Child immigrants more likely to obtain university degrees than Canadian children

According to new research from Statistics Canada, children of immigrants are more likely than Canadian-born children to earn university degrees. Statistics Canada also found that child immigrants earn approximately the same amount of money as Canadian-born children once they are in the labour market.

Almost 32% of male immigrants who arrived in Canada at age 12 or younger in the 1980s obtained a university degree by 25 to 34 years of age, whereas only 20.4% of Canadian-born young adults of the same age obtained a university degree. There was a similar pattern for women; 39.8% of female immigrants obtained university degrees while 29.7% of Canadian-born females obtained university degrees.

One argument for the difference between child immigrants and Canadian-born children’s education is that Canada’s immigration system is considering immigrants with higher education. Those immigrants with higher education are then more likely to ensure that their children obtain university degrees. As Canada has so many high-ranking universities, immigrants have a wide variety of educational institutions to choose from for their children.

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