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

Temporary residents

Canada – Foreign workers present on December 1st by gender and occupational skill level

Number
Occupational skill level 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Level 0 – Managerial 6,597 6,996 7,461 7,699 7,896 8,443 9,146 9,944 11,018 12,049
Level A – Professional 19,311 20,859 21,518 21,060 20,755 21,687 23,431 25,624 27,342 28,206
Level B – Skilled and technical 7,565 8,637 9,180 8,362 8,746 9,630 11,896 15,042 21,916 28,900
Level C – Intermediate and clerical 16,399 18,168 19,666 20,183 20,219 21,119 23,327 25,483 30,284 35,832
Level D – Elemental and labourers 237 256 359 317 748 842 994 2,273 6,257 12,808
Level not stated 5,949 6,501 6,817 7,251 9,199 12,561 14,142 15,908 18,415 27,559
Males 56,058 61,417 65,001 64,872 67,563 74,282 82,936 94,274 115,232 145,354
Level 0 – Managerial 985 1,096 1,221 1,348 1,372 1,584 1,778 2,025 2,367 2,649
Level A – Professional 5,911 6,619 7,365 7,538 7,774 8,259 8,794 9,623 10,525 11,503
Level B – Skilled and technical 1,930 2,327 2,206 2,286 2,585 2,862 3,156 3,719 4,816 6,171
Level C – Intermediate and clerical 8,201 8,917 11,037 13,434 15,078 18,403 21,372 25,713 35,407 41,734
Level D – Elemental and labourers 151 127 129 147 181 171 265 769 2,529 6,270
Level not stated 8,869 9,281 9,557 11,632 15,306 19,805 22,729 25,172 29,065 37,548
Females 26,047 28,367 31,515 36,385 42,296 51,084 58,094 67,021 84,709 105,875
Level 0 – Managerial 7,582 8,092 8,682 9,047 9,268 10,027 10,924 11,969 13,385 14,698
Level A – Professional 25,222 27,478 28,883 28,598 28,529 29,946 32,225 35,247 37,867 39,709
Level B – Skilled and technical 9,495 10,964 11,386 10,648 11,331 12,492 15,052 18,761 26,732 35,071
Level C – Intermediate and clerical 24,600 27,085 30,703 33,617 35,297 39,522 44,699 51,196 65,691 77,566
Level D – Elemental and labourers 388 383 488 464 929 1,013 1,259 3,042 8,786 19,078
Level not stated 14,818 15,782 16,374 18,883 24,505 32,366 36,871 41,080 47,480 65,107
Gender not stated 6 9 9 2 1 1 2 0 1 6
Total 82,111 89,793 96,525 101,259 109,860 125,367 141,032 161,295 199,942 251,235
Percentage distribution
Occupational skill level 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Level 0 – Managerial 11.8 11.4 11.5 11.9 11.7 11.4 11.0 10.5 9.6 8.3
Level A – Professional 34.4 34.0 33.1 32.5 30.7 29.2 28.3 27.2 23.7 19.4
Level B – Skilled and technical 13.5 14.1 14.1 12.9 12.9 13.0 14.3 16.0 19.0 19.9
Level C – Intermediate and clerical 29.3 29.6 30.3 31.1 29.9 28.4 28.1 27.0 26.3 24.7
Level D – Elemental and labourers 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.5 1.1 1.1 1.2 2.4 5.4 8.8
Level not stated 10.6 10.6 10.5 11.2 13.6 16.9 17.1 16.9 16.0 19.0
Males 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Level 0 – Managerial 3.8 3.9 3.9 3.7 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.0 2.8 2.5
Level A – Professional 22.7 23.3 23.4 20.7 18.4 16.2 15.1 14.4 12.4 10.9
Level B – Skilled and technical 7.4 8.2 7.0 6.3 6.1 5.6 5.4 5.5 5.7 5.8
Level C – Intermediate and clerical 31.5 31.4 35.0 36.9 35.6 36.0 36.8 38.4 41.8 39.4
Level D – Elemental and labourers 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.5 1.1 3.0 5.9
Level not stated 34.0 32.7 30.3 32.0 36.2 38.8 39.1 37.6 34.3 35.5
Females 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Level 0 – Managerial 9.2 9.0 9.0 8.9 8.4 8.0 7.7 7.4 6.7 5.9
Level A – Professional 30.7 30.6 29.9 28.2 26.0 23.9 22.8 21.9 18.9 15.8
Level B – Skilled and technical 11.6 12.2 11.8 10.5 10.3 10.0 10.7 11.6 13.4 14.0
Level C – Intermediate and clerical 30.0 30.2 31.8 33.2 32.1 31.5 31.7 31.7 32.9 30.9
Level D – Elemental and labourers 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.9 4.4 7.6
Level not stated 18.0 17.6 17.0 18.6 22.3 25.8 26.1 25.5 23.7 25.9
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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