Metropolis Literature Review
The Demographic Perspective
Prepared by:
Roderic Beaujot
University of Western Ontario
Population Studies Centre
Department of Sociology
London, Ontario
N6A 5C2
September 1996
Prepared for Strategic Policy,
Planning and Research and Metropolis Project
Citizenship and ImmigrationCanada
CONTENTS
A note to the reader, Acknowledgments, Disclaimer
Also available in the Literature Review Series
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1. IMPACT OF IMMIGRATION ON POPULATION
SIZE AND GROWTH
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1.1. Immigration trends and past population
growth
1.2. Immigration trends and future
population growth
1.3. Population policy: immigration
vs fertility
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2. DEMOGRAPHIC BEHAVIOUR OF THE IMMIGRANT
POPULATION
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2.1. Fertility of immigrants
2.2. Mortality of immigrants
2.3. Onward and return migration of
immigrants
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3. IMMIGRATION AND POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
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3.1. By provinces
3.2. Population distribution by rural
and urban areas
3.3. Population distribution by metropolitan
areas
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4. IMMIGRATION AND SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC
COMPOSITION OF THE POPULATION
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4.1. Age composition
4.2. Sex composition
4.3. Marital, family and household
status
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5. IMMIGRATION AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC
COMPOSITION
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5.1. Education
5.2. Labour force participation
5.3. Occupation
5.4. Income
5.5. Low income status
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6. IMMIGRATION AND SOCIO-CULTURAL
COMPOSITION
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6.1. Place of birth and ethnicity
6.2. Language
6.3. Visible minorities
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7. DETERMINANTS AND CONSEQUENCES
OF IMMIGRATION
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7.1. Determinants of immigration
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7.1.1. Determinants of departures
7.1.2. Determinants of arrival
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7.2. Consequences of immigration
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8. CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
Appendix
Annotated Bibliography
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