REPORT: B.C. immigrants earn less, see their work credentials devalued, surveys and census data demonstrate
(WorldNews Canada)

June 26, 2019, Coast Salish Territory/Vancouver, B.C. - New Canadians in B.C. earn eight per cent less than workers who are at least third generation Canadian, while immigrants in Vancouver earn 18 per cent less, a new Vancity report has found. also shows that B.C. immigrants with the same workplace credentials and language abilities as third-plus generation Canadians earn nine per cent less on average, according to an analysis of census data conducted for Vancity by an independent economist. Meanwhile, newcomers with manual labour jobs are five times more likely than third-plus generation Canadians to have university degrees. The report includes results from two unique surveys conducted by...