1. Canada’s Immigration System

2. Migration
Migration is the movement of a population from one place to another. (usually from one country to another)
Two types:
Immigration means migration to a new location.
Emigration means migration away from a location

3. Factors affecting Migration
Push Factors: negative characteristics of a location that cause people to emigrate.
e.g. war, famine, natural disaster
Pull Factors: positive characteristics of a location that cause people to immigrate. e.g. quality health care, stable political system, jobs

4. Classes (types) of Immigrants
Canada receives a total of approx immigrants per year. They are classified as follows:
Economic (57% of total)
-people with a skill
-they are beneficial because they meet Canada’s economic needs
-They are categorized as “Business” or “Skilled”
Family (26% of total)
-sponsorship is required to bring family members to Canada
(3-10 years of financial responsibility)
-spouse, children, parents, grand parents, etc of immigrants
Refugee (14 % of total)
-someone who has been forced to leave their country by severe push factors (war, risk of political imprisonment or inhumane treatment)
-refugees face persecution of some kind in their home country

5. The Points System
Economic Immigrants are judged according to a system of points based on:
-age
-education
-language
-support, etc
To be eligible to immigrate to Canada, an applicant must achieve at least 67 points (skilled worker) or 35 points (business class) on the points scale.

6. Interprovincial Migration
A gain in population for a province is known as in-migration.
A loss in population for a province is known as out-migration.
Look at the chart on p. 221 of your text. Based on what you see, provide some reasons why the different Canadian provinces might have lost or gained people (do this in groups). What trends do you notice?