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  • About this report
  • About NouLAB
  • Facilitation Team
    • Year 1 and 2
    • Year 3
  • Social Innovation Labs
    • What is a Social Innovation Lab
    • How does it work?
      • Labs have 4 primary outputs
      • Who should participate?
    • When is a Lab the right tool?
  • Economic Immigration Lab
    • The Why
    • The Context
    • EIL Timeline
      • Birth of a lab: January - March 2017
      • Birth of a lab: Leadership Council
      • Prep for year 1: March - August 2017
      • Lab cycle 1: September - December 2017
      • Year 2
      • Year 3
      • Post Lab
    • Reports
  • Prototypes
    • Description of prototypes
    • 2017
      • Capacity for Courage
      • Employer to Employee Connections
      • Community Engagement Program and Toolkit
      • Match NB
      • Newcomer to Influencer
      • Les Connecteurs
      • Destination NB
      • Business Council for Immigrant Entrepreneurs
    • 2018
      • Internationally Educated Nurses
      • Employer Process Team
      • Diversity Champions
      • Système Éducatif
    • 2019
      • Rural Immigration Support
      • Foreign Credential Recognition
      • Technology Action Group (TAG)
  • Evaluation of Lab Objectives
    • List of objectives
    • 50+ Stakeholders engaged at the grassroots
    • Improved understanding of the newcomer & employer experience
    • 3 - 5 prototype teams testing & learning from prototypes
    • Learning that is scaleable to other communities
    • Identification of leverage points for action
    • Build capacity for innovation
  • Stories of Impact
    • Introduction
    • Participant stories
  • Supporting Organizations
    • Leadership Council
    • Lab cycle 1: Participating Organizations
    • Lab cycle 2: Participating Organizations
    • Lab cycle 3: Participating Organizations
  • Theory of Change and Key Elements
    • Theory of Change
    • Key Elements for an effective lab
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  1. Economic Immigration Lab

The Context

The Economic Immigration context of New Brunswick

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Last updated 6 years ago

110,000 people are expected to leave the New Brunswick workforce in the next 15 years.

Only 72% of people who move to New Brunswick stay in New Brunswick.

NB needs 150,000 immigrants over the next 20 years

This is the number of people that are required to migrate to NB to support its future economic well being. David Campbell suggests that if NB continues on its current trajectory significant challenges will arise such as schools shutting down and too few taxpayers to support provincial medical services of the elderly.

The declining growth of the labour market can be seen here:

For a deeper look at the context and need for immigration in NB:

https://www.newconversationsnb.com/immigration-imperative/