Figure 9 presents the incidence of provincial supplements for elderly immigrants in tax year
2000 disaggregated by immigrant category.23 Note, again, that this figure does not disaggregate
the elderly population within each immigrant category. The text which follows will speak
specifically to each elderly subgroup within each immigrant categories.
The positive relationship between age at landing and the incidence of provincial supplements
was present for all immigrant categories; however, the higher incidence at later years since
landing was only seen for Parents and Grandparents. Economic immigrants, on average, had
lower incidence in later years and Refugees had a decline in incidence each year. A similar
conclusion was found for average provincial supplements. Immigrants in different categories
reported varying levels of social assistance; however, the positive relationship between
provincial supplements and age at landing, as well as the decline in provincial supplements in
later years, was present for most immigrant categories. The increase in incidence and
simultaneous decline in average provincial supplements in the tenth and eleventh year, while
present for all categories, was most pronounced for Parents and Grandparents.