A brand new report is shedding gentle on immigration and demographic adjustments in Waterloo Area during the last 5 years.
The 2024 Immigration Profile, compiled by the Area of Waterloo and the Waterloo Area Immigration Partnership, includesdata from the 2021 census and different sources. The area stated they use the data as a planning device for infrastructure improvement, coverage making and repair planning.
In response to the report, immigrants now make up 25.4 per cent of the area’s inhabitants.
It additionally reveals that, between 2016 and 2021, there have been 27,835 new arrivals in Waterloo Area. Most have been racialized teams from South Asian, Black and Arab communities.
The report additionally took a take a look at short-term residents. The findings present short-term research and work permits practically doubled, from 17,630 in 2018 to 36,840 in 2022. That distinction, they defined, was largely from worldwide college students.
Latest immigrants, the report provides, usually face greater unemployment charges and decrease median incomes.
“The Immigration Profile brings together important data to help inform our planning as we respond to the significant growth Waterloo Region is undergoing now and prepare for anticipated growth in the future,” Regional Chair Karen Redman stated Tuesday in a media launch.
