The effect of COVID-19 on economic and social wellbeing of newcomers to Nova Scotia and their access to settlement services

“In February and March 2021, an online survey of newcomers who had arrived in Canada since 2018, and were living in Nova Scotia, was conducted to understand their well-being and access to integration services before and after the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in March 2020. Some of these newcomers included clients of Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia (ISANS) and some were approached through personal contacts of the reserarcher. By the end of March, 118 responses had been received, with a completion rate of 48.6%. Some responses out of the 118 responses were excluded as the respondents had arrived in Canada before 2018. This report is presented in three parts: First part provides some demographic information about the respondents. Second part analyzes the effect of the pandemic and the lockdown on respondents’ wellbeing. Third part analyzes how the pandemic affected their access to settlement and integration services.
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