Immigration
The Conference Board of Canada is the country’s immigration research hub. Relying on in-house demographic, economic, and fiscal models, we have the unique ability to quantify the challenges associated with an aging demographic and evaluate policy assumptions around immigration and immigrants’ success in the labour market. Our work helps strengthen Canada’s immigration system.
Featured Researcher
Lauren Hamman
Associate Director, Immigration
Lauren Hamman is the Associate Director of Immigration at The Conference Board of Canada. In this role, Lauren oversees the National Immigration Centre (NIC) and the Centre for Business Insights on Immigration (CBII). Lauren leads the immigration team whose research focuses on addressing pressing, complex immigration issues in Canada.
Immigrant Hiring and Integration in Five Canadian Cities
August 14, 2024
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)—businesses with fewer than 500 employees—drive Canada’s economy. But SMEs across the country say they are grappling with substantial labour shortages. Half of Canadian small firms say labour shortages are hurting the growth of their business, and less than a quarter of SMEs think they have the right employees with the right skills to help grow their organizations.
Issue briefing • 19-min read
Canadian Immigration Summit
An exploration of how to make Canada’s immigration system more innovative, resilient, and responsive to complex challenges and unique opportunities.
Immigration Publications
This research explores how the labour and skill shortages facing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)…
This report captures insights from discussions at the Canadian Immigration Summit 2023 and provides a…
Communities across Canada are experiencing changes in their immigrant and temporary resident populations. This interactive…
Many small and medium-sized enterprises are looking to immigration to relieve pressure from labour shortages….
Les immigrants sont-ils plus nombreux qu’auparavant à quitter le Canada? Cet exposé des enjeux contribue…
Are more immigrants leaving Canada than previously? This issue briefing begins to fill the gap…
Research Centres
Centre for Business Insights on Immigration
Canada’s immigration system underperforms at quickly connecting immigrants with opportunities that match their skills, education, and experience. This leads to inadequate economic outcomes for immigrants and fails to meet employers’ skilled labour needs.
National Immigration Centre
Canada’s future prosperity depends on immigration. Optimizing the systems that help to attract, select, and settle immigrants will maximize the benefits of immigration for both newcomers and Canadians. The National Immigration Centre was established to enhance Canada’s immigration system through independent, impartial, evidence-based research.
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