Interprovincial Mobility of Immigrants in Canada 2006-2011 /

Mobility and retention rates are two facets of the same coin, those who arrived between 2006 and 2011 and are still found in their province of destination in 2011 are considered retained and are included in the calculation of the retention rate. [...] Of the 1,517,250 immigrants who became permanent residents of Canada between 2006 and 2011, 1,010,120 are included in the IMDB, and of these, 1,008,745 declared a destination province and are included in the calculation of retention rates. [...] Ontario is the secondary destination of 30% of movers who reported knowledge of English at landing, and more than 45% of movers who reported knowledge of both official languages. [...] Once the number of immigrants destined to the province is taken into account, the net change (light grey bars) is highest for Saskatchewan (an increase of almost 25%), Alberta (an increase of 10.5%) and Manitoba (an increase of 10.3%) 10 The relatively high retention rates may be affected by the fact that until October 2014 when the program was changed, live-in caregivers were required to live wit [...] The next chart compares the average employment earnings in 2011 of those who stayed in their destination province and those who moved to another province and allows comparison across provinces of those who stay and move by immigration category.