Language Assessment & Referral Centre

Stats Presentation Toronto Local Community Partnership Committee Meeting YMCA of Greater Toronto October 2018

Disclaimer: This presentation is proprietary to the YMCA of Greater Toronto Language Assessment and Referral Centre. The content of the presentation is for general information purposes only. The statistics presented are only accurate at the time of compilation and shall not be construed as creating an expectation of any nature whatsoever regarding language training program planning and funding allocation.

• Assessment Statistics • Client Assessment Benchmarks • Waitlist • Residential Density and Language Skills Maps

Presentation Overview

5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 30,000 35,000

29,176

28,388

27,735

27,474

13,761

900

1,495

1,423

1,596

1,159

English vs French

(97% of total)

(95% of total)

(95% of total)

(95% of total)

- 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 30,000 35,000

FY14/15

FY15/16

FY16/17

FY17/18

Apr-Sept FY18/19

21,950

22,437

21,765

21,072

11,084

8,126

7,446

7,393

7,998

3,836

Initial vs Re-Assessments

Initial Assessments Re-Assessments

Assessment Statistics (Comparison since CLARS Hard Launch)

(72% of total) (28%)

(75% of total)

(75% of total)

(73% of total)

(25%)

(25%)

(27%)

(5%)

(5%)

(5%)

(3%)

Total

29,070

29,158

29,883

30,076

English Assessments French Assessments

14,920 (74% of total) (26%) (92% of total) (8%)

Assessment Statistics (Monthly Comparison of FY18/19, FY17/18 and Average since Hard Launch)

2,5

83

2,4

37

2,3

52

2,0

74

2,2

60

3,2

14

2,4

08

2,4

99

2,2

31

1,8

37 2

,073

2,8

23

2,7

89

2,6

57

2,1

90

2,7

14

2,1

90

2,6

59

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FY18/19 FY17/18 Average of the months from FY14/15

Distribution of Assessments by Site (Comparison of Apr – Sept FY17/18 and FY18/19)

Assessment Statistics

English Assessment FY17/18 English Assessment FY18/19 French Assessment FY17/18 French Assessment FY18/19

Albion Rd. (Etobicoke) FY17/18: 1,826(13%) FY18/19: 1,875(13%)

Dufferin St. (North-West) FY17/18: 2,873(21%) FY18/19: 3,035(20%)

Consumers Rd. (North-East) FY17/18: 2,990(22%) FY18/19: 3,501(23%) Milner (Scarborough)

FY17/18: 2,418(17%) FY18/19: 2,664(18%)

Grosvenor St. (Downtown) FY17/18: 3,764(27%) FY18/19: 3,845(26%)

Distribution of English Assessments by Site (Comparison of Apr – Sept FY17/18 and FY18/19)

Assessment Statistics

3,388 26%

2,718 21% 2,418

18%

2,724 21%

1,826 14%

3,272 24%

2,853 21% 2,664

19%

3,123 23%

1,875 14%

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Grosvenor St(Downtown)

Dufferin St(North-West)

Milner(Scarborough)

Consumers Rd(North-East)

Albion Rd(Etobicoke)

FY17/18 FY18/19

Distribution of French Assessments by Site (Comparison of Apr – Sept FY17/18 and FY18/19)

Assessment Statistics

376 47%

155 19%

266 33%

573 51%

182 16%

378 33%

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Grosvenor St (Downtown) Dufferin St (North-West) Consumers Rd (North-East)

FY17/18 FY18/19

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Client Assessment Benchmarks

Distribution of CLBs (English) by Language Skill (Cumulative comparison Apr-Sept FY18/19)

Literacy Basic Intermediate Advanced

Client Assessment Benchmarks Distribution of NCLC (French) by Language Skill

(Cumulative comparison Apr-Sept FY18/19)

55%

13

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Literacy Basic Intermediate Advanced

Permanent Residents 9,612 (64%)

Approved in Principle Letter, Permanent Resident Card,

Confirmation of Permanent Residence, Record of Landing

Convention Refugees 355 (2%)

Letter of Notice of Decision from IRB, Protected Person Status Document,

Temporary Resident/Minister's Permit, Pre-Removal Risk Assessment

Other 4 (0.03%)

Work/Study Permit with APR approval

IRCC & MCCSS Eligible (total: 19,546 - 67%)

Refugee Claimants 3,334 (22%)

Refugee Protection Claimant

Naturalized Canadian Citizens 1,568 (11%)

Canadian Passport, Citizenship Card

Other 47 (0.3%)

Provincial Nominee Certificate, Live-In Caregiver Work Permit

MCCSS Eligible (total: 9,524 - 33%)

