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Permanent residents

Canada – Permanent residents 15 years of age or older by gender and level of education

Number
Level of education 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
0 to 9 years of schooling 11,408 11,051 10,910 10,890 12,531 13,623 13,320 12,721 13,437 14,136
10 to 12 years of schooling 14,130 12,669 12,820 13,324 14,926 15,766 14,640 14,526 15,767 16,027
13 or more years of schooling 7,217 6,672 6,679 6,999 7,690 7,556 6,558 6,553 6,600 6,695
Trade certificate 4,524 3,813 3,929 4,728 4,889 5,233 5,377 6,044 6,860 7,211
Non-university diploma 7,976 7,140 7,169 8,635 9,693 9,966 9,527 10,518 11,310 12,167
Bachelor's degree 35,506 32,199 29,816 29,117 31,261 27,382 24,677 25,718 26,774 30,167
Master's degree 11,266 10,728 9,563 11,990 14,376 13,058 12,236 13,525 12,419 15,874
Doctorate 2,486 2,174 1,856 2,517 2,728 2,841 2,805 2,953 2,755 3,247
Males 94,513 86,446 82,742 88,200 98,094 95,425 89,140 92,558 95,922 105,524
0 to 9 years of schooling 16,872 15,918 15,236 14,502 16,333 18,167 16,858 15,999 16,749 17,510
10 to 12 years of schooling 18,629 17,056 16,721 16,892 18,206 18,721 17,200 16,591 16,992 16,494
13 or more years of schooling 9,709 8,767 9,142 8,818 9,272 8,529 7,873 7,541 7,545 7,344
Trade certificate 4,679 3,893 3,878 4,606 4,732 4,719 4,723 4,995 5,169 5,247
Non-university diploma 10,123 9,173 10,101 11,228 12,653 12,523 11,428 13,156 13,387 14,270
Bachelor's degree 30,569 28,527 28,917 30,609 33,173 30,308 29,817 32,916 33,467 38,331
Master's degree 7,214 7,319 7,063 8,862 10,898 10,500 9,978 11,497 11,034 13,438
Doctorate 1,037 986 912 1,196 1,286 1,432 1,465 1,690 1,620 1,873
Females 98,832 91,639 91,970 96,713 106,553 104,899 99,342 104,385 105,963 114,507
0 to 9 years of schooling 28,280 26,969 26,146 25,392 28,864 31,790 30,178 28,720 30,186 31,646
10 to 12 years of schooling 32,759 29,725 29,541 30,216 33,132 34,487 31,840 31,117 32,759 32,521
13 or more years of schooling 16,926 15,439 15,821 15,817 16,962 16,085 14,431 14,094 14,145 14,039
Trade certificate 9,203 7,706 7,807 9,334 9,621 9,952 10,100 11,039 12,029 12,458
Non-university diploma 18,099 16,313 17,270 19,863 22,346 22,489 20,955 23,674 24,697 26,437
Bachelor's degree 66,075 60,726 58,733 59,726 64,434 57,690 54,494 58,634 60,241 68,498
Master's degree 18,480 18,047 16,626 20,852 25,274 23,558 22,214 25,022 23,453 29,312
Doctorate 3,523 3,160 2,768 3,713 4,014 4,273 4,270 4,643 4,375 5,120
Gender not stated 3 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 0 0
Total 193,348 178,086 174,713 184,915 204,648 200,324 188,484 196,944 201,885 220,031
Percentage distribution
Level of education 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
0 to 9 years of schooling 12.1 12.8 13.2 12.3 12.8 14.3 14.9 13.7 14.0 13.4
10 to 12 years of schooling 15.0 14.7 15.5 15.1 15.2 16.5 16.4 15.7 16.4 15.2
13 or more years of schooling 7.6 7.7 8.1 7.9 7.8 7.9 7.4 7.1 6.9 6.3
Trade certificate 4.8 4.4 4.7 5.4 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.2 6.8
Non-university diploma 8.4 8.3 8.7 9.8 9.9 10.4 10.7 11.4 11.8 11.5
Bachelor's degree 37.6 37.2 36.0 33.0 31.9 28.7 27.7 27.8 27.9 28.6
Master's degree 11.9 12.4 11.6 13.6 14.7 13.7 13.7 14.6 12.9 15.0
Doctorate 2.6 2.5 2.2 2.9 2.8 3.0 3.1 3.2 2.9 3.1
Males 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
0 to 9 years of schooling 17.1 17.4 16.6 15.0 15.3 17.3 17.0 15.3 15.8 15.3
10 to 12 years of schooling 18.8 18.6 18.2 17.5 17.1 17.8 17.3 15.9 16.0 14.4
13 or more years of schooling 9.8 9.6 9.9 9.1 8.7 8.1 7.9 7.2 7.1 6.4
Trade certificate 4.7 4.2 4.2 4.8 4.4 4.5 4.8 4.8 4.9 4.6
Non-university diploma 10.2 10.0 11.0 11.6 11.9 11.9 11.5 12.6 12.6 12.5
Bachelor's degree 30.9 31.1 31.4 31.6 31.1 28.9 30.0 31.5 31.6 33.5
Master's degree 7.3 8.0 7.7 9.2 10.2 10.0 10.0 11.0 10.4 11.7
Doctorate 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.6
Females 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
0 to 9 years of schooling 14.6 15.1 15.0 13.7 14.1 15.9 16.0 14.6 15.0 14.4
10 to 12 years of schooling 16.9 16.7 16.9 16.3 16.2 17.2 16.9 15.8 16.2 14.8
13 or more years of schooling 8.8 8.7 9.1 8.6 8.3 8.0 7.7 7.2 7.0 6.4
Trade certificate 4.8 4.3 4.5 5.0 4.7 5.0 5.4 5.6 6.0 5.7
Non-university diploma 9.4 9.2 9.9 10.7 10.9 11.2 11.1 12.0 12.2 12.0
Bachelor's degree 34.2 34.1 33.6 32.3 31.5 28.8 28.9 29.8 29.8 31.1
Master's degree 9.6 10.1 9.5 11.3 12.3 11.8 11.8 12.7 11.6 13.3
Doctorate 1.8 1.8 1.6 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.3 2.4 2.2 2.3
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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