OTTAWA — Prior to the Liberals’ Syrian resettlement program, the largest single group of refugees brought to Canada were Iraqis.
Here is a look, by the numbers, of how that group compares to the Syrian one.
Iraqis:
19,427: number of refugees resettled in Canada between 2009 and 2014.
8,340: number of those who were government assisted
11,087: number who were privately sponsored.
70.2: percentage who reported speaking neither English or French.
30.5: percentage of those under the age of 18.
10: percentage of those with a university degree.
Syrians:
29,713: number resettled in Canada since Nov. 4, 2015.
16,129: number of those who are government assisted.
10,762: number who are privately sponsored.
51: percentage who, as of January, reported speaking neither English nor French.
40: percentage refugees who, as of January, were under the age of 14
2: percentage of government assisted refugees, who as of January, had a university degree.
SOURCE: Immigration Department reports
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