provides a broad understanding of the economic make up of our diverse communities and summarizes existing reports, surveys and Statistics Canada data in order to develop a benchmark for which the Immigration Ottawa Initiative (IOI) will be formed and evaluated. This report provides a profile of recent immigrants, who have immigrated to Canada and specifically, to the City of Ottawa. (Recent immigrants are generally considered to be people who have immigrated to Canada during the period of 1996-2001.)
By 2011, newcomers will account for 100 per cent of the net labour force growth with Ottawa being the second largest recipient of immigrants in Ontario. Thus, the objective of the IOI is to develop a city wide strategy to improve social inclusion and labour market integration for the residents of Ottawa, including immigrants, linked to local economic development priorities. This will ensure a prosperous economy for the City of Ottawa.