Your Story Counts!

The Waterloo Region Immigrant Survey is a bi-annual survey for all immigrants, refugees, claimants, temporary workers, international students and their families to share their experiences of living in Waterloo Region. The survey seeks to hear directly from newcomers about their experiences, struggles, diverse strengths they bring and contribute, as well as their suggestions for how to improve settlement and integration in Waterloo Region.

The survey was conducted most recently in June 2023, and was available in English, Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, French, Rohingya, Serbian/Croatian/Bosnian/Montenegrin, Somali, Spanish, Tigrinya, Turkish and Ukrainian.

We heard from nearly 1,700 immigrant individuals and are collating, analyzing, and disaggregating that data through 2023 and 2024. We are honoured to be able to share their thoughts and suggestions. See the reports below for what we found - and check back here to find new reports as they are released.

The 2023 Immigrant Survey information and consent letter as well as the 2023 survey tool are also available.

You can also access past Immigrant Survey reports, findings and methodology presentations on our resources webpage.

If you have questions or want to discuss the survey or data, contact Dan Vandebelt at ImmigrationPartnership@regionofwaterloo.ca.

Thanks to all who shared their experience and are helping build community through immigration!

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