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

Temporary residents

Canada – Total entries of foreign workers by gender and occupational skill level

Number
Occupational skill level 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Level 0 – Managerial 3,514 3,726 3,862 3,784 3,764 4,192 4,440 4,884 5,370 5,918
Level A – Professional 34,835 38,094 37,469 30,569 23,569 23,303 24,845 27,006 26,128 24,630
Level B – Skilled and technical 16,776 18,328 17,915 15,779 13,395 14,082 16,174 18,721 23,295 25,798
Level C – Intermediate and clerical 18,349 19,597 21,327 21,537 21,427 22,141 24,008 25,542 29,421 32,719
Level D – Elemental and labourers 750 775 807 769 1,069 1,197 1,902 3,614 7,907 11,861
Level not stated 7,388 8,102 8,593 8,443 9,560 12,549 13,199 15,335 18,405 26,868
Males 81,612 88,622 89,973 80,881 72,784 77,464 84,568 95,102 110,526 127,794
Level 0 – Managerial 788 856 866 821 867 1,001 1,059 1,122 1,233 1,369
Level A – Professional 9,144 10,301 10,240 8,768 7,292 7,375 7,784 8,353 8,315 8,485
Level B – Skilled and technical 2,906 3,698 3,350 3,360 3,422 3,368 3,659 3,797 4,192 4,621
Level C – Intermediate and clerical 4,146 4,327 6,062 6,492 6,631 8,195 8,913 11,363 15,826 16,207
Level D – Elemental and labourers 336 274 366 336 290 326 493 1,004 2,634 5,014
Level not stated 8,189 8,453 8,841 10,256 11,952 14,823 16,244 18,360 22,175 29,022
Females 25,509 27,909 29,725 30,033 30,454 35,088 38,152 43,999 54,375 64,718
Level 0 – Managerial 4,302 4,582 4,728 4,605 4,631 5,193 5,499 6,006 6,603 7,287
Level A – Professional 43,979 48,395 47,709 39,337 30,861 30,678 32,629 35,359 34,443 33,115
Level B – Skilled and technical 19,682 22,026 21,265 19,139 16,817 17,450 19,833 22,518 27,487 30,419
Level C – Intermediate and clerical 22,495 23,924 27,389 28,029 28,058 30,336 32,921 36,905 45,247 48,926
Level D – Elemental and labourers 1,086 1,049 1,173 1,105 1,359 1,523 2,395 4,618 10,541 16,875
Level not stated 15,577 16,555 17,434 18,699 21,512 27,372 29,443 33,695 40,580 55,890
Gender not stated 18 34 16 1 1 1 3 2 4 7
Total 107,139 116,565 119,714 110,915 103,239 112,553 122,723 139,103 164,905 192,519
Percentage distribution
Occupational skill level 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Level 0 – Managerial 4.3 4.2 4.3 4.7 5.2 5.4 5.3 5.1 4.9 4.6
Level A – Professional 42.7 43.0 41.6 37.8 32.4 30.1 29.4 28.4 23.6 19.3
Level B – Skilled and technical 20.6 20.7 19.9 19.5 18.4 18.2 19.1 19.7 21.1 20.2
Level C – Intermediate and clerical 22.5 22.1 23.7 26.6 29.4 28.6 28.4 26.9 26.6 25.6
Level D – Elemental and labourers 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.5 1.5 2.2 3.8 7.2 9.3
Level not stated 9.1 9.1 9.6 10.4 13.1 16.2 15.6 16.1 16.7 21.0
Males 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Level 0 – Managerial 3.1 3.1 2.9 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.8 2.6 2.3 2.1
Level A – Professional 35.8 36.9 34.4 29.2 23.9 21.0 20.4 19.0 15.3 13.1
Level B – Skilled and technical 11.4 13.3 11.3 11.2 11.2 9.6 9.6 8.6 7.7 7.1
Level C – Intermediate and clerical 16.3 15.5 20.4 21.6 21.8 23.4 23.4 25.8 29.1 25.0
Level D – Elemental and labourers 1.3 1.0 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.9 1.3 2.3 4.8 7.7
Level not stated 32.1 30.3 29.7 34.1 39.2 42.2 42.6 41.7 40.8 44.8
Females 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Level 0 – Managerial 4.0 3.9 3.9 4.2 4.5 4.6 4.5 4.3 4.0 3.8
Level A – Professional 41.0 41.5 39.9 35.5 29.9 27.3 26.6 25.4 20.9 17.2
Level B – Skilled and technical 18.4 18.9 17.8 17.3 16.3 15.5 16.2 16.2 16.7 15.8
Level C – Intermediate and clerical 21.0 20.5 22.9 25.3 27.2 27.0 26.8 26.5 27.4 25.4
Level D – Elemental and labourers 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.3 1.4 2.0 3.3 6.4 8.8
Level not stated 14.5 14.2 14.6 16.9 20.8 24.3 24.0 24.2 24.6 29.0
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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