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Permanent residents

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

*principal applicants
**spouses and dependants

Number
Level of education 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
0 to 9 years of schooling 14,604 14,172 12,833 9,976 11,419 14,250 11,471 10,771 10,886 10,626
10 to 12 years of schooling 15,659 13,970 13,922 12,607 13,035 14,567 13,189 12,669 12,786 11,239
13 or more years of schooling 6,765 6,109 6,431 6,119 5,782 6,050 5,828 5,456 5,402 4,972
Trade certificate 3,266 2,798 2,714 3,638 3,563 3,797 3,637 3,907 3,866 3,725
Non-university diploma 4,976 4,350 4,823 6,211 6,165 6,737 6,694 7,038 6,778 6,090
Bachelor's degree 10,842 10,473 12,450 12,645 12,262 13,631 14,105 14,755 15,088 13,946
Master's degree 2,243 2,378 3,004 3,017 3,278 3,764 3,689 4,230 4,076 3,646
Doctorate 406 345 444 459 427 483 538 593 591 550
Family class 58,761 54,595 56,621 54,672 55,931 63,279 59,151 59,419 59,473 54,794
0 to 9 years of schooling 1,054 682 273 441 733 1,055 2,068 2,091 2,784 3,132
10 to 12 years of schooling 2,167 1,652 1,154 1,228 1,445 1,563 1,696 2,155 2,763 3,055
13 or more years of schooling 2,983 2,429 1,971 2,050 2,162 1,817 1,492 1,634 1,730 1,671
Trade certificate 2,437 1,986 1,805 1,834 1,975 2,086 2,217 2,912 3,613 3,998
Non-university diploma 6,066 5,379 5,056 5,685 6,380 6,480 6,329 8,125 9,100 10,496
Bachelor's degree 35,909 32,393 29,244 28,471 30,398 25,594 23,551 25,950 26,993 32,207
Master's degree 12,092 11,450 9,952 12,935 15,745 14,190 13,528 15,252 14,090 18,412
Doctorate 2,509 2,206 1,751 2,507 2,749 2,894 2,906 3,134 2,888 3,536
Economic immigrants - p.a.* 65,217 58,177 51,206 55,151 61,587 55,679 53,787 61,253 63,961 76,507
0 to 9 years of schooling 6,481 5,362 4,880 6,131 8,187 7,657 8,165 8,822 8,624 9,828
10 to 12 years of schooling 8,271 7,426 6,419 7,104 8,670 8,217 7,668 8,659 9,795 10,943
13 or more years of schooling 5,333 4,697 4,418 4,525 5,266 4,575 3,897 4,426 4,438 4,785
Trade certificate 2,356 1,825 1,715 1,980 2,264 2,135 2,199 2,612 2,826 2,779
Non-university diploma 5,088 4,401 4,363 4,774 5,968 5,269 4,602 5,697 5,755 6,979
Bachelor's degree 17,215 15,326 13,619 15,116 17,537 14,308 13,213 14,804 14,972 19,280
Master's degree 3,796 3,751 3,093 4,383 5,587 4,899 4,407 5,046 4,769 6,766
Doctorate 508 458 399 589 694 764 728 808 773 929
Economic immigrants - s.d.** 49,048 43,246 38,906 44,602 54,173 47,824 44,879 50,874 51,952 62,289
0 to 9 years of schooling 6,088 6,263 6,726 7,608 7,498 7,285 6,873 5,490 6,456 6,799
10 to 12 years of schooling 6,615 5,848 5,960 7,471 8,098 7,371 6,322 4,842 4,572 4,988
13 or more years of schooling 1,826 1,694 1,910 2,401 2,994 2,501 2,041 1,546 1,507 1,704
Trade certificate 1,134 771 738 1,039 1,128 979 883 730 702 927
Non-university diploma 1,956 1,611 1,794 2,452 3,123 2,754 2,016 1,395 1,648 1,758
Bachelor's degree 2,090 1,822 1,965 2,789 3,571 2,890 2,110 1,540 1,700 1,905
Master's degree 350 304 280 421 574 506 323 207 207 242
Doctorate 99 102 84 120 126 99 52 50 60 55
Refugees 20,158 18,415 19,457 24,301 27,112 24,385 20,620 15,800 16,852 18,378
0 to 9 years of schooling 54 490 1,434 1,236 1,026 1,543 1,601 1,547 1,436 1,259
10 to 12 years of schooling 46 829 2,086 1,806 1,884 2,769 2,965 2,791 2,843 2,296
13 or more years of schooling 19 510 1,090 722 758 1,141 1,173 1,032 1,068 905
Trade certificate 10 326 835 843 691 955 1,164 878 1,022 1,029
Non-university diploma 13 572 1,234 742 711 1,249 1,314 1,419 1,416 1,113
Bachelor's degree 19 712 1,456 706 666 1,267 1,516 1,585 1,488 1,158
Master's degree -- 165 297 96 90 199 267 287 311 246
Doctorate -- 49 90 38 18 33 46 58 63 50
Other immigrants 163 3,653 8,522 6,189 5,844 9,156 10,046 9,597 9,647 8,056
0 to 9 years of schooling 28,281 26,969 26,146 25,392 28,863 31,790 30,178 28,721 30,186 31,644
10 to 12 years of schooling 32,758 29,725 29,541 30,216 33,132 34,487 31,840 31,116 32,759 32,521
13 or more years of schooling 16,926 15,439 15,820 15,817 16,962 16,084 14,431 14,094 14,145 14,037
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 19,864 22,347 22,489 20,955 23,674 24,697 26,436
Bachelor's degree 66,075 60,726 58,734 59,727 64,434 57,690 54,495 58,634 60,241 68,496
Master's degree 18,482 18,048 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
Category not stated 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 7
Total 193,348 178,086 174,713 184,915 204,648 200,324 188,484 196,944 201,885 220,031

