{"id":136,"date":"2019-09-18T13:32:32","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T13:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/2019\/09\/18\/untapped-potential-canada-needs-to-close-its-immigrant-wage-gap\/"},"modified":"2025-03-26T04:54:46","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T04:54:46","slug":"untapped-potential-canada-needs-to-close-its-immigrant-wage-gap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/canadian-analysis\/featured-analysis\/insights\/untapped-potential-canada-needs-to-close-its-immigrant-wage-gap\/","title":{"rendered":"Untapped Potential: Canada Needs to Close Its Immigrant Wage Gap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In August, the OECD called our labour migration system comprehensive and responsive\u2014a global model for immigration management. That reputation hasn&#8217;t only reached other governments. In a recent Gallup poll, 6% of potential immigrants named Canada as their top desired destination, more than Germany, France, and Australia, and second only to the U.S. Pretty good for a country of 37 million with a long winter.<\/p>\n<p>While Canada is drawing in some of the best and brightest, especially due to an increased focus on highly skilled, educated immigrants, our success in integrating those newcomers into the labour force falls short, at least on one key measure: earnings. Even as the balance of immigrants has shifted towards those with more skills and education, immigrants aren&#8217;t being fully rewarded by the labour market for the attributes that got them accepted in the first place. They earn around 10% less on average than Canadian-born peers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"callout-quote rds-inverse right\"><div class=\"quote-content\"><p>Immigrants earn around 10% less on average than Canadian-born peers.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<p>The immigrant wage gap is broad-based. And it&#8217;s persistent: it has widened over three decades. That&#8217;s a red flag for a country that already has the highest proportion of immigrants to total population in the G7. Immigrants make up 22% of Canada&#8217;s population now, a number that&#8217;s expected to rise to 28% by 2036.<\/p>\n<p>The immigrant wage gap is costly. Our research suggests bringing immigrants up to the wage levels and employment of those born in Canada would produce substantial economic benefits\u2014maybe as much as 2.5% in annual GDP, about $50 billion.<\/p>\n<h4><b>Key Findings<\/b><\/h4>\n<ul class=\"disc pad-l\">\n<li>Immigrants earn about 10% less than those born in Canada; 30 years ago the gap was less than 4%<\/li>\n<li>The immigrant earnings gap spans occupation, age, gender and region<\/li>\n<li>The immigrant earnings gap has worsened even as immigrants have become significantly more educated than the Canadian-born population<\/li>\n<li>The immigrant earnings gap for those with a university education aged 45-54 is about 18%<\/li>\n<li>Only 38% of university-educated immigrants aged 25-54 work in an occupation requiring a university degree, compared with 52% of those born in Canada<\/li>\n<li>Immigrants&#8217; tendency to work in lower-paid occupations relative to their education only accounts for about 40% of the earnings gap<\/li>\n<li>The Canadian labour market appears to discount foreign labour market experience<\/li>\n<li>Bringing immigrants up to the wage and employment levels of those born in Canada has the potential to add $50 billion to GDP<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rds-callout-white\" style=\"border: 1px solid #c4c8cc;\">\n<div class=\"rds-gcw\">\n<div class=\"img mob-w-100\" style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: top;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21987\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/03\/Banner-small-edit.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"rds-inline pad-hlf\" style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: top;\">\n<h4 class=\"mar-t\">Read the Full Report<\/h4>\n<p><a class=\"btn tertiary\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/11\/untapped-potential.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" ga-on=\"click\" 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