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Temporary residents

Canada – Total entries of foreign workers by gender and occupational skill level

Number
Occupational skill level 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Level 0 – Managerial 3,863 3,783 3,763 4,193 4,445 4,898 5,413 6,076 5,969 6,776
Level A – Professional 37,453 30,554 23,570 23,298 24,857 27,024 26,252 25,390 24,249 26,548
Level B – Skilled and technical 17,908 15,760 13,392 14,077 16,163 18,718 23,399 26,455 22,032 20,115
Level C – Intermediate and clerical 21,317 21,524 21,413 22,129 24,005 25,546 29,445 32,968 30,332 30,620
Level D – Elemental and labourers 807 769 1,069 1,195 1,905 3,618 7,933 11,949 8,599 6,440
Level not stated 8,578 8,432 9,539 12,529 13,136 15,207 17,939 24,708 26,470 30,946
Males 89,926 80,822 72,746 77,421 84,511 95,011 110,381 127,546 117,651 121,445
Level 0 – Managerial 866 822 869 1,007 1,061 1,131 1,264 1,468 1,431 1,633
Level A – Professional 10,236 8,773 7,290 7,376 7,793 8,362 8,391 8,835 8,436 8,105
Level B – Skilled and technical 3,350 3,364 3,426 3,370 3,673 3,829 4,295 5,064 4,577 4,372
Level C – Intermediate and clerical 6,060 6,496 6,634 8,200 8,924 11,375 15,898 16,605 13,121 11,311
Level D – Elemental and labourers 366 336 290 326 496 1,008 2,658 5,120 3,634 2,302
Level not stated 8,834 10,238 11,939 14,803 16,197 18,278 21,829 27,531 29,416 33,100
Females 29,712 30,029 30,448 35,082 38,144 43,983 54,335 64,623 60,615 60,823
Level 0 – Managerial 4,729 4,605 4,632 5,200 5,506 6,029 6,677 7,544 7,400 8,409
Level A – Professional 47,689 39,327 30,860 30,674 32,650 35,386 34,643 34,225 32,685 34,653
Level B – Skilled and technical 21,258 19,124 16,818 17,447 19,836 22,547 27,694 31,519 26,609 24,487
Level C – Intermediate and clerical 27,377 28,020 28,047 30,329 32,929 36,921 45,343 49,573 43,453 41,931
Level D – Elemental and labourers 1,173 1,105 1,359 1,521 2,401 4,626 10,591 17,069 12,233 8,742
Level not stated 17,412 18,670 21,478 27,332 29,333 33,485 39,768 52,239 55,886 64,046
Gender not stated 19 10 4 5 7 6 4 11 2 8
Total 119,657 110,861 103,198 112,508 122,662 139,000 164,720 192,180 178,268 182,276
Percentage distribution
Occupational skill level 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Level 0 – Managerial 4.3 4.7 5.2 5.4 5.3 5.2 4.9 4.8 5.1 5.6
Level A – Professional 41.6 37.8 32.4 30.1 29.4 28.4 23.8 19.9 20.6 21.9
Level B – Skilled and technical 19.9 19.5 18.4 18.2 19.1 19.7 21.2 20.7 18.7 16.6
Level C – Intermediate and clerical 23.7 26.6 29.4 28.6 28.4 26.9 26.7 25.8 25.8 25.2
Level D – Elemental and labourers 0.9 1.0 1.5 1.5 2.3 3.8 7.2 9.4 7.3 5.3
Level not stated 9.5 10.4 13.1 16.2 15.5 16.0 16.3 19.4 22.5 25.5
Males 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Level 0 – Managerial 2.9 2.7 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.6 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.7
Level A – Professional 34.5 29.2 23.9 21.0 20.4 19.0 15.4 13.7 13.9 13.3
Level B – Skilled and technical 11.3 11.2 11.3 9.6 9.6 8.7 7.9 7.8 7.6 7.2
Level C – Intermediate and clerical 20.4 21.6 21.8 23.4 23.4 25.9 29.3 25.7 21.6 18.6
Level D – Elemental and labourers 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.9 1.3 2.3 4.9 7.9 6.0 3.8
Level not stated 29.7 34.1 39.2 42.2 42.5 41.6 40.2 42.6 48.5 54.4
Females 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Level 0 – Managerial 4.0 4.2 4.5 4.6 4.5 4.3 4.1 3.9 4.2 4.6
Level A – Professional 39.9 35.5 29.9 27.3 26.6 25.5 21.0 17.8 18.3 19.0
Level B – Skilled and technical 17.8 17.3 16.3 15.5 16.2 16.2 16.8 16.4 14.9 13.4
Level C – Intermediate and clerical 22.9 25.3 27.2 27.0 26.8 26.6 27.5 25.8 24.4 23.0
Level D – Elemental and labourers 1.0 1.0 1.3 1.4 2.0 3.3 6.4 8.9 6.9 4.8
Level not stated 14.6 16.8 20.8 24.3 23.9 24.1 24.1 27.2 31.3 35.1
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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