Index: Integration and Canadian Index

index: Put another way -- how well are newcomers fitting in The difficulty of answering that question is in part why the index has been under development for nearly seven years as, among other things, participants had to hash out how to define what integration actually means, according to CTV. What is integration There's no perfect formula or answer for that, but this is what we've arrived at based on the discussions we've had, said Jack Jedwab, the project's director. The Canadian Index for Measuring Integration compares how immigrants and the native born fare in four different areas to figure out where in the country the gaps between them are smallest. The project chose four themes to study economic, health, social indicators and civic participation, then drew in all the available data that would allow direct comparisons between newcomers and the Canadian-born population. On social factors, St. On economics, the gap was smallest between people in Oshawa, Ont., while for health it was London, Ont. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.