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. A refugee landed in Canada is a refugee who has applied for and received permanent resident status after their refugee claim was accepted.
Employment earnings (measured in 2010 constant dollars) include total income received during 2010 as wages and salaries, and net self-employment income.
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Adapted from Statistics Canada, Educational and Labour Market Outcomes of Childhood Immigrants by Admission Class 2016, page 18, 2011. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
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Average income of childhood refugees in Canada as of 2011, by admission class
This statistic shows the average annual income of adults who immigrated to Canada as refugees in childhood, by their admission class as of 2011. Adults who entered Canada as privately sponsored refugees in childhood made an average of * Canadian dollars annually as of 2011.
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