The majority of them head for the cities. In fact, 66% of our francophone immigrants outside Quebec arrive in Ontario first. Many of them are in Toronto or Ottawa. However, after we talk with them and introduce the services we offer, they are ready to go elsewhere. In fact, it depends on what they know.
Here is a very good example. One family wanted to go to a certain province. These people took advantage of the services we provided through the Pre-Departure program we put in place last year. After we told them that their professions were in greater demand in another province, they were ready to consider the possibility of going there. Also, there was one family that went to Prince Edward Island because they knew that they could easily be integrated there.
Very often, it is because of a lack of information, support and guidance that immigrants who arrive in the big cities are caught in the process: they settle in, they register their children in school, they find a little job. But employment is important for the family. I think that immigrants are ready to move or to arrive in a different province or a much smaller place. I don't think their minds are closed to the idea of going to less urban areas, if there are jobs there.