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

Permanent residents

Canada – Permanent residents by labour market intention and occupational skill level

Number
Occupational skill level 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Senior management 129 125 141 122 173 323 650 729 971 1,475
Middle management                    
  Business, finance and administration 621 1,166 1,573 1,419 1,424 1,624 2,156 1,864 2,085 2,312
  Natural, applied science and related
  occupations		 59 66 87 82 125 341 514 534 619 811
  Health 26 29 30 27 34 81 149 176 188 245
  Social science, education, government
  service and religion		 8 16 13 18 27 52 50 54 56 87
  Art, culture, recreation and sport 18 20 17 34 19 20 45 49 59 78
  Sales and service 704 859 932 888 954 1,491 2,201 2,227 2,363 3,044
  Trades, transport and equipment
  operators and related occupations		 84 142 178 180 176 199 312 308 343 477
  Primary industry 6 9 9 7 4 10 11 14 26 30
  Processing, manufacturing and utilities 75 80 86 67 57 134 185 228 236 279
Investor, entrepreneur and other 1,136 1,403 1,807 1,299 951 1,627 2,324 2,183 1,664 2,334
Level 0 – Managerial 2,866 3,915 4,873 4,143 3,944 5,902 8,597 8,366 8,610 11,172
Business and finance 3,481 4,525 5,211 4,995 4,352 4,383 4,394 3,540 3,309 3,504
Natural and applied sciences 23,457 30,368 33,088 28,608 26,007 22,950 22,204 15,880 12,881 11,797
Health 1,267 1,704 1,983 2,119 2,136 2,924 3,174 2,986 3,288 3,828
Social science, education, government services and religion 2,916 3,719 4,341 4,060 3,979 5,699 6,599 7,239 7,461 8,434
Art and culture 1,655 2,028 2,081 2,005 1,716 1,850 1,835 1,569 1,473 1,497
Level A – Professional 32,776 42,344 46,704 41,787 38,190 37,806 38,206 31,214 28,412 29,060
Skilled administrative and business occupations 3,075 3,304 3,352 2,990 2,639 2,835 3,138 2,984 3,228 3,928
Technical occupations related to natural and applied sciences 2,820 3,908 4,760 4,428 3,279 3,313 3,896 3,336 3,700 3,736
Technical and skilled occupations in health 876 1,148 1,372 1,296 1,028 1,032 1,236 959 937 829
Paraprofessional occupations in law, social services, education and religion 366 443 469 476 421 495 547 631 680 738
Technical and skilled occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport 916 1,094 1,153 1,042 905 966 1,042 1,084 1,066 1,215
Skilled sales and service occupations 2,573 2,774 2,996 2,766 2,262 2,358 2,430 2,342 2,290 2,624
Trades and skilled transport and equipment operators 3,391 3,561 3,690 3,151 2,583 2,511 2,591 2,704 2,845 3,290
Skilled occupations in primary industry 441 429 406 321 306 388 338 304 355 532
Processing, manufacturing and utilities supervisors and skilled operators 38 50 50 64 50 69 130 147 167 200
Level B – Skilled and technical 14,496 16,711 18,248 16,534 13,473 13,967 15,348 14,491 15,268 17,092
Clerical occupations 1,216 1,449 1,624 1,482 1,316 1,342 1,208 1,205 1,456 1,703
Assisting occupations in support of health services 116 151 148 154 149 153 204 208 225 289
Intermediate sales and service occupations* 2,844 3,910 4,107 3,328 3,415 3,530 4,084 4,191 4,257 6,351
Intermediate occupations in transport, equipment operation, installation and maintenance 364 436 443 383 385 348 402 499 620 798
Intermediate occupations in primary industry 131 156 168 147 147 182 139 106 104 102
Processing and manufacturing machine operators and assemblers 393 520 441 375 355 288 305 329 585 674
Level C – Intermediate and clerical 5,064 6,622 6,931 5,869 5,767 5,843 6,342 6,538 7,247 9,917
Elemental sales and service occupations 415 566 542 410 402 353 418 317 293 381
Trades helpers, construction labourers and related occupations 228 327 380 336 262 199 299 231 199 251
Labourers in primary industry 11 19 18 6 7 9 16 5 7 9
Labourers in processing, manufacturing and utilities 226 206 212 154 125 114 100 54 192 151
Level D – Elemental and labourers 880 1,118 1,152 906 796 675 833 607 691 792
Occupational skill level identified 56,082 70,710 77,908 69,239 62,170 64,193 69,326 61,216 60,228 68,033
New workers – 15 years of age or older 42,758 48,261 51,850 47,523 54,429 59,718 67,775 67,849 63,515 61,276
Entrepreneurs – 15 years of age or older 1,708 1,698 1,631 1,204 740 529 507 468 270 117
Intending to work 100,548 120,669 131,389 117,966 117,339 124,440 137,608 129,533 124,013 129,426
Children under 15 years of age 42,564 51,182 57,289 50,963 46,634 50,918 57,594 51,320 48,274 50,303
Students 15 years of age or older 16,465 19,552 21,876 20,287 19,826 22,574 27,434 27,633 24,698 25,744
Retirees 15 years of age or older 4,777 6,546 7,206 7,879 7,572 6,052 3,599 6,421 6,382 6,974
Other non-workers 15 years of age or older 25,591 29,502 32,863 31,940 29,920 31,787 35,851 36,497 33,291 34,746
Not intending to work 89,397 106,782 119,234 111,069 103,952 111,331 124,478 121,871 112,645 117,767
Labour market intention not stated 9 7 16 14 57 54 155 239 96 50
Total 189,954 227,458 250,639 229,049 221,348 235,825 262,241 251,643 236,754 247,243

* Includes occupations related to the live-in caregiver program.

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Date Modified: 2009-08-25

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