In total, around 69 per cent of recent immigrants to Mississauga-Streetsville were born in Asian countries, which slightly higher than provincial average. Recent immigrants born in the Americas made up 12 per cent of newcomers to the riding while those born in African-countries were 11 per cent. European-born immigrants were six per cent of recent newcomers to the area.

The riding's NDP candidate Samir Girguis said when immigration has come up, it's been about a lack of programs to help newcomers adjust and get engaged locally.

"They need to see more of those programs equal to the increased number of immigrants," Girguis said in an email.

Terry Hursh is an immigration lawyer and has office in the riding. He said in an email that Mississauga and the GTA is like a "balm for newcomers."

"Usually new immigrants can get plugged into a community of new friends, with the same language and culture without too much difficulty," he said.

Hursh, who moved to Canada from the United States, would like to see a better process for immigrants to have their credentials recognized here, which he said can be expensive and take a long time.

"I've represented engineers, lawyers and doctors who come to Canada and are forced to do manual labour to support their families," he said. "There should be a faster track whereby a foreign educated person can engage in the practise of their profession."

Mississauga-Streetsville Conservative candidate Ghada Melek did not respond to a request to participate in this story.

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