Municipalities—particularly Canada’s largest urban immigrant-receiving centres—are closely involved in immigrant settlement and services. Municipalities address issues of access and equity throughout the municipal corporation and its various services. Local schools serve immigrants and offer ESL classes to students. The availability of municipal resources, however, has an impact on services provided.
Since immigrant settlement is ultimately a local issue (immigrants have to settle in a locality), many initiatives to integrate internationally-trained workers are locally based and address the local labour market.
For more information on initiatives in local regions, click on the links below.
Toronto Region
Niagara Region
Waterloo Region
Ottawa
Settlement.Org at Work is a portal to professional development information for frontline workers and managers of immigrant-serving organizations. This website has a research section that lists research reports with a strong focus on cities and FCR.