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Check out the links below to see data, reports, and plans from the Local Immigration Partnership. Find out why immigration is important and how working together helps make our community better.
This page also shares research from trusted groups like the Sarnia-Lambton Workforce Development Board and Western University’s Network for Economic and Social Trends.
Have questions or want more info? You can find our contact details at the bottom of this page.
Read the Demographics of Sarnia Lambton December 2023 Report
View the SLWDB Infographic Immigration, the Future of Sarnia-Lambton
View the Demographic Trends: Lambton County report
View the immigration data highlights for Lambton County (2021 Census)
"To ensure the benefits of immigration for communities across the country and to ensure the wellbeing of newcomers, it is crucial for policymakers and practitioners to address the barriers that racialized newcomers may face in accessing settlement services, including racism and discrimination. Small and mid-sized communities that are particularly in need of new immigrants must work hard to identify and address these challenges."
"Several respondents noted that they did not know how to report the discrimination they experienced and were not aware of any policies or procedures for reporting discrimination that occurred in public places and workplaces in the Sarnia-Lambton region."
Read the Qualitative Report on Experiences of Discrimination
"66% of survey respondents had experienced discrimination in one or more context in the past three years. 69% of females reported experiencing discrimination whereas 62% of males reported discrimination."
"These results suggest that Immigrants & Visible Minorities and Indigenous Peoples perceive their experiences of discrimination as based on ethnocultural factors related to different minority group statuses, such as race or skin colour, indigenous identity, and ethnicity or culture. In contrast, comparison White Non‐immigrants tend to perceive their experiences of discrimination as based on more universal factors, such as gender (largely driven by female respondents of whom 41.1% reporting discrimination based on gender as compared to 19.4% of males), physical appearance, and age."
2026-2030 Community Plan for Positive Immigration Outcome
The 2026-2030 Community Plan for Positive Immigration Outcome is focused on strengthening the local agenda to successfully integrate newcomers and focuses on:
The Community Plan is anchored on the County of Lambton’s vision to build an innovative and collaborative community of people stewarding the environment and growing together.
Read the 2026-2030 Community Plan for Positive Immigration Outcome
"The Sarnia-Lambton Local Immigration Partnership supports a collective and comprehensive community effort to create positive settlement outcomes for immigrants and newcomers locally. The Settlement Strategy is a coordinated and comprehensive plan that supports Lambton County in becoming a thriving and prosperous community that values diversity and innovation."
"Strong and solid partnerships become the foundation upon which a prosperous community can stand. Facilitating and nurturing the development of these partnerships has been, from the beginning, the cornerstone of the LIP initiative and will continue to be so in the future."
2020-2025 Strategic Priorities
Over the past five years, the Sarnia-Lambton LIP has worked collaboratively to enhance newcomer integration and build a welcoming community. This report showcases how the development of impactful resources, community engagement efforts, and strategic collaborations have strengthened capacity to respond to immigration and settlement needs at the local level.
2024-2025 Year in Review Infographic
The above Infographic reviews the key achievements and community engagement initiatives of the Sarnia-Lambton Local Immigration Partnership for the year 2024-2025, focusing on supporting newcomers and fostering integration within the local community.
"In its effort to coordinate community services that are responsive to newcomers, in 2023, the Sarnia-Lambton Local Immigration Partnership created a collaborative partnership between the YMCA – YWHO and Youth Hub and College Boreal’s Newcomer Services Programs."
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Lambton Shared Services Centre
162 Lochiel Street, Suite 100
Sarnia ON N7T 7W5
T: 519-344-2062
TF: 1-800-387-2882
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