Social assistance receipt among refugee claimants in Canada : Prestations d'aide sociale chez les demandeurs du statut de réfugié au Canada : données tirées de fichiers de données administratives couplés

In the year following the start of their refugee claim (i.e., in year t+1), the estimated rate of SA receipt varied somewhat depending on the treatment of unlinked cases. [...] The rates of SA receipt tended to decline sharply in the years following the start of the refugee claim. [...] Although the RCD is capable of supporting research on many aspects of the characteristics of refugee claimants and of their experiences in Canada, the focus in this report is on the receipt of social assistance (SA) income. [...] Upper-bound estimate: All refugee claimants (i.e., linked and unlinked) are included in the denominator of the SA receipt calculation, and both linked refugee claimants who received SA and unlinked refugee claimants are included in the numerator. [...] The start date of each claim is used to identify the year in which the refugee claimant arrived, and the termination date of the claim (if applicable), is used to identify the year in which the claim was closed.