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Permanent residents

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

Number
Level of education 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
0 to 9 years of schooling 5,258 4,661 4,914 5,263 5,377 6,019 6,620 6,701 8,149 8,960
10 to 12 years of schooling 6,720 6,112 6,203 7,039 6,640 6,734 6,219 5,996 6,356 6,629
13 or more years of schooling 3,434 3,083 3,208 3,455 3,612 3,363 3,202 2,989 3,018 3,000
Trade certificate 1,690 1,423 1,465 1,836 1,682 1,857 2,007 2,039 2,467 2,764
Non-university diploma 3,689 3,566 3,522 4,291 4,342 4,636 4,229 4,533 4,918 5,422
Bachelor's degree 11,052 11,655 10,383 11,241 10,831 11,553 10,326 10,881 11,792 14,472
Master's degree 3,102 3,389 2,928 3,646 3,886 4,392 3,975 4,546 4,577 6,471
Doctorate 775 765 671 841 872 1,050 983 1,128 1,103 1,584
Africa and the Middle East 35,720 34,654 33,294 37,612 37,242 39,604 37,561 38,813 42,380 49,302
0 to 9 years of schooling 15,652 16,091 15,341 14,072 17,472 19,056 15,904 14,676 14,341 14,357
10 to 12 years of schooling 15,980 15,170 14,642 14,176 16,649 17,863 15,691 15,189 16,716 16,496
13 or more years of schooling 8,130 7,402 7,602 7,249 8,254 7,845 6,473 6,311 6,512 6,364
Trade certificate 3,175 2,642 2,694 3,237 3,503 3,433 3,211 3,469 3,785 4,109
Non-university diploma 8,325 7,133 7,678 8,329 10,501 10,322 9,400 11,198 11,941 13,228
Bachelor's degree 39,336 33,199 32,435 31,160 36,890 31,082 28,421 31,270 30,969 36,774
Master's degree 11,347 10,538 9,329 11,337 14,563 12,244 10,835 12,404 10,734 14,620
Doctorate 1,455 1,260 933 1,249 1,463 1,331 1,268 1,419 1,239 1,627
Asia and Pacific 103,400 93,435 90,654 90,809 109,295 103,176 91,203 95,936 96,237 107,575
0 to 9 years of schooling 3,165 3,076 2,981 2,869 2,822 3,250 3,489 3,323 3,091 3,589
10 to 12 years of schooling 3,946 3,356 3,444 3,546 4,213 4,346 4,551 4,340 4,249 4,543
13 or more years of schooling 1,930 1,863 1,939 2,086 2,288 2,194 2,187 2,208 2,086 2,338
Trade certificate 1,258 1,166 1,091 1,364 1,418 1,480 1,715 1,739 1,847 1,980
Non-university diploma 1,546 1,461 1,623 1,887 2,312 2,281 2,161 2,311 2,299 2,732
Bachelor's degree 3,267 3,426 3,853 4,482 5,179 4,665 5,360 5,826 6,458 6,297
Master's degree 585 723 863 1,064 1,101 1,006 1,134 1,214 1,436 1,422
Doctorate 90 118 147 206 169 183 149 171 210 241
South and Central America 15,787 15,189 15,941 17,504 19,502 19,405 20,746 21,132 21,676 23,142
0 to 9 years of schooling 243 201 235 299 337 449 388 461 376 395
10 to 12 years of schooling 745 692 800 832 992 1,281 1,141 1,320 1,209 1,124
13 or more years of schooling 643 606 688 678 717 809 780 874 829 765
Trade certificate 217 195 204 255 270 329 299 343 350 351
Non-university diploma 441 385 447 627 704 909 811 986 880 784
Bachelor's degree 1,147 1,067 1,307 1,503 1,784 2,143 2,141 2,350 2,112 1,895
Master's degree 456 446 520 722 830 1,061 1,202 1,320 1,019 904
Doctorate 198 153 199 316 350 500 547 560 447 383
United States 4,090 3,745 4,400 5,232 5,984 7,481 7,309 8,214 7,222 6,601
0 to 9 years of schooling 3,959 2,938 2,673 2,881 2,844 3,007 3,770 3,552 4,223 4,340
10 to 12 years of schooling 5,361 4,390 4,449 4,614 4,613 4,244 4,217 4,257 4,225 3,723
13 or more years of schooling 2,784 2,484 2,383 2,347 2,085 1,871 1,778 1,708 1,700 1,572
Trade certificate 2,861 2,280 2,353 2,640 2,746 2,850 2,865 3,446 3,577 3,254
Non-university diploma 4,097 3,767 3,999 4,727 4,485 4,332 4,343 4,637 4,659 4,267
Bachelor's degree 11,261 11,373 10,749 11,332 9,740 8,236 8,237 8,299 8,907 9,053
Master's degree 2,989 2,950 2,986 4,081 4,890 4,854 5,065 5,537 5,685 5,894
Doctorate 1,005 864 818 1,101 1,160 1,209 1,322 1,365 1,375 1,284
Europe and the United Kingdom 34,317 31,046 30,410 33,723 32,563 30,603 31,597 32,801 34,351 33,387
0 to 9 years of schooling 28,277 26,967 26,144 25,384 28,852 31,781 30,171 28,713 30,180 31,641
