Table 1: Linkage of Immigrants from the IRCC-PR database to the Manitoba Health Insurance Registry by Intended Destination and Sociodemographic Characteristics.
| Sociodemographic characteristics | Intended destination | Standardised differences | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manitoba (%) | Rest of Canada (%) | |||||
|
Linked (N = 229,025) (a) |
Unlinked (N = 41,165) (b) |
Linked (N = 34,686) (c) |
Unlinked (N = 7,163,704) (d) |
Manitoba (%) (e) =(a-b) |
Rest of Canada (%)* (f) =(a-d) |
|
| Age at Landing (Years) | ||||||
| 0–14 | 26.34 | 22.58 | 23.44 | 20.75 | 8.76 | 13.21 |
| 15–24 | 15.43 | 15.34 | 17.21 | 15.23 | 0.25 | 0.54 |
| 25–44 | 46.30 | 50.71 | 49.55 | 48.44 | 8.83 | 4.29 |
| 45–64 | 9.91 | 9.14 | 8.40 | 11.98 | 2.62 | 6.64 |
| 65–85 | 1.92 | 1.94 | 1.37 | 3.43 | 0.11 | 9.34 |
| 85 and Older** | 0.09 | 0.29 | 0.02 | 0.16 | 4.44 | 1.98 |
| Sex | ||||||
| Female | 49.59 | 49.61 | 47.92 | 51.33 | 0.05 | 3.47 |
| Male | 50.41 | 50.33 | 52.08 | 48.66 | 0.15 | 3.50 |
| Landing Year | ||||||
| 1985–1989 | 8.25 | 10.15 | 8.46 | 9.25 | 6.59 | 3.55 |
| 1990–1994 | 8.98 | 14.24 | 12.96 | 16.11 | 16.46 | 21.64 |
| 1995–1999 | 5.93 | 10.65 | 14.75 | 13.90 | 17.18 | 26.92 |
| 2000–2004 | 10.49 | 9.25 | 21.09 | 15.76 | 4.16 | 15.67 |
| 2005–2009 | 21.25 | 12.71 | 19.54 | 16.60 | 22.88 | 11.88 |
| 2010–2017 | 45.10 | 43.00 | 23.20 | 28.37 | 4.23 | 35.25 |
| Immigration Category | 20.25 | 17.03 | 25.12 | 31.07 | 8.28 | 24.96 |
| Family | ||||||
| Economic | 64.66 | 61.49 | 56.44 | 54.28 | 6.58 | 21.26 |
| Refugee | 14.79 | 20.54 | 17.70 | 13.08 | 15.12 | 4.94 |
| Other | 0.30 | 0.94 | 0.67 | 1.54 | 8.19 | 13.01 |
| Birth Region | ||||||
| Americas | 8.72 | 9.01 | 10.19 | 13.63 | 1.04 | 15.65 |
| Europe | 16.85 | 15.47 | 14.78 | 15.63 | 3.75 | 3.30 |
| Asia and Pacific | 62.64 | 58.40 | 58.43 | 60.50 | 8.67 | 4.39 |
| Africa | 11.78 | 17.05 | 16.58 | 10.16 | 15.04 | 5.19 |
| Marital Status | ||||||
| Married or Common-Law | 48.48 | 48.35 | 48.82 | 52.07 | 0.26 | 7.20 |
| Separated, Divorced or | 2.31 | 2.32 | 2.14 | 3.18 | 0.10 | 5.31 |
| Widowed | ||||||
| Single | 48.84 | 48.75 | 48.42 | 44.00 | 0.19 | 9.71 |
| Not Stated | 0.37 | 0.58 | 0.61 | 0.75 | 3.01 | 5.05 |
| Education Level | ||||||
| Secondary or Less | 38.59 | 38.63 | 36.04 | 39.14 | 0.08 | 1.14 |
| Some Post-Secondary | 16.68 | 16.68 | 14.47 | 16.80 | 0.01 | 0.31 |
| Bachelor Degree or | 25.90 | 26.55 | 31.66 | 27.68 | 1.50 | 4.02 |
| Higher | ||||||
| None or Not Stated | 18.84 | 18.14 | 17.83 | 16.38 | 1.79 | 6.44 |
| Occupational Skill Level | ||||||
| Skilled | 20.68 | 23.08 | 24.83 | 22.95 | 5.80 | 5.49 |
| Unskilled | 8.48 | 8.51 | 4.47 | 5.15 | 0.10 | 13.24 |
| Other | 70.84 | 68.41 | 70.71 | 71.90 | 5.27 | 2.35 |
Crude percent and standardised differences, 1985–2017.
* Individuals in Group c were not included in this calculation because they are interprovincial migrants who eventually settled in Manitoba and may not represent those who chose to settle in other provinces.
**Fewer than 6 records (under 1%) were missing age in the Permanent Resident Database.