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Q: Why are rankings and data missing for certain time periods?

Certain rankings may be missing due to any of the following three reasons: data is unavailable (i.e., the survey question does not exist for that particular data cycle); the data does not have a high enough immigrant count to support provincial or city-level analyses (below n=15, the minimum baseline of immigrants per geography); or the data is of poor quality and/or statistical reliability.

Q: Where can I access data on the additional themes that have been incorporated into the new edition of the CIMI?

While the primary level of analysis in the CIMI compares immigrant outcomes to that of the Canadian-born population, you will also find rankings that explore immigrant time of arrival, comparing recent immigrants (those here for 5 years or less) to established immigrants (those here for more than 5 years). You can find this on the resources page , where there is a set of provincial ranks (within all four dimensions) and city/Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) ranks (within the economic dimension). Intersectionality within the CIMI is also explored through descriptive/unadjusted data around identity markers such as sex, visible minority status, immigrant admission category, as well as immigrant time of arrival across all 22 integration indicators for each time period. This data is accessible from either: The Search page, under “Unadjusted Data” section (for the descriptive data of all markers in the select region and time period); and/or The Resources page (for the full spreadsheets under each dimension).

Q: Why does the CIMI look at “sex” instead of “gender”?

Despite the added value of looking at gender, the CIMI dependent on the availability of Statistic Canada’s datasets, which until date, has only collected information on sex. However, as expected, the 2021 Census questionnaire will collect information on both sex at birth and gender.

Q: Within the social dimension, why do the values for the “number of close friends” indicator change between survey years?

The value seen in 2003 is the average of the following categories of close friends: (i) none; (ii) 1-2; (iii) 3-5; (iv) 6-10; (v) 11-20; and (vi) more than 20. But in 2008 and 2013, Statistics Canada modified the question and so the value displayed is the average of the actual number of close friends. Hence, precaution should be taken when comparing the results across years for this indicator.