Abstract
Although immigration has played an important role in shaping the demographic history of Canada, relatively little systematic work has been undertaken to study the process of labor market adjustment associated with these large flows. Using a multinomial logit model we examine the match between individual-specific characteristics (e.g., origin, occupation, etc.) of immigrants and regional labor market demands. The data set consists of a 3% sample of immigrants drawn from the manifests of ships landing at Halifax and Quebec in 1912. Our principal finding is that the differing regional settlement patterns of immigrants specifying intentions to work in different sectors, the high correlation between immigrants intended and previous occupations, and anecdotal evidence suggest that immigrants did match their skills to demand in Canada as part of a labor market which apparently stretched back across the Atlantic (or at least to the ships that carried them to Canada).
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