Chapter 5 - Immigration

• Immigration


  Movement of individuals into a population
• Emigration


  movement of individuals out of an area
• Refugee


  A person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster
• Family Class


  Immigrants who are joining family members already in Canada
• Economic Class


  Skilled workers and business people who immigrate to Canada
• Head Tax


  The fee that Chinese immigrants were required to pay after 1885 in order to enter Canada
• Singh Decision


  Supreme Court decision that allows people claiming refugee status in Canada the right to a hearing and the necessities of life while they wait for a hearing
• Pull Factor


  A factor that draws or attracts people to another location
• Push Factor


  Factors that impel people to leave their home
• Asylum Seeker


  Someone who is seeking to be protected in a new country - often because of political persecution
• Canada-Quebec Accord


  Quebec can nominate a percentage of immigrants that corresponds to its population
• Points System


  A method of evaluating applicants for economic immigration, using categories and points
• Urban


  Most immigrants choose to settle in these environments, for ease of integration and access to services
• Provincial Nomination Program


  Provinces can "nominate" a percentage of the immigrants Canada selects each year
• Immigration Policy


  Procedures for evaluating and regulating the entry of non-citizens into the country
• Demographic


  Relating to the structure of populations
• Net Neutral


  Describes Canada's current population situation - when births equal deaths
• Reunification


  Key objective of Canada's family class immigration policies
• Express Entry


  Canada's "filtered" Immigration system to select economic candidates most likely to succeed in Canada
• Criminal Records


  A "check" to ensure economic immigrants do not pose a security rick in Canada
• Medical


  A "check" to ensure economic immigrants will not be a burden on Canada's health care system
• International


  Canada has signed these types of agreements to provide a safe home for refugees
• Immigration and Refugee Protection Act

  legislation that establishes categories of who can come to Canada
• Terrorism


  This term was used for the first time in immigration policy after 9/11
• Immigration and Refugee Board

  The body that conducts in-person hearings, established after the Singh decision
• Assembly of First Nations

  Called for an immediate halt to all immigration until their needs are met internally
• Colonial


  Many francophone immigrants come from these types of french-speaking nations
• Humanitarian


  This "class" of immigrant does not fit into the other categories, but are allowed to stay as an "exception"