| Of the immigrants who entered Canada during | | | | 3. Demographics. The poorer their home country, the |
| 2000-2001, 41 percent say they have sent money at | | | | better the chances are that they will send home |
| least once in their first your years, according to | | | | money home. |
| Canadian statistics. The average amount sent was | | | | For example, in the past 2-4 years, 60% of |
| $2,500 within the first two years and $2,900 within | | | | immigrants from Haiti and the Philippines sent |
| 2-4 years. | | | | remittances home. Roughly half of the newcomers |
| This government data, the first to measure the | | | | from Jamaica, Romania, Nigeria, Guyana, and the |
| activity of remittances in Canada, comes just as | | | | Ukraine sent money. However, less than 10% of |
| remittances are flourishing across the globe. For | | | | immigrants from industrialized countries - Frances, |
| countries such as Lesotho, Haiti, and Jordan | | | | South Korea, and the United Kingdom sent money |
| remittances comprise almost one-third of the gross | | | | home. |
| domestic product. Other countries include Jamaica, | | | | More than half of immigrants from Southeast Asia |
| the Philippines, and the Dominican Republic, according | | | | and the Caribbean and Guyana sent remittances |
| to the World Bank Figures. | | | | home two to four years after arriving, while about |
| This surge of money across the borders is as a | | | | 40% of those from sub-Saharan Africa and Eastern |
| result of people leaving their home countries in search | | | | Europe did so. |
| of work. Global remittances worldwide, has soared to | | | | Immigrants from East Asia sent, on average, sent |
| $369 billion last year - double the amount being spent | | | | $3,900 back home within 2-4 years of arriving, while |
| on foreign aid to developing countries. | | | | immigrants from the Caribbean and Guyana sent |
| How Many People Send Remittances | | | | $1,600. |
| According to Statscan, three factors determine the | | | | It is surmised that immigrants from suffering |
| likelihood in which immigrants send money home to | | | | economic countries tend to send more money to |
| their countries: | | | | their home countries while family class immigrants and |
| 1. Their income. | | | | refugees, tend not to. |
| 2. Family obligations in Canada and abroad. | | | | |