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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 source area and level of education

Number
Level of education 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
0 to 9 years of schooling 3,703 4,704 5,259 4,661 4,915 5,266 5,377 6,021 6,622 6,702
10 to 12 years of schooling 5,402 6,569 6,720 6,112 6,203 7,038 6,639 6,734 6,220 5,996
13 or more years of schooling 2,376 2,915 3,435 3,083 3,208 3,455 3,613 3,364 3,202 2,989
Trade certificate 1,588 1,718 1,690 1,423 1,465 1,836 1,682 1,857 2,007 2,039
Non-university diploma 2,441 2,928 3,689 3,566 3,522 4,291 4,342 4,636 4,229 4,533
Bachelor’s degree 7,236 8,830 11,052 11,655 10,383 11,238 10,831 11,553 10,325 10,882
Master’s degree 1,746 2,162 3,102 3,389 2,927 3,646 3,886 4,391 3,975 4,546
Doctorate 522 601 775 765 671 841 872 1,050 983 1,128
Africa and the Middle East 25,014 30,427 35,722 34,654 33,294 37,611 37,242 39,606 37,563 38,815
0 to 9 years of schooling 12,738 14,650 15,653 16,091 15,343 14,073 17,478 19,059 15,903 14,677
10 to 12 years of schooling 13,801 15,436 15,981 15,171 14,642 14,178 16,650 17,867 15,694 15,188
13 or more years of schooling 6,061 7,796 8,130 7,403 7,602 7,249 8,254 7,845 6,473 6,311
Trade certificate 4,408 3,635 3,175 2,642 2,695 3,236 3,503 3,433 3,211 3,469
Non-university diploma 5,639 6,736 8,325 7,133 7,678 8,329 10,500 10,320 9,400 11,198
Bachelor’s degree 24,993 34,469 39,336 33,200 32,437 31,158 36,889 31,085 28,421 31,268
Master’s degree 8,078 11,232 11,347 10,538 9,329 11,337 14,561 12,244 10,836 12,404
Doctorate 1,309 1,456 1,455 1,260 933 1,249 1,463 1,331 1,268 1,419
Asia and Pacific 77,027 95,410 103,402 93,438 90,659 90,809 109,298 103,184 91,206 95,934
0 to 9 years of schooling 2,546 2,710 3,165 3,077 2,983 2,869 2,822 3,251 3,489 3,322
10 to 12 years of schooling 3,254 3,459 3,946 3,356 3,444 3,545 4,214 4,345 4,551 4,339
13 or more years of schooling 1,288 1,709 1,930 1,864 1,939 2,086 2,288 2,194 2,187 2,208
Trade certificate 1,135 1,032 1,258 1,166 1,091 1,364 1,418 1,481 1,715 1,739
Non-university diploma 926 1,159 1,546 1,461 1,623 1,887 2,312 2,281 2,161 2,311
Bachelor’s degree 2,020 2,571 3,267 3,427 3,853 4,482 5,179 4,665 5,360 5,826
Master’s degree 323 450 585 723 863 1,064 1,101 1,005 1,134 1,214
Doctorate 82 84 90 118 147 206 169 183 149 171
South and Central America 11,574 13,174 15,787 15,192 15,943 17,503 19,503 19,405 20,746 21,130
0 to 9 years of schooling 230 250 243 201 235 299 337 449 388 461
10 to 12 years of schooling 642 647 745 692 800 832 992 1,281 1,141 1,320
13 or more years of schooling 546 618 643 606 688 678 717 809 780 874
Trade certificate 219 201 217 195 204 255 270 329 299 343
Non-university diploma 309 363 441 385 447 627 704 909 811 986
Bachelor’s degree 1,020 1,139 1,147 1,067 1,307 1,503 1,784 2,143 2,141 2,350
Master’s degree 475 467 456 446 520 722 830 1,061 1,202 1,320
Doctorate 190 164 198 153 199 316 350 500 547 560
United States 3,631 3,849 4,090 3,745 4,400 5,232 5,984 7,481 7,309 8,214
0 to 9 years of schooling 3,266 4,205 3,959 2,938 2,672 2,879 2,847 3,007 3,770 3,552
10 to 12 years of schooling 4,761 5,513 5,361 4,390 4,449 4,613 4,611 4,244 4,217 4,255
13 or more years of schooling 2,198 2,735 2,784 2,484 2,383 2,347 2,085 1,871 1,778 1,708
Trade certificate 3,812 3,151 2,861 2,280 2,353 2,639 2,746 2,850 2,865 3,447
Non-university diploma 4,079 3,919 4,097 3,768 3,999 4,727 4,485 4,332 4,343 4,638
Bachelor’s degree 8,688 9,983 11,261 11,373 10,749 11,332 9,739 8,236 8,236 8,299
Master’s degree 2,512 2,993 2,989 2,950 2,986 4,080 4,890 4,853 5,065 5,537
Doctorate 826 910 1,006 864 818 1,101 1,160 1,209 1,322 1,365
Europe and the United Kingdom 30,142 33,409 34,318 31,047 30,409 33,718 32,563 30,602 31,596 32,801
0 to 9 years of schooling 22,483 26,519 28,279 26,968 26,148 25,386 28,861 31,787 30,172 28,714
10 to 12 years of schooling 27,860 31,624 32,753 29,721 29,538 30,206 33,106 34,471 31,823 31,098
