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Facts and figures 2008 – Immigration overview:
Permanent and temporary residents

Permanent residents

Canada – Permanent residents 15 years of age or older by gender and level of education

Number
Level of education 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
0 to 9 years of schooling 9,093 10,639 11,410 11,051 10,910 10,890 12,537 13,626 13,321 12,720
10 to 12 years of schooling 12,022 13,825 14,129 12,669 12,820 13,325 14,925 15,766 14,640 14,522
13 or more years of schooling 5,444 6,809 7,217 6,673 6,679 6,997 7,690 7,559 6,558 6,554
Trade certificate 5,344 4,676 4,524 3,813 3,930 4,727 4,890 5,234 5,377 6,044
Non-university diploma 5,821 6,465 7,975 7,141 7,169 8,634 9,693 9,962 9,528 10,519
Bachelor’s degree 23,205 30,594 35,503 32,200 29,815 29,112 31,262 27,384 24,678 25,716
Master’s degree 8,206 10,817 11,267 10,730 9,561 11,989 14,375 13,054 12,236 13,526
Doctorate 2,153 2,334 2,486 2,174 1,856 2,517 2,728 2,840 2,805 2,953
Males 71,288 86,159 94,511 86,451 82,740 88,191 98,100 95,425 89,143 92,554
0 to 9 years of schooling 13,384 15,880 16,872 15,918 15,239 14,503 16,337 18,170 16,858 16,001
10 to 12 years of schooling 15,834 17,799 18,629 17,056 16,720 16,890 18,202 18,719 17,199 16,591
13 or more years of schooling 7,026 8,966 9,709 8,767 9,142 8,820 9,272 8,527 7,873 7,540
Trade certificate 5,818 5,062 4,679 3,893 3,878 4,605 4,731 4,718 4,723 4,995
Non-university diploma 7,573 8,641 10,124 9,172 10,101 11,229 12,652 12,526 11,428 13,156
Bachelor’s degree 20,751 26,398 30,572 28,525 28,917 30,608 33,169 30,304 29,813 32,917
Master’s degree 4,928 6,487 7,215 7,317 7,064 8,862 10,897 10,501 9,978 11,496
Doctorate 776 881 1,038 986 912 1,196 1,286 1,433 1,465 1,690
Females 76,090 90,114 98,838 91,634 91,973 96,713 106,546 104,898 99,337 104,386
0 to 9 years of schooling 22,477 26,519 28,282 26,969 26,149 25,393 28,874 31,796 30,179 28,721
10 to 12 years of schooling 27,856 31,624 32,758 29,725 29,540 30,215 33,127 34,485 31,839 31,113
13 or more years of schooling 12,470 15,775 16,926 15,440 15,821 15,817 16,962 16,086 14,431 14,094
Trade certificate 11,162 9,738 9,203 7,706 7,808 9,332 9,621 9,952 10,100 11,039
Non-university diploma 13,394 15,106 18,099 16,313 17,270 19,863 22,345 22,488 20,956 23,675
Bachelor’s degree 43,956 56,992 66,075 60,725 58,732 59,720 64,431 57,688 54,491 58,633
Master’s degree 13,134 17,304 18,482 18,047 16,625 20,851 25,272 23,555 22,214 25,022
Doctorate 2,929 3,215 3,524 3,160 2,768 3,713 4,014 4,273 4,270 4,643
Gender not stated 12 3 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 0
Total 147,390 176,276 193,350 178,086 174,714 184,907 204,647 200,323 188,480 196,940
Percentage distribution
Years of schooling 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
0 to 9 years of schooling 12.8 12.3 12.1 12.8 13.2 12.3 12.8 14.3 14.9 13.7
10 to 12 years of schooling 16.9 16.0 14.9 14.7 15.5 15.1 15.2 16.5 16.4 15.7
13 or more years of schooling 7.6 7.9 7.6 7.7 8.1 7.9 7.8 7.9 7.4 7.1
Trade certificate 7.5 5.4 4.8 4.4 4.7 5.4 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5
Non-university diploma 8.2 7.5 8.4 8.3 8.7 9.8 9.9 10.4 10.7 11.4
Bachelor’s degree 32.6 35.5 37.6 37.2 36.0 33.0 31.9 28.7 27.7 27.8
Master’s degree 11.5 12.6 11.9 12.4 11.6 13.6 14.7 13.7 13.7 14.6
Doctorate 3.0 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.2 2.9 2.8 3.0 3.1 3.2
Males 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
0 to 9 years of schooling 17.6 17.6 17.1 17.4 16.6 15.0 15.3 17.3 17.0 15.3
10 to 12 years of schooling 20.8 19.8 18.8 18.6 18.2 17.5 17.1 17.8 17.3 15.9
13 or more years of schooling 9.2 9.9 9.8 9.6 9.9 9.1 8.7 8.1 7.9 7.2
Trade certificate 7.6 5.6 4.7 4.2 4.2 4.8 4.4 4.5 4.8 4.8
Non-university diploma 10.0 9.6 10.2 10.0 11.0 11.6 11.9 11.9 11.5 12.6
Bachelor’s degree 27.3 29.3 30.9 31.1 31.4 31.6 31.1 28.9 30.0 31.5
Master’s degree 6.5 7.2 7.3 8.0 7.7 9.2 10.2 10.0 10.0 11.0
Doctorate 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.4 1.5 1.6
Females 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
0 to 9 years of schooling 15.3 15.0 14.6 15.1 15.0 13.7 14.1 15.9 16.0 14.6
10 to 12 years of schooling 18.9 17.9 16.9 16.7 16.9 16.3 16.2 17.2 16.9 15.8
13 or more years of schooling 8.5 8.9 8.8 8.7 9.1 8.6 8.3 8.0 7.7 7.2
Trade certificate 7.6 5.5 4.8 4.3 4.5 5.0 4.7 5.0 5.4 5.6
Non-university diploma 9.1 8.6 9.4 9.2 9.9 10.7 10.9 11.2 11.1 12.0
Bachelor’s degree 29.8 32.3 34.2 34.1 33.6 32.3 31.5 28.8 28.9 29.8
Master’s degree 8.9 9.8 9.6 10.1 9.5 11.3 12.3 11.8 11.8 12.7
Doctorate 2.0 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.6 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.3 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

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Date Modified: 2009-08-25

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