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Permanent residents

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

* Includes new workers and industrial codes

Number
Occupational skill level 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Level 0 - Managerial 1,549 1,506 1,415 2,321 3,323 3,111 3,291 4,169 4,055 6,102
Level A - Professional 31,388 27,595 24,390 23,744 24,129 18,831 16,155 15,587 13,347 15,416
Level B - Skilled and technical 9,567 8,873 6,683 6,932 7,888 7,132 7,054 7,112 6,597 6,710
Level C - Intermediate and clerical 1,042 1,030 780 881 793 817 870 994 1,194 1,374
Level D - Elemental and labourers 30 23 13 8 16 23 14 26 39 33
Level not stated* 723 521 190 394 856 1,069 592 600 1,000 1,347
Males 44,299 39,548 33,471 34,280 37,005 30,983 27,976 28,488 26,232 30,982
Level 0 - Managerial 427 387 390 657 1,118 1,016 1,111 1,454 1,418 1,964
Level A - Professional 9,152 8,449 8,297 9,000 9,335 7,718 7,362 7,953 7,553 10,261
Level B - Skilled and technical 3,197 3,169 2,412 2,929 3,548 3,158 3,493 4,070 3,799 3,599
Level C - Intermediate and clerical 770 733 576 641 606 553 756 846 918 1,044
Level D - Elemental and labourers 16 14 9 8 8 15 5 13 5 19
Level not stated* 716 450 143 216 538 603 433 433 696 809
Females 14,278 13,202 11,827 13,451 15,153 13,063 13,160 14,769 14,389 17,696
Level 0 - Managerial 1,976 1,893 1,805 2,978 4,441 4,127 4,402 5,623 5,473 8,066
Level A - Professional 40,540 36,044 32,687 32,744 33,464 26,549 23,517 23,540 20,900 25,677
Level B - Skilled and technical 12,764 12,042 9,095 9,861 11,436 10,290 10,547 11,182 10,396 10,309
Level C - Intermediate and clerical 1,812 1,763 1,356 1,522 1,399 1,370 1,626 1,840 2,112 2,418
Level D - Elemental and labourers 46 37 22 16 24 38 19 39 44 52
Level not stated* 1,439 971 333 610 1,394 1,672 1,025 1,033 1,696 2,156
Gender not stated 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 58,578 52,750 45,299 47,731 52,158 44,046 41,136 43,257 40,621 48,678

* Includes new workers and industrial codes

Percentage distribution
Occupational skill level 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Level 0 - Managerial 3.5 3.8 4.2 6.8 9.0 10.0 11.8 14.6 15.5 19.7
Level A - Professional 70.9 69.8 72.9 69.3 65.2 60.8 57.7 54.7 50.9 49.8
Level B - Skilled and technical 21.6 22.4 20.0 20.2 21.3 23.0 25.2 25.0 25.1 21.7
Level C - Intermediate and clerical 2.4 2.6 2.3 2.6 2.1 2.6 3.1 3.5 4.6 4.4
Level D - Elemental and labourers 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Level not stated* 1.6 1.3 0.6 1.1 2.3 3.5 2.1 2.1 3.8 4.3
Males 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Level 0 - Managerial 3.0 2.9 3.3 4.9 7.4 7.8 8.4 9.8 9.9 11.1
Level A - Professional 64.1 64.0 70.2 66.9 61.6 59.1 55.9 53.8 52.5 58.0
Level B - Skilled and technical 22.4 24.0 20.4 21.8 23.4 24.2 26.5 27.6 26.4 20.3
Level C - Intermediate and clerical 5.4 5.6 4.9 4.8 4.0 4.2 5.7 5.7 6.4 5.9
Level D - Elemental and labourers 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1
Level not stated* 5.0 3.4 1.2 1.6 3.6 4.6 3.3 2.9 4.8 4.6
Females 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Level 0 - Managerial 3.4 3.6 4.0 6.2 8.5 9.4 10.7 13.0 13.5 16.6
Level A - Professional 69.2 68.3 72.2 68.6 64.2 60.3 57.2 54.4 51.5 52.7
Level B - Skilled and technical 21.8 22.8 20.1 20.7 21.9 23.4 25.6 25.9 25.6 21.2
Level C - Intermediate and clerical 3.1 3.3 3.0 3.2 2.7 3.1 4.0 4.3 5.2 5.0
Level D - Elemental and labourers 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1
Level not stated* 2.5 1.8 0.7 1.3 2.7 3.8 2.5 2.4 4.2 4.4
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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