13 or more years of schooling 12,469 15,773 16,922 15,440 15,820 15,815 16,957 16,083 14,420 14,090
Trade certificate 11,162 9,737 9,201 7,706 7,808 9,330 9,619 9,950 10,097 11,037
Non-university diploma 13,394 15,105 18,098 16,313 17,269 19,861 22,343 22,478 20,944 23,666
Bachelor’s degree 43,957 56,992 66,063 60,722 58,729 59,713 64,422 57,682 54,483 58,625
Master’s degree 13,134 17,304 18,479 18,046 16,625 20,849 25,268 23,554 22,212 25,021
Doctorate 2,929 3,215 3,524 3,160 2,768 3,713 4,014 4,273 4,269 4,643
Source area not stated 2 7 31 10 9 34 57 45 60 46
Total 147,390 176,276 193,350 178,086 174,714 184,907 204,647 200,323 188,480 196,940
Percentage distribution
Level of education 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
0 to 9 years of schooling 14.8 15.5 14.7 13.5 14.8 14.0 14.4 15.2 17.6 17.3
10 to 12 years of schooling 21.6 21.6 18.8 17.6 18.6 18.7 17.8 17.0 16.6 15.4
13 or more years of schooling 9.5 9.6 9.6 8.9 9.6 9.2 9.7 8.5 8.5 7.7
Trade certificate 6.3 5.6 4.7 4.1 4.4 4.9 4.5 4.7 5.3 5.3
Non-university diploma 9.8 9.6 10.3 10.3 10.6 11.4 11.7 11.7 11.3 11.7
Bachelor’s degree 28.9 29.0 30.9 33.6 31.2 29.9 29.1 29.2 27.5 28.0
Master’s degree 7.0 7.1 8.7 9.8 8.8 9.7 10.4 11.1 10.6 11.7
Doctorate 2.1 2.0 2.2 2.2 2.0 2.2 2.3 2.7 2.6 2.9
Africa and the Middle East 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 16.5 15.4 15.1 17.2 16.9 15.5 16.0 18.5 17.4 15.3
10 to 12 years of schooling 17.9 16.2 15.5 16.2 16.2 15.6 15.2 17.3 17.2 15.8
13 or more years of schooling 7.9 8.2 7.9 7.9 8.4 8.0 7.6 7.6 7.1 6.6
Trade certificate 5.7 3.8 3.1 2.8 3.0 3.6 3.2 3.3 3.5 3.6
Non-university diploma 7.3 7.1 8.1 7.6 8.5 9.2 9.6 10.0 10.3 11.7
Bachelor’s degree 32.4 36.1 38.0 35.5 35.8 34.3 33.8 30.1 31.2 32.6
Master’s degree 10.5 11.8 11.0 11.3 10.3 12.5 13.3 11.9 11.9 12.9
Doctorate 1.7 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.0 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.5
Asia and Pacific 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 22.0 20.6 20.0 20.3 18.7 16.4 14.5 16.8 16.8 15.7
10 to 12 years of schooling 28.1 26.3 25.0 22.1 21.6 20.3 21.6 22.4 21.9 20.5
13 or more years of schooling 11.1 13.0 12.2 12.3 12.2 11.9 11.7 11.3 10.5 10.4
Trade certificate 9.8 7.8 8.0 7.7 6.8 7.8 7.3 7.6 8.3 8.2
Non-university diploma 8.0 8.8 9.8 9.6 10.2 10.8 11.9 11.8 10.4 10.9
Bachelor’s degree 17.5 19.5 20.7 22.6 24.2 25.6 26.6 24.0 25.8 27.6
Master’s degree 2.8 3.4 3.7 4.8 5.4 6.1 5.6 5.2 5.5 5.7
Doctorate 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.9 1.2 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.8
South and Central America 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 6.3 6.5 5.9 5.4 5.3 5.7 5.6 6.0 5.3 5.6
10 to 12 years of schooling 17.7 16.8 18.2 18.5 18.2 15.9 16.6 17.1 15.6 16.1
13 or more years of schooling 15.0 16.1 15.7 16.2 15.6 13.0 12.0 10.8 10.7 10.6
Trade certificate 6.0 5.2 5.3 5.2 4.6 4.9 4.5 4.4 4.1 4.2
Non-university diploma 8.5 9.4 10.8 10.3 10.2 12.0 11.8 12.2 11.1 12.0
Bachelor’s degree 28.1 29.6 28.0 28.5 29.7 28.7 29.8 28.6 29.3 28.6
Master’s degree 13.1 12.1 11.1 11.9 11.8 13.8 13.9 14.2 16.4 16.1
Doctorate 5.2 4.3 4.8 4.1 4.5 6.0 5.8 6.7 7.5 6.8
United States 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 10.8 12.6 11.5 9.5 8.8 8.5 8.7 9.8 11.9 10.8
10 to 12 years of schooling 15.8 16.5 15.6 14.1 14.6 13.7 14.2 13.9 13.3 13.0
13 or more years of schooling 7.3 8.2 8.1 8.0 7.8 7.0 6.4 6.1 5.6 5.2
Trade certificate 12.6 9.4 8.3 7.3 7.7 7.8 8.4 9.3 9.1 10.5
Non-university diploma 13.5 11.7 11.9 12.1 13.2 14.0 13.8 14.2 13.7 14.1
Bachelor’s degree 28.8 29.9 32.8 36.6 35.3 33.6 29.9 26.9 26.1 25.3
Master’s degree 8.3 9.0 8.7 9.5 9.8 12.1 15.0 15.9 16.0 16.9
Doctorate 2.7 2.7 2.9 2.8 2.7 3.3 3.6 4.0 4.2 4.2
Europe and the United Kingdom 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
Source area 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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