Getting Started 2007 Supplementary

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Youth Unemployment Rate
Unemployment Rate of Recent Immigrants
Average Immigrant Money Income
Net Migration
Other

Note: Unless otherwise indicated, references to "Kitchener" refer to the Kitchener Census Metropolitan Area (CMA).

Youth Unemployment Rate

Table VI-4-a: Youth Unemployment Rates for Vital Signs Communities, 1996 and 2001
	1996	2001	Percentage Point Change	Percent Change
Kitchener	16.0	11.4	-4.6	-28.8

Source: Census 1996 and Census 2001.
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In 2006, the youth (15-24 years old) unemployment rate for Kitchener was 9.8 per cent. This was 25 per cent below the Ontario provincial youth unemployment rate of 13.1 and 16 per cent below the national average of 11.6. Overall the youth unemployment rate has increased 1.1 percentage points from 1987, when it was 8.9 per cent of the youth population.

Table VI- 4-b: Unemployment Rates for Youth (15 to 24 Years) for Vital Signs by CMA and Economic Region, 1987-2006
	1987	1995	2000	2004	2005	2006
	Youth Unemployment Rate
Kitchener	8.9	13.4	12.2	11.2	11.0	9.8

	1987	1995	2000	2004	2005	2006
	Per cent of Youth Unemployment Rate to Total Unemployment Rate
Kitchener	150.0	155.8	186.8	186.1	182.4	184.1

Note: All historic data from 1987-2006 in Appendix Table VI-4b and VI-4b-i.
Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey, Special request. CAs based on Economic Region data

Appendix Table VI-4-b-i: Youth Unemployment Rate as a Proportion of Overall Unemployment Rate for Vital Signs CMAs and Economic Regions, 1998-2006
	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Kitchener	189.2	189.7	217.9	191.9	178.9	186.4	219.6	193.0	188.5

Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey, Special request. CAs based on Economic Region data

Appendix Table VI-4-b-ii: Unemployment Rates for Youth (15 to 24 Years) for Vital Signs CMA and Economic Regions, 1997 - 2006
	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Kitchener	14.6	12.3	11.0	12.2	11.9	10.2	11.0	11.2	11.0	9.8

Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey, Special request. CAs based on Economic Region data

National Comparisons (PDF)

Table VI-4-a: Youth Unemployment Rates for Vital Signs Communities, 1996 and 2001
Table VI-4-b: Unemployment Rates for Youth (15 to 24 Years) for Vital Signs by CMA and Economic Region, 1987-2006
Appendix Table VI-4-b-i: Youth Unemployment Rate as a Proportion of Overall Unemployment Rate for Vital Signs CMAs and Economic Regions, 1987-2006
Appendix Table VI-4-b-ii: Unemployment Rates for Youth (15 to 24 Years) for Vital Signs CMA and Economic Regions, 1987 - 2006

Unemployment Rate of Recent Immigrants

Table VI-2-a: Unemployment Rate of Immigrants and Non-Immigrants in Vital Signs Communities, 1996 and 2001
	1996			2001			1996		2001
	Unemployment rate of immigrants as a ratio of the non-immigrant unemployment rate
	Non-immigrant population	Entered country 6 to 10 years ago	Entered country within the last 5 years	Non-immigrant population	Entered country 6 to 10 years ago	Entered country within the last 5 years	Entered country 6 to 10 years ago	Entered country within the last 5 years	Entered country 6 to 10 years ago	Entered country within the last 5 years
Kitchener	7.8	12.8	17.5	5.0	10.4	13.7	164.1	224.4	208.0	274.0

Source: Census 1996 and 2001. See Appendix Tables VI-2-a-i-ii for more information
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In Kitchener, the unemployment rate of recent immigrants (those who entered the country in the 1996-2000 period) was 13.7 per cent in 2001. This was 274 per cent of the local average non-immigrant unemployment rate up from 224 per cent in 1996. At the national level, the ratio of the unemployment rate of recent immigrants to the non-immigrant rate was 172 per cent and at the provincial level it was 200 per cent in 2001.

National Comparisons (PDF)

Table VI-2-a: Unemployment Rate of Immigrants and Non-Immigrants in Vital Signs Communities, 1996 and 2001
Appendix Table VI-2-a-i: Unemployment Rate of Immigrants for Vital Signs Communities, 1996
Appendix Table VI-2-a-ii: Unemployment Rate of Immigrants for Vital Signs Communities, 2001

Average Immigrant Money Income

Table VI-3: Average Immigrant Money Income in Vital Signs Communities, 2001
	Total	Non-Immigrants	Immigrants	Immigrated 1991-2001	Immigrated 1991-1995	Immigrated 1996-2001	Immigrated 1991-2001	Immigrated 1991-1995	Immigrated 1996-2001
							Immigrant Income as a Per Cent of Non-immigrant Income
Kitchener	32,457	33,144	30,508	23,001	24,965	20,929	69.4	75.3	63.1

Source: Census 2001.

Note: Income here denotes individual income
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The average individual money income for recent immigrants (immigrated between 1996-2000) in Kitchener for 2000 was $20,929, 63.1 per cent of the income that non-immigrants earned. This compares to recent immigrant income on the provincial level of 61.2 per cent of non-immigrant income and 65.7 per cent on the national level.

Appendix Table VI-3: Average Employment Income for Immigrants in Vital Signs CMAs who Work Full-Time and Immigrated from 1991-1995 and from 1996-2001
	All People	Non- Immigrants	Immigrants	Immigrated from 1991-2001	Immigrated from 1991-1995	Immigrated from 1996-2001
Kitchener	44965	45332	43697	38617	40071	36736

Source: Statistics Canada. Topic-based tabulation 97F0009XCB2001043. Based on Census 2001 data. Retrieved from
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National Comparisons (PDF)

Table VI-3: Average Immigrant Money Income in Vital Signs Communities, 2001
Appendix Table VI-3: Average Employment Income for Immigrants in Vital Signs CMAs who Work Full-Time and Immigrated from 1991-1995 and from 1996-2001

Net Migration

Table VI-1-a: Net Migration in Vital Signs Communities, 2001
	Total Population, 1 Year and Over	Lived in a Different Province/Territory or Country 1 Year Ago	Percent of Total	Total Population, 5 Years and Over	Lived in a Different Province/Territory or Country 5 Years Ago	Percent of Total
Kitchener	414,284	6,865.00	1.7	383,300	23,750	6.2

Source: Statistics Canada, 2001 Community Profiles, 2001 Census, free download
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On a net basis (gross inflow minus outflows), Kitchener gained 1,252 persons in 2004 due to intraprovincial migration, lost 166 people due to interprovincial migration and gained 3,640 people due to international migration. Overall, Kitchener gained 4,726 people, which represented 1.08 per cent of the total population.

Table VI-1-b: Migration in Vital Signs CMAs, 2004
	Intraprovincial Migration			Interprovinical Migration			International Migration			Total

	In Migration	Out Migration	Net	In Migration	Out Migration	Net	In Migration	Out Migration	Net	In Migration	Out Migration	Net
Kitchener	2,280	2,446	-166	2,280	2,446	-166	4,296	656	3,640	8,856	5,548	3,308