10 to 12 years of schooling 32,752 29,720 29,538 30,207 33,107 34,468 31,819 31,102 32,755 32,515
13 or more years of schooling 16,921 15,438 15,820 15,815 16,956 16,082 14,420 14,090 14,145 14,039
Trade certificate 9,201 7,706 7,807 9,332 9,619 9,949 10,097 11,036 12,026 12,458
Non-university diploma 18,098 16,312 17,269 19,861 22,344 22,480 20,944 23,665 24,697 26,433
Bachelor's degree 66,063 60,720 58,727 59,718 64,424 57,679 54,485 58,626 60,238 68,491
Master's degree 18,479 18,046 16,626 20,850 25,270 23,557 22,211 25,021 23,451 29,311
Doctorate 3,523 3,160 2,768 3,713 4,014 4,273 4,269 4,643 4,374 5,119
Source area not stated 34 17 14 35 62 55 68 48 19 24
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 14.7 13.5 14.8 14.0 14.4 15.2 17.6 17.3 19.2 18.2
10 to 12 years of schooling 18.8 17.6 18.6 18.7 17.8 17.0 16.6 15.4 15.0 13.4
13 or more years of schooling 9.6 8.9 9.6 9.2 9.7 8.5 8.5 7.7 7.1 6.1
Trade certificate 4.7 4.1 4.4 4.9 4.5 4.7 5.3 5.3 5.8 5.6
Non-university diploma 10.3 10.3 10.6 11.4 11.7 11.7 11.3 11.7 11.6 11.0
Bachelor's degree 30.9 33.6 31.2 29.9 29.1 29.2 27.5 28.0 27.8 29.4
Master's degree 8.7 9.8 8.8 9.7 10.4 11.1 10.6 11.7 10.8 13.1
Doctorate 2.2 2.2 2.0 2.2 2.3 2.7 2.6 2.9 2.6 3.2
Africa and the Middle East 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 15.1 17.2 16.9 15.5 16.0 18.5 17.4 15.3 14.9 13.3
10 to 12 years of schooling 15.5 16.2 16.2 15.6 15.2 17.3 17.2 15.8 17.4 15.3
13 or more years of schooling 7.9 7.9 8.4 8.0 7.6 7.6 7.1 6.6 6.8 5.9
Trade certificate 3.1 2.8 3.0 3.6 3.2 3.3 3.5 3.6 3.9 3.8
Non-university diploma 8.1 7.6 8.5 9.2 9.6 10.0 10.3 11.7 12.4 12.3
Bachelor's degree 38.0 35.5 35.8 34.3 33.8 30.1 31.2 32.6 32.2 34.2
Master's degree 11.0 11.3 10.3 12.5 13.3 11.9 11.9 12.9 11.2 13.6
Doctorate 1.4 1.3 1.0 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.3 1.5
Asia and Pacific 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 20.0 20.3 18.7 16.4 14.5 16.7 16.8 15.7 14.3 15.5
10 to 12 years of schooling 25.0 22.1 21.6 20.3 21.6 22.4 21.9 20.5 19.6 19.6
13 or more years of schooling 12.2 12.3 12.2 11.9 11.7 11.3 10.5 10.4 9.6 10.1
Trade certificate 8.0 7.7 6.8 7.8 7.3 7.6 8.3 8.2 8.5 8.6
Non-university diploma 9.8 9.6 10.2 10.8 11.9 11.8 10.4 10.9 10.6 11.8
Bachelor's degree 20.7 22.6 24.2 25.6 26.6 24.0 25.8 27.6 29.8 27.2
Master's degree 3.7 4.8 5.4 6.1 5.6 5.2 5.5 5.7 6.6 6.1
Doctorate 0.6 0.8 0.9 1.2 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.8 1.0 1.0
South and Central America 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 5.9 5.4 5.3 5.7 5.6 6.0 5.3 5.6 5.2 6.0
10 to 12 years of schooling 18.2 18.5 18.2 15.9 16.6 17.1 15.6 16.1 16.7 17.0
13 or more years of schooling 15.7 16.2 15.6 13.0 12.0 10.8 10.7 10.6 11.5 11.6
Trade certificate 5.3 5.2 4.6 4.9 4.5 4.4 4.1 4.2 4.8 5.3
Non-university diploma 10.8 10.3 10.2 12.0 11.8 12.2 11.1 12.0 12.2 11.9
Bachelor's degree 28.0 28.5 29.7 28.7 29.8 28.6 29.3 28.6 29.2 28.7
Master's degree 11.1 11.9 11.8 13.8 13.9 14.2 16.4 16.1 14.1 13.7
Doctorate 4.8 4.1 4.5 6.0 5.8 6.7 7.5 6.8 6.2 5.8
United States 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 11.5 9.5 8.8 8.5 8.7 9.8 11.9 10.8 12.3 13.0
10 to 12 years of schooling 15.6 14.1 14.6 13.7 14.2 13.9 13.3 13.0 12.3 11.2
13 or more years of schooling 8.1 8.0 7.8 7.0 6.4 6.1 5.6 5.2 4.9 4.7
Trade certificate 8.3 7.3 7.7 7.8 8.4 9.3 9.1 10.5 10.4 9.7
Non-university diploma 11.9 12.1 13.2 14.0 13.8 14.2 13.7 14.1 13.6 12.8
Bachelor's degree 32.8 36.6 35.3 33.6 29.9 26.9 26.1 25.3 25.9 27.1
Master's degree 8.7 9.5 9.8 12.1 15.0 15.9 16.0 16.9 16.5 17.7
Doctorate 2.9 2.8 2.7 3.3 3.6 4.0 4.2 4.2 4.0 3.8
Europe and the United Kingdom 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 14.9 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
Source area 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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