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SWIS News and Notes is the newsletter of the Settlement Workers in Schools program, a partnership of the Settlement Sector, School Boards and Citizenship and Immigration Canada. This newsletter promotes communication between the steering/operations committees of the eight SWIS projects and shares information about newcomer students and their families

Newcomer Students by School Board

This issue of News and Notes provides information about the number of newcomer students in Ontario: the percentage of students in their first fourteen months by board, a comparison of the number of newcomer students from year to year, and the overall decline in the number of children aged 0-17 whohave arrived in Ontario since September 1999. For a similar comparison as of spring 2003, see News and Notes 12.

Each year, Ontario school boards report the number of students who arrived in Canada during the previous three years. The report is called the October report and is used by the Ministry of Education to determine the ESL funding for each board.

This pie chart shows the distribution of students who are in their first fourteen months in Canada as of October 31, 2002, -the most recent report available from the Ministry of Education. The chart does not show school boards with less than 1% of the total.

This table compares the number of newly-arrived students in the October reports for 2001-2 and 2000-1. (September 1/01 to October 31/02 compared to September 1/00 to October 31/01)

Students
Entering
Canada / Students
Entering
Canada / Students
Entering
Canada / Students
Entering
Canada
2001-2002 / 2000-2001 / 2001-2002 / 2000-2001
Toronto District S.B. / 14,018 / 16744 / Ottawa-Carleton Catholic D.S.B. / 243 / 272
Peel District S.B. / 4,479 / 4617 / Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic D.S.B. / 234 / 236
Toronto Catholic D.S.B. / 2,397 / 2893 / Upper Grand D.S.B. / n/a / 220
York Region D.S.B. / 1,704 / 1648 / English-language #38 Catholic D.S.B. / 203 / 209
Dufferin-Peel Catholic D.S.B. / 1,582 / 1532 / Windsor-Essex Catholic D.S.B. / 179 / 224
Ottawa-Carleton D.S.B. / 1,317 / 1626 / Conseil des écoles publiques de l'Est de l'Ontario / 168 / 186
Hamilton-Wentworth D.S.B. / 904 / 1023 / Halton Catholic D.S.B. / 167 / 201
Waterloo Region D.S.B. / 671 / 729 / Niagara Catholic D.S.B. / 144 / 116
Thames Valley D.S.B. / 589 / 615 / Waterloo Catholic D.S.B. / 106 / 145
Greater EssexCountyD.S.B. / 523 / 651 / Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est de l'Ontario / 106 / 67
York Catholic D.S.B. / 392 / 428 / Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud / 76 / 74
District School Board of Niagara / 364 / 435 / Conseil scolaire de district du Centre Sud-Ouest / 75 / 99
Durham D.S.B. / 291 / 247 / Durham Catholic D.S.B / 61 / 89
Halton D.S.B. / 273 / 325 / Source: Ministry of Education, School October Reports 2002 – 2003, Section E

Decline in the Number of Newcomer

Students Continues to March 2004

The number of children aged 0-17 years entering Ontariohas declined steadily since the 2001-2 school year. This chart shows the number of “permanent resident” children whose families“intended” to reside in Ontario.

Source: Citizenship and Immigration Canada

Immigration to Ontario Down 18%

The number of permanent residents destined for Ontario dropped 18% over the first nine months of 2003, compared to the same period in 2002. In the same period, Manitobaincreased by 29%, British Columbia increased by 3%, Alberta increased by 2% and Quebec decreased by 1%.

January to September 2002 / January to September 2003 / Difference
Ottawa / 5,789 / 4,471 / -23%
Toronto / 93,609 / 74,420 / -20%
Hamilton / 2,420 / 2,494 / 3%
Other Ontario / 9,282 / 10,097 / 8%
OntarioTotal / 111,100 / 91,282 / -18%

Source: The Monitor, Citizenship and Immigration Canada

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