Unemployment rate soars for Toronto immigrants

Canada, 6th December: Latest official data by Statistics Canada reveals a high increase in the number of jobless immigrants in Toronto.

According to the figures for the month of November, out of every five new immigrants in Toronto, at least one is jobless and this is the highest unemployment rate among immigrants in Toronto since the year 2006 when the work of data by Statistics Canada started.

The rate of joblessness among immigrants in Toronto is in contrast to the unemployment among Canada-born people. The figures reveal a decline in the rate of unemployment among Canada-born in November this year.

And its being feared that the joblessness is going to worsen in the coming times for the newcomers in Toronto.

No wonder, there has been a decline in the number of migrants immigrating to Toronto, which once used to be a hot destination for immigration among people from the world over.

Meanwhile, the Canada government is announcing several programs to help successful settlement of newcomers in the city of Toronto and help bring down the rising jobless rate among immigrants.

Unemployment rate in Canada has dropped slowly but continuously for Canadian-born people from 9.2 percent to 6.7 percent in Toronto. Moreover, rate of joblessness at 7.6 percent is also lowest throughout Canada in the last two years time. This is despite the growing jobless rate among newcomers immigrating to Canada in the period of last five years.

Toronto alone has around 19.7 percent of the newcomers without any jobs here. And this is higher than not just the unemployment rate of Canada-born people but also much higher than the last year’s jobless rate of 13 percent.

Out of the total population of Toronto, nearly 50 percent comprises of immigrants. Hence, the city needs more efforts from the Canadian government to help newcomers in Toronto get connected to jobs.

No wonder, the federal government has set aside funds worth $2.3 billion for integration programs aimed to help new immigrants in Toronto this year.

And many more upcoming programs are in the pipeline through collaborative efforts with regional employment agencies aiming to help immigrant professionals get connected with the employers in the nation.