Some immigrant communities have specific skill sets suitable for self employment. With their expertise in operating local retail ventures, Koreans gravitate to own ventures while many Filipinos enter Canada as caregivers and, consequently, rank low in the list of self employed.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nA Balanced and Mature Approach Required<\/h3>\n
A sweeping generalization suggesting self employment is superior or economically more valuable to taking up a job or vice versa is neither correct nor relevant.<\/p>\n
Data covering ownership of companies by those in Canada for more than nine years shows 5.3% immigrants own a company as compared to 4.8% among Canada-born individuals. Yet, private firms owned by Canada-born entrepreneurs tend to be bigger than immigrant-owned firms.<\/p>\n
So, any comparison between entrepreneurship and employment or immigrant and native entrepreneurs requires a nuanced and balanced view acknowledging Canada\u2019s successful track record in extracting economic value from Canada-born as well as immigrant residents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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