Facts and figures 2009 – Immigration overview: Permanent and temporary residents

Permanent residents

Canada – Skilled workers 15 years of age or older intending to work by gender and occupational skill level (principal applicants)

Number
Occupational skill level 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Level 0 - Managerial 1,179 1,549 1,506 1,415 2,321 3,321 3,111 3,290 4,169 4,056
Level A - Professional 28,506 31,389 27,595 24,390 23,743 24,128 18,828 16,154 15,586 13,347
Level B - Skilled and technical 8,266 9,566 8,873 6,683 6,931 7,888 7,133 7,054 7,112 6,597
Level C - Intermediate and clerical 877 1,041 1,030 780 881 793 817 871 994 1,195
Level D - Elemental and labourers 20 30 23 13 8 16 23 14 26 39
Level not stated* 664 723 521 190 394 856 1,069 592 600 1,000
Males 39,512 44,298 39,548 33,471 34,278 37,002 30,981 27,975 28,487 26,234
Level 0 - Managerial 323 427 387 390 657 1,119 1,016 1,111 1,454 1,418
Level A - Professional 7,923 9,153 8,449 8,297 9,001 9,333 7,718 7,361 7,953 7,553
Level B - Skilled and technical 2,942 3,198 3,169 2,412 2,929 3,548 3,156 3,492 4,070 3,799
Level C - Intermediate and clerical 641 771 733 576 641 606 553 755 846 918
Level D - Elemental and labourers 13 16 14 9 8 8 15 5 13 5
Level not stated* 489 716 450 143 216 538 603 433 433 696
Females 12,331 14,281 13,202 11,827 13,452 15,152 13,061 13,157 14,769 14,389
Level 0 - Managerial 1,502 1,976 1,893 1,805 2,978 4,440 4,127 4,401 5,623 5,474
Level A - Professional 36,429 40,542 36,044 32,687 32,744 33,461 26,546 23,515 23,539 20,900
Level B - Skilled and technical 11,208 12,764 12,042 9,095 9,860 11,436 10,289 10,546 11,182 10,396
Level C - Intermediate and clerical 1,518 1,812 1,763 1,356 1,522 1,399 1,370 1,626 1,840 2,113
Level D - Elemental and labourers 33 46 37 22 16 24 38 19 39 44
Level not stated* 1,153 1,439 971 333 610 1,394 1,672 1,025 1,033 1,696
Gender not stated 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 51,843 58,579 52,750 45,299 47,730 52,154 44,042 41,132 43,256 40,623
Percentage distribution
Occupational skill level 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Level 0 - Managerial 3.0 3.5 3.8 4.2 6.8 9.0 10.0 11.8 14.6 15.5
Level A - Professional 72.1 70.9 69.8 72.9 69.3 65.2 60.8 57.7 54.7 50.9
Level B - Skilled and technical 20.9 21.6 22.4 20.0 20.2 21.3 23.0 25.2 25.0 25.1
Level C - Intermediate and clerical 2.2 2.3 2.6 2.3 2.6 2.1 2.6 3.1 3.5 4.6
Level D - Elemental and labourers 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Level not stated* 1.7 1.6 1.3 0.6 1.1 2.3 3.5 2.1 2.1 3.8
Males 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Level 0 - Managerial 2.6 3.0 2.9 3.3 4.9 7.4 7.8 8.4 9.8 9.9
Level A - Professional 64.3 64.1 64.0 70.2 66.9 61.6 59.1 55.9 53.8 52.5
Level B - Skilled and technical 23.9 22.4 24.0 20.4 21.8 23.4 24.2 26.5 27.6 26.4
Level C - Intermediate and clerical 5.2 5.4 5.6 4.9 4.8 4.0 4.2 5.7 5.7 6.4
Level D - Elemental and labourers 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0
Level not stated* 4.0 5.0 3.4 1.2 1.6 3.6 4.6 3.3 2.9 4.8
Females 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Level 0 - Managerial 2.9 3.4 3.6 4.0 6.2 8.5 9.4 10.7 13.0 13.5
Level A - Professional 70.3 69.2 68.3 72.2 68.6 64.2 60.3 57.2 54.4 51.4
Level B - Skilled and technical 21.6 21.8 22.8 20.1 20.7 21.9 23.4 25.6 25.9 25.6
Level C - Intermediate and clerical 2.9 3.1 3.3 3.0 3.2 2.7 3.1 4.0 4.3 5.2
Level D - Elemental and labourers 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1
Level not stated* 2.2 2.5 1.8 0.7 1.3 2.7 3.8 2.5 2.4 4.2
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

* Includes new workers and industrial codes

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