Manitoba Immigration and Integration Initiatives

Manitoba Labour and Immigration

Manitoba Immigration and Integration Initiatives

Margot MorrishPCERII Annual Planning Meeting February 11, 2006

Manitoba Labour and Immigration Manitoba Labour and Immigration


Canada Manitoba Immigration Agreement Constitution and IRPA allow shared

responsibilities in immigration Framework Signed October 22, 1996 Provincial Nominee and Agreement to

Realign Responsibilities for Immigrant Settlement Services Addendum – June 29, 1998

CMIA Renewed 2003



Action Strategy for Economic Growth

Training and workforce development, rural development and education

Target 10,000 annual arrivals Strengthen settlement and language

training Improve Qualifications Recognition Greater consultations and promotion



Immigration by Province/Territory Preliminary 2005

14

0,4

35

44

,35

6

43

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8 19

,25

2

8,0

93

2,0

95

1,9

30

1,0

77

49

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33

5

81 60 11

0

20,000

40,000

60,000

80,000

100,000

120,000

140,000

160,000

Ontario British Columbia QuebecAlberta Manitoba SaskatchewanNova Scotia New Brunswick NewfoundlandPrince Edward Island North West Territories YukonNunavut


Manitoba Labour and ImmigrationSource: Citizenship and Immigration Canada

Manitoba Immigration 1998 to Preliminary 2005

0100020003000400050006000700080009000

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Family Class RefugeesFederal Economic Class Provincial Nominees

7,4

27

6,4

92

4,6

21

4,5

88

3,7

11

4,6

44

3,0

14

8,0

93



Manitoba Immigration Distribution by Top Rural Destinations

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1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

Grunthal

Stonewall

Plum Coulee

Swan River

Altona

Niverville

Morden

Arborg

Thompson

Brandon

Steinbach

Winkler



Manitoba Immigration by Top Source Countries 1999 to 2004

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1000

2000

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5000

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004Philippines Germany IndiaChina, Ethiopia Korea, Republic ofEngland Ukraine U.S.A.Afghanistan Argentina



346 336

247

177 174156 154

124 114 110 104 100

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350

Welders Computer ProgrammersFarmers and Farm Managers Motor Vehicle Mechanics and TechniciansElectrical and Electronics Mechanical EngineersComputer System Analysts General Duty Registered NursesCivil Engineers General Practitioners and Family PhysiciansAccountants Machinists

Manitoba Immigration by Top Occupations 1999 to 2004



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500

1000

1500

2000

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3500

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

Formal Trade Cert. or Apprenticeship Non-University Certificate or Diploma

Some University - No Degree Bachelor's Degree

Some Post-Grad. Education - No Degree Master's Degree

Doctorate

Manitoba Immigration by Post Secondary Qualifications 1998 to 2004



2004 - 2005

Immigration and Multiculturalism

Division

Staff – 47 StaffSalaries - $2,568.1Operating - $831.7

Financial Assistance - $7,712.0and Grants

Federal Contribution - $6,165.4

Settlement and Labour Market Services

10.0 staff

Strategic Planning and ProgramSupport and Exec Admin

7.0 staff

Immigration Promotion and Recruitment

16.5 staff

MulticulturalismSecretariat

3.0 staff

Adult Language Training10.5 staff



Continuum

of Services

Promotion and Recruitment

(International and Manitoba)

Nomination and Selection

Early InformationESL and Settlement

Qualifications Recognition

Integration and Retention



Manitoba Provincial Nominees

• The Provincial Nominee Program continues to develop innovative approaches to meet immigration objectives

• Greater partnership involvement is encouraged through five priority assessment streams and one general stream including:– Employers, – Communities,– Family Support, – International Students and – Strategic initiatives



Provincial Nominee Program

• In 2005, over 4,600 Skilled Worker and Business Provincial Nominees landed in Manitoba

• In total, Manitoba Provincial Nominees account for over 56.% of provincial immigration

• Approximately 30% chose to live in communities outside of Winnipeg

• Manitoba approved over 3,000 Provincial Nominee principal applicants



Settlement and Labour Market Services

• Manitoba Immigrant Integration Program:• Funds: Initial General Settlement (62 %);

Labour market preparation and placement (19%); Wellness and community support (14%); QR (3.5%) Special Projects (1%).

• Information for newcomers• Qualifications Recognition Initiative • Credentials Recognition Program • Academic Credentials Assessment service• Federal/Provincial/Territorial working groups



Qualifications Recognition

Government leadership to improve QR and job entry for skilled workers

A Framework of Principles and Action Plans

Pilots, demonstration projects and information

Partnerships



Adult English as a Additional Language

• Manitoba Immigrant Integration Program funds: – School and College Based Programs (75%)– Community Based Language Training (13%)– Workplace Language Training (3%)– English for Specific Purposes (3%)– Regional initiatives (6%)

• Enhanced Language Training Initiative • Canadian Language Benchmarks assessments• Professional development for Adult EAL teachers

• Curriculum development



Multiculturalism Secretariat• Promote and support legislative frameworks

(MEACC and Multiculturalism Act) • Support and assist ethnocultural

organizations (Ethnocultural Community Support Program)

• Promote understanding and appreciation of multiculturalism cross-government and in general public

• Coordinate provincial participation in citizenship promotion and anti-racism activities



Research Interests

Provincial Nominees: Settlement and labour market outcomes related to broader socio-economic trends

Qualifications Recognition: Models of best practice to support transferability; effective labour market information strategies

Employer: Engagement strategies and overcoming barriers Settlement: newcomer input into new approaches for program

development and delivery; overall outcomes Adult EAL: new models for delivery; expanding language

assessment capacities Multiculturalism: approaches for community economic

development and sustainability Regional Development: literature review of immigration to

rural Prairies



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