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Employment Rates: Cent and Immigrants

employment rates: Employment rates for family class immigrants are at about 52 per cent, according to Vancouver Courier. Even after a decade of living in Canada, family class immigrants earn only 61 per cent of the average Canadian wage. Family-class immigrants have accounted for about 27 per cent of the annual immigration admissions, while refugees comprise about 12 per cent. After 23 years, they earn about 81 per cent of the average wage. They reach only 50 per cent of the average Canadian wage 10 years after arriving in Canada. Refugees have the lowest earnings among immigrants. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.