The Greater Toronto Area took 6 years and 5 months to recovery its jobs total after the 1990/91 recession, until Nov. 1996. In that time some 558,579 new foreign immigrants arrived in the city. That is half-a-million immigrants before a single new job was created. No Canadian economists noticed. Here are the Statistics Canada tables:

…………Statistics Canada labour force survey

………………for GTA (Toronto CMA)

……………..average annual employment

year	GTA employment in 1000s
2007	2865
2006	2802
2005	2763
2004	2707
2003	2648
2002	2590
2001	2537
2000	2455
1999	2354
1998	2290
1997	2223
1996	2127
1995	2089
1994	1994
1993	1996
1992	1996
1991	2024
1990	2135

 Peak employment in 1980’s business cycle, by month.

Jun-90

2184.08

Recovery point to that peak in GTA, by month.

Nov-96

2183.97

………………..Table 282-0090

Statistics Canada table 051-0039

..Immigration to Toronto area

1986/1987	43,256
1987/1988	56,120
1988/1989	66,671
1989/1990	72,228
1990/1991	79,047
1991/1992	86,872
1992/1993	98,762
1993/1994	83,762
1994/1995	86,997
1995/1996	84,670
1996/1997	92,316
1997/1998	82,285
1998/1999	70,804
1999/2000	88,256
2000/2001	117,602
2001/2002	123,836
2002/2003	87,495
2003/2004	102,536
2004/2005	103,948
2005/2006	109,349
2006/2007	93,341