*principal applicants
**spouses and dependants

Percentage distribution
Level of education 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
0 to 9 years of schooling 24.9 26.0 22.7 18.2 20.4 22.5 19.4 18.1 18.3 19.4
10 to 12 years of schooling 26.6 25.6 24.6 23.1 23.3 23.0 22.3 21.3 21.5 20.5
13 or more years of schooling 11.5 11.2 11.4 11.2 10.3 9.6 9.9 9.2 9.1 9.1
Trade certificate 5.6 5.1 4.8 6.7 6.4 6.0 6.1 6.6 6.5 6.8
Non-university diploma 8.5 8.0 8.5 11.4 11.0 10.6 11.3 11.8 11.4 11.1
Bachelor's degree 18.5 19.2 22.0 23.1 21.9 21.5 23.8 24.8 25.4 25.5
Master's degree 3.8 4.4 5.3 5.5 5.9 5.9 6.2 7.1 6.9 6.7
Doctorate 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0
Family class 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 1.6 1.2 0.5 0.8 1.2 1.9 3.8 3.4 4.4 4.1
10 to 12 years of schooling 3.3 2.8 2.3 2.2 2.3 2.8 3.2 3.5 4.3 4.0
13 or more years of schooling 4.6 4.2 3.8 3.7 3.5 3.3 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.2
Trade certificate 3.7 3.4 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.7 4.1 4.8 5.6 5.2
Non-university diploma 9.3 9.2 9.9 10.3 10.4 11.6 11.8 13.3 14.2 13.7
Bachelor's degree 55.1 55.7 57.1 51.6 49.4 46.0 43.8 42.4 42.2 42.1
Master's degree 18.5 19.7 19.4 23.5 25.6 25.5 25.2 24.9 22.0 24.1
Doctorate 3.8 3.8 3.4 4.5 4.5 5.2 5.4 5.1 4.5 4.6
Economic immigrants - p.a.* 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 13.2 12.4 12.5 13.7 15.1 16.0 18.2 17.3 16.6 15.8
10 to 12 years of schooling 16.9 17.2 16.5 15.9 16.0 17.2 17.1 17.0 18.9 17.6
13 or more years of schooling 10.9 10.9 11.4 10.1 9.7 9.6 8.7 8.7 8.5 7.7
Trade certificate 4.8 4.2 4.4 4.4 4.2 4.5 4.9 5.1 5.4 4.5
Non-university diploma 10.4 10.2 11.2 10.7 11.0 11.0 10.3 11.2 11.1 11.2
Bachelor's degree 35.1 35.4 35.0 33.9 32.4 29.9 29.4 29.1 28.8 31.0
Master's degree 7.7 8.7 7.9 9.8 10.3 10.2 9.8 9.9 9.2 10.9
Doctorate 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.3 1.3 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5
Economic immigrants - s.d.** 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 30.2 34.0 34.6 31.3 27.7 29.9 33.3 34.7 38.3 37.0
10 to 12 years of schooling 32.8 31.8 30.6 30.7 29.9 30.2 30.7 30.6 27.1 27.1
13 or more years of schooling 9.1 9.2 9.8 9.9 11.0 10.3 9.9 9.8 8.9 9.3
Trade certificate 5.6 4.2 3.8 4.3 4.2 4.0 4.3 4.6 4.2 5.0
Non-university diploma 9.7 8.7 9.2 10.1 11.5 11.3 9.8 8.8 9.8 9.6
Bachelor's degree 10.4 9.9 10.1 11.5 13.2 11.9 10.2 9.7 10.1 10.4
Master's degree 1.7 1.7 1.4 1.7 2.1 2.1 1.6 1.3 1.2 1.3
Doctorate 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3
Refugees 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 33.1 13.4 16.8 20.0 17.6 16.9 15.9 16.1 14.9 15.6
10 to 12 years of schooling 28.2 22.7 24.5 29.2 32.2 30.2 29.5 29.1 29.5 28.5
13 or more years of schooling 11.7 14.0 12.8 11.7 13.0 12.5 11.7 10.8 11.1 11.2
Trade certificate 6.1 8.9 9.8 13.6 11.8 10.4 11.6 9.1 10.6 12.8
Non-university diploma 8.0 15.7 14.5 12.0 12.2 13.6 13.1 14.8 14.7 13.8
Bachelor's degree 11.7 19.5 17.1 11.4 11.4 13.8 15.1 16.5 15.4 14.4
Master's degree -- 4.5 3.5 1.6 1.5 2.2 2.7 3.0 3.2 3.1
Doctorate -- 1.3 1.1 0.6 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.6
Other immigrants 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
Category 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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