Accessing Professional Accreditation For Foreign Trained: Get the Facts!

June 20, 2012

Introducing the Context

Abdulhamid HathiyaniToronto Employment and Social Services

City of Toronto population: 2, 503, 281 The city of Toronto had 45% of the Greater

Toronto Area’s (GTA) population in 2006, but was home to 52% of all GTA immigrants.

Toronto is a city of new immigrants. Half of all immigrants to Toronto have lived in Canada for less than 15 years.

Toronto was home to 8% of Canada’s population, 30% of all recent immigrants and 20% of all immigrants.

City of Toronto

• Population of over 600,000 • Scarborough accounted for 24% of Toronto's population• 14% of the City’s total employment • 17% of all businesses • 57% of Scarborough’s population is made up of immigrants• 12% are recent immigrants

Scarborough

• 2/3 of the population in Scarborough is of visible minorities compared to 40 % for the City

• The top non official languages spoken are:

• Chinese • Cantonese • Tamil• Tagalog • Urdu

Visible Minorities

Total Employment 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Office 60,025 63,205 55,497 57,810 57,077 59,081 56,106 54,410 54,697 56,894 57,289 56,061

Manufacturing & Warehousing 52,521 51,936 50,175 48,440 46,738 45,682 45,418 42,557 39,722 35,265 34,926 35,494

Institutional 25,806 26,619 27,053 27,317 27,765 29,686 30,610 30,565 31,666 34,353 34,063 36,452

Retail 27,706 28,204 28,763 28,916 29,046 29,479 28,718 30,325 29,410 27,942 27,425 27,519

Service 22,197 22,870 22,410 21,949 22,500 22,902 23,178 23,314 23,923 24,255 23,125 24,554

Other 3,888 4,030 3,676 3,544 4,695 5,112 4,075 5,140 5,623 5,640 5,968 6,964

All-Sector Total Employment 192,143 196,864 187,574 187,976 187,821 191,942 188,105 186,311 185,041 184,349 182,796 187,044

All-Sector Total Establishments 12,374 12,377 12,380 12,385 12,617 12,783 12,873 13,337 13,203 13,100 13,144 13,497

12 year Economic Trend for Scarborough

Variance

Statistics courtesy ofEconomic Development &Culture Division

Total Establishments Total Employment

12 year Economic Trend for Scarborough

Credential Assessment Overview

Credential Assessment By Occupation

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Job Search Method in Manufacturing

There is no great difference in the reality of one country or another, because it is always people you meet everywhere. They may look different or be dressed differently,or may have a different education or position. But they are all the same. They are all people to be loved. They are all hungry for love.

Mother Teresa

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