Immigrants’ Experiences of Everyday Discrimination in Canada: Unpacking the Contributions of Assimilation, Race, and Early Socialization
Abstract
We examined perceptions of everyday discrimination among immigrants in Canada and in comparison to native-born Canadians using data from the 2013 Canadian Community Health Survey. We find that recent immigrants report less discrimination than native-born Canadians, ceteris paribus. Recent immigrants also report less discrimination than their fellow immigrants who had been residing in Canada for much longer durations. There were trivial differences in perceptions of everyday discrimination between native-born Canadians and midway and established immigrants, all else being equal. Additional analysis suggests that differences in age at arrival and associated early socialization experiences might explain variations in immigrants’ perceived discrimination.
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Vang & Chang (2019) find that immigrants who arrived in Canada as children reported markedly higher levels of perceived discrimination than those who arrived at an older age.
“In particular, in line with the hypothesis that immigrants who attended Canadian schools as children would be more sensitive to unequal treatment and attribute it to discrimination, the authors find that immigrants who arrived in Canada as children reported markedly higher levels of perceived discrimination than those who arrived in Canada at an older age.”
From Prejudice and Discrimination Toward Immigrants (2021) · cites this paper as Vang & Chang 2019
Vang & Chang (2019) find that recent immigrants report less perceived discrimination than immigrants who have been living in Canada for a longer period of time.
“Similarly, in examining perceptions of everyday discrimination among immigrants in Canada, Vang & Chang (2019) find that recent immigrants report less perceived discrimination than immigrants who have been living in Canada for a longer period of time.”
From Prejudice and Discrimination Toward Immigrants (2021) · cites this paper as Vang & Chang 2019
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- Authors
- Vang, Z. M., & Chang, Y.
- Affiliations
- McGill University (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Vang, Zoua M.
- ORCID
- Vang, Zoua M.
- Venue
- International Migration Review
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2018-05-29
- Volume
- 53
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 602-631
- ISSN
- 0197-9183 (ISSN-L)
- 1747-7379
- OpenAlex
- W2805092823
- Cited by
- 43
- References
- 66
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 2
- FWCI
- 7.97
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Update notices
- correction (2018-07-12)
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- International Migration Review (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Migration, Refugees, and Integration
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Keywords
- everyday discrimination, immigrants, assimilation, race, early socialization, age at arrival, perceived discrimination, Canada
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