Update 3

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DATAWRAPPER CHART

The drastic percent change in the amount of Permanent Residents approved in Canada, from the top 15 countries admitted, demonstrates that Canada has changed its immigration laws significantly these past years. The highest percentage increase since 2003 to 2012 in seen in Haiti with 187% increase, opposing places like Colombia and Pakistan which have shown a decrease of over -10% of residents accepted in Canada.

Iris Solorzano is an immigration consultant manager at Options Community Services in Surrey, which is a non-profit society and registered charity dedicated to helping immigrants achieve legal status in Canada. They support families and promote community health. Iris has guided families in the right direction in order to achieve permanent resident status in Canada. Although more people have been receiving permanent resident status as shown in this chart, "they have mostly come from countries where people have applied with skill workers applications rather then refugee claims", says Iris after I showed her my data set. 

According to her "due to immigration law changes, more and more refugees have been denied permanent resident status in Canada". For example, it is clearly shown in this bar graph that countries such as Colombia has had less people being approved for permanent residence then people from the United States. Iris claims that "controversial immigration laws such as Bill C-31, have caused a great impact in the people who are accepted as permanent residents in Canada."

This datawrapper chart shows a significant percentage increase in people accepted a permanent residents; however, the countries where these people are coming from, considered refugee countries, has changes drastically.

A question that I cannot answer with my data is if in fact, more people are being granted resident status due to skill worker applications and not refugee claimants applications. In order to answer my question I would request an FOI to the canadian immigration offices which handle permanent resident applications.

Interviewee:
Iris Solorzano
Immigration consultant
Options Community Services
604.572.4060

Assignment #2: Data Update 2

The number of permanent and temporary residents accepted in Canada has significantly changed for the top 15 countries applying for this status in Canada. The total percent change from 2003 to 2012 is 811.8%. Moreover, China is the country with highest percent increase of 187% and Republic of Korea has the biggest decrease of -25.1% out of the top 15 countries.

Link to excel spreadsheet

Interviewee: Iris Solorzano is an immigration consultant at Options Community Services at 13520 78 Ave, Surrey B.C. 604.572.4060