In this article, we investigate the construction, composition and rationale behind the personal networks of recent immigrants to Canada. Drawing on egocentric-network analysis and interviews with 172 Ghanaian immigrants in Toronto, we reveal their networking strategies during their integration. First, we identify social locations that help create ties with different groups: workplaces and schools offer access to ties with non-immigrants and other immigrants alike, while religious and ethnic organizations facilitate ties to co-nationals (i.e., Ghanaians). Second, most individuals within immigrants’ network are co-nationals whose relationship began in Canada, followed by sustained transnational ties in the origin and diaspora and few ties with the non-immigrant. The nature of this network is explained by examining the migration project of immigrants together with the context of reception in Canada, which suggests a desire by immigrants to stay in Canada and make Canada their second home. The implications of these findings are discussed.

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移民网络的建构、构成与基本原理：加拿大多伦多加纳移民的支持策略

在这篇文章中，我们调查了加拿大新移民个人网络背后的结构、组成和基本原理。根据以自我为中心的网络分析和对多伦多 172 名加纳移民的采访，我们揭示了他们在融入过程中的网络策略。首先，我们确定有助于与不同群体建立联系的社会地点：工作场所和学校提供与非移民和其他移民建立联系的途径，而宗教和种族组织促进与同胞（即加纳人）的联系。其次，移民网络中的大多数人都是同国籍人，他们的关系始于加拿大，其次是在原籍国和侨民中持续的跨国关系，与非移民的关系很少。通过审查移民的移民项目以及加拿大的接待背景来解释该网络的性质，这表明移民希望留在加拿大并将加拿大作为他们的第二故乡。讨论了这些发现的含义。