1. • The CIITE project works with 46 advisors (25.75 CIITE-funded full-time equivalent advisors)
who advise internationally trained immigrants at 18 colleges (Algonquin, Boréal, Centennial,
Conestoga, Confederation, Durham, Fanshawe, Fleming, George Brown, Georgian, Humber,
La Cité, Mohawk, Niagara, St Clair, St. Lawrence, Seneca, and Sheridan). CIITE provides
training, support and a database to track and follow-up with clients.
• 13,882 internationally trained immigrants have been served by CIITE advising services up to
March 8, 2010.
• The top three referrals made by advisors are to full-time studies, college departments, and
English/French language training.
• A typical internationally trained immigrant advising services client:
> Has been in Canada between 0-3 years
> Is an immigrant with post-secondary credentials and prior training and work experience
> Has over 5 years work experience outside of Canada
> Has a country of origin of either India or China
• The My Record/Record of Education and Experience (REE) Pilot is underway at Algonquin,
Fanshawe, George Brown and Sheridan. The My Record is a web-based application that
consolidates a skilled immigrant’s validated and evaluated academic credentials plus
other appropriate information, leading to the creation of a REE, a secure report reflecting
international education and work experience. As of March 25, 2010, 140 ITIs have participated
in the pilot.
For the most up-to-date information and to access CIITE reports
please visit www.ciite.ca.
CIITE is a project of CONNECT Strategic Alliances.
For more information on CONNECT visit www.collegeconnect.on.ca.
Colleges Integrating
Immigrants to
Employment (CIITE)
FACT SHEET

2. • About two-thirds of Canada’s population growth is from net international migration and our
dependency on immigration will continue to rise. 1
• By 2011 it is estimated that all of Canada’s net labour force growth will be attributable to
immigration. 2
• 66.3 % of new immigrant workers in 2006 had a post-secondary qualification, including:
> Doctorates – 2.3 %
> Master’s Degrees – 2.7 %
> Bachelor’s Degrees – 51.3 %
> Non-University Diplomas – 31.5 %
> Trades Certificates – 2.3 % 3
• 36% of Ontario college students have prior post-secondary experience. 4
• The Conference Board of Canada estimates Ontario’s labour force to be short 364,000
workers by 2025. 5
• Labour shortages will be the greatest in high-skilled occupations that require post-secondary
education, representing 70% of new jobs in the next ten years. 6
• In 2006, the national unemployment rate for internationally trained immigrants was 11.5%,
more than double the rate of the Canadian-born population. 7
• As of fall 2008, it is estimated that the Ontario colleges serve 29,600 internationally trained
immigrants annually. 8
CIITE is a project of CONNECT Strategic Alliances.
For more information on CONNECT visit www.collegeconnect.on.ca.
IMMIGRATION
FACT SHEET
Colleges Integrating
Immigrants to
Employment (CIITE)
1
Conference Board of Canada, Towards a Convergence and Consolidation of Canada’s Immigration Policies and Systems, October 2008.
2
Statistics Canada, Immigration: An Overview, p. 1.
3
CIC, Facts and Figures 2006, pp. 47–48.
4
Profile of Non-Direct Entrants to Ontario’s Colleges, 2008, Colleges Ontario, June 2008.
5
Ontario Workforce Shortage Coalition, The Challenge Ahead: Averting a Skills Crisis in Ontario. This report was commissioned by the Conference Board of Canada.
6
Human Resources and Social Development Canada, Looking-Ahead: A 10-Year Outlook for the Canadian Labour Market (2006-2015), October 2006.
7
Statistics Canada, “The Canadian Immigrant Labour Market in 2006: First Results from Canada’s Labour Force Survey”, The Immigrant Labour Force Analysis Series (71-606-XWE2007001),
http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/070910/d070910a.htm
8
The estimate of 29,600 ITIs served is a rounded total of the following: 14,400 CE students + 11,600 full-time students and 3,680 pre-admission ITIs = 29,680 (rounded to 29, 600).