Italians in Canada Slide N. 2 to 6

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Italians in Canada (Slide N. 2 to 6)
2) Canada as a whole versus Italy as a whole
(Slide N. 7 to 9) 3) Canadians in Italy the pres
ent and the opportunities (Slide N. 10)
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The Italians in Canada summary
31 million people
Total Canadian population
People having at least some degree of closeness
with Italian culture 1.3 million people (or over
4 of the total Canadian population)
Total number of people of uniquely Italian origin
(first, second, and other generations)
Total number of people who are half-Italian
ca. 1.3 million people
ca. 750,000 people
ca. 545,000 people
Have the Italian language as their mother tongue
ca. 480,000 people
Total number of people of Italian origin (total
first generation)
ca. 70,000 people
Number of people of Italian origin (recent first
generation)
ca. 13,000 people
ca. 2,800 Italian tourists at any one time (ca.
250,000 in total, per year)
Number of Italian-citizen tourists per year
Source SeaOverSeas, Statistics Canada (primarily
based on 2001 census)
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Total number of people of Italian origin (first,
second, and other generations)
their geographical location in Canada
By far, most Canadians of Italian origin are
concentrated in Ontario (66). In this province,
they represent 4.3 of the entire provincial
population Quebec is the second region of high co
ncentration of Italians. In this province, they
represent 2.3 of the entire provincial
population
The percentage of total population that Italians
represent in each province
Where Italians can be found in Canada
Source Statistics Canada, SeaOverSeas
Source Statistics Canada, SeaOverSeas
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Total number of people of Italian origin (first,
second, and other generations)
their socio-economic status in Canada
Italian-origin people earn, on average, 10 more
than the general population per year. According
to the 2001 census, Italian-Canadians had
above-average incomes (34,871 average employment
income compared to 31,757 for all Canadians)
They also showed having below-average
unemployment rates (5.4 compared to 7.4 for the
Canadian labor force as a whole)
They represent a disproportionate number of
Canada's construction workers 6 of people
employed in the Canadian construction industry
are of Italian origin. However, they are
under-represented in agriculture
In general, however, the proportion of
Italian-Canadians working in other industries is
not far from the percentage of the general
population
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Total number of first-generation Canadians from
Italy
the new Italian immigration to Canada
Immigration to Canada directly from Italy
(properly country of last permanence)
It is to note that not all individuals whose
country of permanence (prior to their immigration
to Canada) was Italy are necessarily Italians.
Some of them may be Eastern European who spent a
couple of years in Italy before coming to Canada
We assume that 90 of these immigrants are
actually Italian citizens It is to note that the
growth of immigration from Italy is low (0.1).
However, this growth figure is biased and
meaningless because it is fluctuates so much year
after year (gravitating, in a stationary way,
around the 400 - 450 region) Taking an average of
the number of immigrants directly from Italy
every year and assuming that 10 of them are
actually not Italian citizens, we can infer that,
in the recent past, there have been, every year,
about 400 Italian citizens that emigrate to Canada
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Recent first-generation Canadians from Italy
where are they based within Canada?
We estimated that about 12,000 Italians
immigrated to Canada in the last 30 years
Using comparisons with the immigrations of the
new Chinese and Spanish/ Hispanic immigration
(and assuming similar patterns, as new immigrants
are usually attracted by the same economic
regions), we infer that the distribution of new
Canadians from Italy is very close to the
following
Number of recent first-generation Canadians from
Italy, according to Province
Source SeaOverSeas
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Canada versus Italy the economic sectors
There seems to be two different versions
regarding the importance, in Canada, of the
industrial versus the service sector. From a
monetary (ie, GDP-based) point of view, however,
the services sector is more important in Italy
than in Canada (based on 2003 data)
We believe that high vulnerability from
low-cost-of-labor emerging countries (notably
China) concerns, in general, especially the
manufacturing sector Therefore, to the extent tha
t Italys service sector represents about 70 of
GDP, the Italian economy is more protected to
competitive attacks from low-cost-of-labor
emerging countries, compared with Canada
However, some services (particularly computer
software internet services may still be subject
to low-cost international competition, notably
India)
Relative importance of the economic sectors
Source Statistics Canada
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Trade balance between Italy and Canada
Export and Imports according to economic sector
Source Statistics Canada, SeaOverSeas
Trade balance according to economic sector
Only sector in which Canada is a net producer
vis-à-vis Italy

Source Statistics Canada, SeaOverSeas
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Appendix to part 2 International trade between
Italy and Canada (PREMIUM RESEARCH REPORT FOR
SALE)
The chief Italian export to Canada is in the area
of machinery and equipment. This area within
Italian technology presumably enjoy high
reputation in Canada
International trade between Italy and Canada
according to economic sector
Source Statistics Canada
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Examples of a certain Canadian presence in Italy
Examples of Canadian initiatives and institutes
in Italy include Associations Associazione del
le donne canadesi (Italian section, based in
Rome), an association of Canadian women
(www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/canada-europa/italy/embassy
06-1-a-it.asp) (e-mail canadarome_at_yahoo.ca)
Elementary or high-school schools for,
presumably, well-to-do Canadian families who want
to give their children a European elementary or
high-school education in a special setting. This
model follows the similar, but more wide-spread,
US model of foreign schools (primarily devoted to
sons and daughter of diplomats)
Canadian Island a learning center in Tuscany,
for children of all ages. Includes summer camps
and English-language day school
(www.canadianisland.it) The Renaissance School a
Canadian private high-school based in Rome (full
time) (www.ccilanciano.com) Some Canadian univer
sities have a presence in Italy
Universitys of Waterloos Rome program
(e-mail wat.rome_at_flashnet.it , to Arch. Lorenzo
Pignatti). This program is based in Rome itself
The Ontario College of Art and Design has an
institute in Florence (e-mail ocadflorence_at_canoem
ail.com) The University of Alberta has a program
based in Cortona. It also includes archeology
courses (www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/arts/cortona.cfm)
(e-mail cortona_at_helenafracchia.com)
Some awards are won in Italy by Canadians. For
example Canadian winemakers took top prizes at an
international wine competition in Italy in early
2006. (http//w01.international.gc.ca/canadexport/
view.asp?id383990languageE)