During the 1980s and 1990s, immigration was associated with the rise in low-income rates and family-income inequality … focuses on the direct effect of immigration on the change in low income and family-income inequality over the 1995-to-2010 … period. The paper outlines recent trends in low-income rates and income inequality for both the Canadian-born and immigrants …

average and median wealth for young couples with children and recent immigrants, 3) real median wealth and real average wealth … rose much more among family units whose major income recipient is a university graduate than among other family units, 4 …) real median and average wealth fell among family units whose major income recipient is aged 25-34 and increased among those …

This study uses census data to focus on low-income among immigrants, and asks a number of questions: (1) have low-income ….), (3) do low-income rates fall as new immigrants acquire Canadian experience, and are there signs that low-income rates …) in the major Canadian cities, to what extent was the deterioration in the city level low-income rates during the 1990s …