| Accounting for 5.4 million people in 2001, and with the addition of greater than 225,000 new arrivals each year, Canada's immigrant population is rapidly growing and is geographically concentrated in the metropolitan gateways of Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Increased attention to immigration in the last few decades is in light of Canada's aging population and low fertility levels as a means of population growth and to fill labour demands.;Second, the dynamics of the internal migration process among immigrants is considered. Analysis of origins, intermediary destinations or 'way-stations', and destinations provides insights into their roles in internal migration and the geographic concentration of immigrants. Focusing on all metropolitan areas in Canada, this research highlights migration flows and pathways on both metropolitan and provincial levels and the importance of immigrant gateways cities as centers of immigrant exchange. In particular, how Toronto functions as a way-station (or intermediary), destination, and origin in immigrant migration is examined.;The migration of Canadian immigrants is explored in this dissertation. In particular, two similar yet exclusive patterns of migration are examined. Together, these two analytical strands focus on the movement of Canadian immigrants, exposing the complexity of the migration and settlement process. First, the international return immigration defined as a temporary emigration from Canada and subsequent return to Canada, and onward emigration defined as the emigration to the United States, by Canadian immigrants are investigated. While many immigrants choose to remain permanently in Canada, some immigrants choose to re-migrate to a third country or return to a prior country of residence. |