Immigration Status (Apr to Sept FY18/19)

Top 10 Immigration Categories (Apr to Sept FY18/19)

French Assessments

1. Skilled Workers and Professionals 35%

2. Canadian Citizens 29%

3. Family Class 10%

4. MCCSS-Refugee Protection Claimants (RPCD) 7%

5. Canadian Experience Class (CEC) 6%

6. Provincial - Territorial Nominees 4%

7. Intent to Land - CRDD (ITL) 2%

8. Protected Persons Landed in Canada (PPLC) 2%

9. Privately Sponsored Refugees (PSR) 1%

10. * NOT ON DOCUMENT/CARD 1%

Total: 95%

English Assessments

1. MCCSS-Refugee Protection Claimants (RPCD) 24%

2. Family Class 22%

3. Skilled Workers and Professionals 13%

4. Canadian Citizens 9%

5. Privately Sponsored Refugees (PSR) 6%

6. * NOT ON DOCUMENT/CARD 5%

7. Protected Persons Landed in Canada (PPLC) 4%

8. Provincial – Territorial Nominees 3%

9. Intent to Land – CRDD (ITL) 2%

10. Live-in Caregiver/Caregiver Programs 2%

Total: 91%

Waitlist for Language Training Classes

W/L Breakdown by Programs, Reasons and Placement Categories (a snapshot from HARTs on Friday, October 19, 2018)

Program # Learners

% of Total Waitlist

Waitlist Reasons # of Children on Waitlist Placement Categories

Class Full No CM Infant Toddler Preschooler Schoolaged Initial Re-admission Transfer

LINC 1062 49.1% 42.2% 6.8% 114 81 109 4 18.8% 24% 6.3%

CLIC 5 0.2% 0.2% 0% 0 0 0 0 0.2% 0% 0%

ESL 425 19.6% 19.6% 0% 0 0 1 0 9.6% 7.9% 2.2%

FSL 665 30.7% 30.7% 0.05% 0 0 0 0 25.2% 5.2% 0.4%

ELT 8 0.4% 0.4% 0% 0 0 0 0 0.1% 0.05% 0.2%

Total 2,165 100% 93.1% 6.9% 114 81 109 4 54% 37% 9%

The total number includes 568 (26%) expired learners. When this report was shared in June 2018, the total # of learners on the W/L was 1,548, representing a 40% increase.

Waitlist for English (LINC) Language Training Classes

There were 1,062 learners on W/L for LINC Programs, the top 10 FSAs were: (Counted 44% of total ) M2J 93 (9%) M1V 74 (7%) M4H 59 (6%) M1K 46 (4%) M2N 39 (4%) M1J 37 (3%) M3C 33 (3%) M1P 28 (3%) M1W 28 (3%) M2M 28 (3%)

with the highest number of waitlisted learners (Counted 55% of total)

Waitlisted Learners Residential Density Map (a snapshot from HARTs on Friday, October 19, 2018)

Waitlist for English (ESL) Language Training Classes

There were 425 learners on W/L for ESL Programs, the top 10 FSAs were: (Counted 52% of total ) M2N 35 (8%) M9V 34 (8%) M1V 30 (7%) M2J 21 (5%) M1R 20 (5%) M1J 18 (4%) M1K 17 (4%) M1P 17 (4%) M3C 15 (4%) M5T 15 (4%)

Waitlisted Learners Residential Density Map (a snapshot from HARTs on Friday, October 19, 2018)

with the highest number of waitlisted learners (Counted 73% of total)

Waitlist for French (FSL) Language Training Classes

Top FSAs with the highest number of waitlisted learners (a snapshot from HARTs on Thursday, May 31, 2018)

There were 665 learners on W/L for FSL Programs, the top 10 FSAs were: (Counted 29% of total ) M2J 33 (5%) M5V 26 (4%) M5A 21 (3%) M4C 19 (3%) M2N 16 (2%) M4Y 16 (2%) M6K 16 (2%) M1B 15 (2%) M3J 14 (2%) M6P 14 (2%)

Waitlisted Learners Residential Density Map (a snapshot from HARTs on Friday, October 19, 2018)

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• Clients Residential Density Map: Indicates where clients who were assessed from April 1, 2018 until September 30, 2018 lived at the time of assessment. With Y Assessment and Referral Centers and LTP locations

• Clients Language Skills Map: Indicates average assessment benchmarks and L/S/R/W benchmarks charts of clients who were assessed from April 1, 2018 until September 30, 2018

Maps

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February 5, 6 and 7, 2019

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