Syrian Refugees in Canada: Monthly Settlement Service Updates

Syrian refugees who have arrived in Canada as part of the Government of Canada's commitment to resettle Syrian refugees. The data includes individuals who have received settlement services, with figures suppressed or rounded to prevent identification. This dataset is archived and will not be updated.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in Syrian refugee arrivals based on monthly updates mentioned in the description.
• Study the provision of settlement services to refugee populations as indicated in the data scope.
• Assess the impact of data suppression techniques on statistical reporting for privacy protection.

Strengths

• Data is provided by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, an authoritative government source.
• Includes specific privacy protection measures where values between 0 and 5 are suppressed and other values are rounded to the nearest multiple of 5.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset is archived and will not be updated, limiting its use for current analysis.

Provenance

Source

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

Collection Method

Government administrative records of refugee arrivals and settlement service provision.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-14 23:51:14.803443; dataset is archived and will not be updated.

Geography

Canada