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

Number
Level of study	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Secondary or less	12,668	14,650	16,738	17,334	16,727	16,554	16,394	17,496	18,462	18,197
Trade	6,416	8,417	10,336	11,933	13,272	13,666	13,308	12,577	12,326	10,160
University	24,823	28,647	34,357	39,577	44,497	48,704	50,609	51,395	53,098	53,315
Other post-secondary	3,782	4,710	6,831	7,784	8,639	7,689	7,955	8,479	9,778	13,305
Other	3,129	3,326	3,880	3,509	3,128	3,005	3,058	3,008	2,831	3,475
Level of study not stated	44	47	38	42	26	19	18	22	15	15
Males	50,862	59,797	72,180	80,179	86,289	89,637	91,342	92,977	96,510	98,467
Secondary or less	11,870	13,370	14,968	15,263	14,898	14,208	14,124	15,048	16,082	16,204
Trade	6,341	8,082	9,778	10,898	11,418	11,491	10,859	10,365	10,246	8,794
University	20,874	24,510	29,238	33,370	36,607	40,039	41,401	42,112	42,962	42,099
Other post-secondary	3,614	4,381	5,967	6,731	7,175	6,130	6,155	6,303	7,116	9,433
Other	3,732	3,892	4,569	4,080	3,307	3,320	3,266	3,324	3,150	3,213
Level of study not stated	29	34	15	10	9	7	8	7	4	9
Females	46,460	54,269	64,535	70,352	73,414	75,195	75,813	77,159	79,560	79,752
Secondary or less	24,538	28,020	31,706	32,597	31,625	30,762	30,518	32,544	34,544	34,401
Trade	12,757	16,499	20,114	22,831	24,690	25,157	24,167	22,942	22,572	18,954
University	45,697	53,157	63,595	72,947	81,104	88,743	92,010	93,507	96,060	95,414
Other post-secondary	7,396	9,091	12,798	14,515	15,814	13,819	14,110	14,782	16,894	22,738
Other	6,861	7,218	8,449	7,589	6,435	6,325	6,324	6,332	5,981	6,688
Level of study not stated	73	81	53	52	35	26	26	29	19	24
Gender not stated	14	32	17	10	8	6	7	10	7	8
Total	97,336	114,098	136,732	150,541	159,711	164,838	167,162	170,146	176,077	178,227

Percentage distribution
Level of study	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Secondary or less	24.9	24.5	23.2	21.6	19.4	18.5	17.9	18.8	19.1	18.5
Trade	12.6	14.1	14.3	14.9	15.4	15.2	14.6	13.5	12.8	10.3
University	48.8	47.9	47.6	49.4	51.6	54.3	55.4	55.3	55.0	54.1
Other post-secondary	7.4	7.9	9.5	9.7	10.0	8.6	8.7	9.1	10.1	13.5
Other	6.2	5.6	5.4	4.4	3.6	3.4	3.3	3.2	2.9	3.5
Level of study not stated	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Secondary or less	25.5	24.6	23.2	21.7	20.3	18.9	18.6	19.5	20.2	20.3
Trade	13.6	14.9	15.2	15.5	15.6	15.3	14.3	13.4	12.9	11.0
University	44.9	45.2	45.3	47.4	49.9	53.2	54.6	54.6	54.0	52.8
Other post-secondary	7.8	8.1	9.2	9.6	9.8	8.2	8.1	8.2	8.9	11.8
Other	8.0	7.2	7.1	5.8	4.5	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.0	4.0
Level of study not stated	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Secondary or less	25.2	24.6	23.2	21.7	19.8	18.7	18.3	19.1	19.6	19.3
Trade	13.1	14.5	14.7	15.2	15.5	15.3	14.5	13.5	12.8	10.6
University	46.9	46.6	46.5	48.5	50.8	53.8	55.0	55.0	54.6	53.5
Other post-secondary	7.6	8.0	9.4	9.6	9.9	8.4	8.4	8.7	9.6	12.8
Other	7.0	6.3	6.2	5.0	4.0	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.4	3.8
Level of study not stated	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
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