Developing Immigrants Literacy and Essential Skills Summary of the Background Report on Manitoba Presented by: M. Serge Nadeau, principal investigator
Topics Immigration in Manitoba Francophone immigrants in Manitoba Education Employment Income Statistics on the training centres identified in the province A profile of the participants in the action research. 2
Immigration in Manitoba Average annual growth rate of the number of immigrants (1995-2014)* Manitoba attracts the fourth largest number of immigrants has the third fastest immigration growth rate *Number of immigrants arriving in 2014 in parentheses. Source : Cansim Table 051-0037. 3
The Provincial Nominee Program Provincial nominees Source : Manitoba Labour and Immigration (2015) Manitoba was the first province to establish the Provincial Nominee Program attracts the most immigrants in this category. 4
The three principal sources for immigration to Manitoba are the Philippines, China and India The 10 primary countries of origin of immigrants in Manitoba (2010) Others (22.8%) Philippines (30.3%) China (22.3) Source : Manitoba Labour and Immigration (2014) 5
4,4% 10,9% 12,8% 7,8% 10,4% 12,2% 13,3% 6,7% 9,6% 4,4% 4,5% 4,9% 6,9% 5,6% 7,6% 5,2% 16,8% 24,6% 33,8% 43,0% 79,2% 97,0% In Manitoba, the proportion of immigrants who can speak French is much less than the proportion of non-immigrants Proportion of people in Canada who can express themselves in French Non-immigrants Immigrants Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census 6
Manitoba has the least educated immigrants in Canada Average number of years of education of immigrants Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census 7
Immigrants in Manitoba: slightly lower unemployment rate and lower incomes than non-immigrants Unemployment rate: Non-immigrants vs Immigrants (2011) 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 Income (in thousands of $) : Nonimmigrants vs Immigrants (2011) Non-immigrants Immigrants Non-immigrants Immigrants Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census 8
Unilingual Allophone Francophone immigrants have difficulties in Manitoba s labour market Unemployment rate of Unilingual and Allophone immigrants Average income of Unlingual and Allophone immigrants 40 60 35 30 25 20 50 40 30 15 10 5 0 n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. 20 10 0 n.d. n.d. Unilingual anglophones Unilingual francophones Allophones Unilingual anglophones Unilingual francophones Allophones Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census 9
Identified training centers and Partners 42 literacy and essential skills training centres were identified in Manitoba Of these, only one participated in the action research: Université de Saint-Boniface, Winnipeg 10
Employers followed In total, 11 employers were followed in Manitoba Breakdown of employers followed (Manitoba) Employed-Control 9% Unemployed-Pursued training 9% Unemployed-Control 18% Employed-Pursued training 64% Total : 11 11
Immigrants participating in the action research In total, in Manitoba, 58 immigrants answered the first questionnaire. Of these, 57 were retained for analysis. The largest proportion of immigrants who answered the first questionnaire and were retained for analysis are in the Employed-Pursued training group. Breakdown of immigrants who answered the first questionnaire Employed- Pursued training 52%] Employed- Control 22% Unemployed- Pursued training 16% Unemployed- Control 10% Total : 58 Breakdown of immigrants retained for analysis Employed- Control 21% Unemployed- Pursued training 16% Unemployed- Control 10% Employed- Pursued training 53% Total : 57 12
Training pursued Breakdown of training pursued in Manitoba Training Unemployed Took training Employed Took training Francization (Beginner) 5 21 Francization (Intermediate) 1 7 Francization (Advanced) 3 2 English as a Second Language (Beginner) 0 0 English as a Second Language (Intermediate) 0 0 English as a Second Language (Advanced) 0 0 Computing (Beginner) 0 0 Total 9 30 All of the training pursued in Manitoba (and retained for analysis) is in Francization. 13
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