Immigration overview:Permanent and temporary residents

Permanent residents

Canada – Skilled workers 15 years of age or older intending to work by gender and occupational skill level (principal applicants)

Number
Occupational skill level 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Level 0 – Managerial 754 1,179 1,549 1,506 1,415 2,320 3,321 3,110 3,290 4,169
Level A – Professional 21,957 28,510 31,388 27,595 24,389 23,742 24,128 18,825 16,154 15,587
Level B – Skilled and technical 6,565 8,265 9,565 8,873 6,683 6,930 7,889 7,133 7,054 7,112
Level C – Intermediate and clerical 835 877 1,041 1,030 780 880 793 817 871 995
Level D – Elemental and labourers 30 20 30 23 13 8 16 23 14 26
Level not stated* 744 664 723 521 190 394 856 1,069 592 600
Males 30,885 39,515 44,296 39,548 33,470 34,274 37,003 30,977 27,975 28,489
Level 0 – Managerial 220 323 427 387 390 657 1,119 1,017 1,111 1,454
Level A – Professional 6,100 7,922 9,154 8,448 8,297 8,999 9,332 7,720 7,361 7,952
Level B – Skilled and technical 2,875 2,942 3,199 3,169 2,412 2,930 3,547 3,156 3,492 4,070
Level C – Intermediate and clerical 590 641 771 733 576 641 606 553 755 845
Level D – Elemental and labourers 18 13 16 14 9 8 8 15 5 13
Level not stated* 571 489 716 450 143 216 538 603 433 433
Females 10,374 12,330 14,283 13,201 11,827 13,451 15,150 13,064 13,157 14,767
Level 0 – Managerial 974 1,502 1,976 1,893 1,805 2,977 4,440 4,127 4,401 5,623
Level A – Professional 28,057 36,432 40,542 36,043 32,686 32,741 33,460 26,545 23,515 23,539
Level B – Skilled and technical 9,440 11,207 12,764 12,042 9,095 9,860 11,436 10,289 10,546 11,182
Level C – Intermediate and clerical 1,425 1,518 1,812 1,763 1,356 1,521 1,399 1,370 1,626 1,840
Level D – Elemental and labourers 48 33 46 37 22 16 24 38 19 39
Level not stated* 1,315 1,153 1,439 971 333 610 1,394 1,672 1,025 1,033
Gender not stated 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Total 41,259 51,845 58,579 52,749 45,298 47,725 52,153 44,041 41,132 43,256
Percentage distribution
Occupational skill level 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Level 0 – Managerial 2.4 3.0 3.5 3.8 4.2 6.8 9.0 10.0 11.8 14.6
Level A – Professional 71.1 72.1 70.9 69.8 72.9 69.3 65.2 60.8 57.7 54.7
Level B – Skilled and technical 21.3 20.9 21.6 22.4 20.0 20.2 21.3 23.0 25.2 25.0
Level C – Intermediate and clerical 2.7 2.2 2.4 2.6 2.3 2.6 2.1 2.6 3.1 3.5
Level D – Elemental and labourers 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1
Level not stated* 2.4 1.7 1.6 1.3 0.6 1.1 2.3 3.5 2.1 2.1
Males 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Level 0 – Managerial 2.1 2.6 3.0 2.9 3.3 4.9 7.4 7.8 8.4 9.8
Level A – Professional 58.8 64.2 64.1 64.0 70.2 66.9 61.6 59.1 55.9 53.8
Level B – Skilled and technical 27.7 23.9 22.4 24.0 20.4 21.8 23.4 24.2 26.5 27.6
Level C – Intermediate and clerical 5.7 5.2 5.4 5.6 4.9 4.8 4.0 4.2 5.7 5.7
Level D – Elemental and labourers 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1
Level not stated* 5.5 4.0 5.0 3.4 1.2 1.6 3.6 4.6 3.3 2.9
Females 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Level 0 – Managerial 2.4 2.9 3.4 3.6 4.0 6.2 8.5 9.4 10.7 13.0
Level A – Professional 68.0 70.3 69.2 68.3 72.2 68.6 64.2 60.3 57.2 54.4
Level B – Skilled and technical 22.9 21.6 21.8 22.8 20.1 20.7 21.9 23.4 25.6 25.9
Level C – Intermediate and clerical 3.5 2.9 3.1 3.3 3.0 3.2 2.7 3.1 4.0 4.3
Level D – Elemental and labourers 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1
Level not stated* 3.2 2.2 2.5 1.8 0.7 1.3 2.7 3.8 2.5 2.4
Gender not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

* Includes new workers and industrial codes

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