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Temporary residents

Canada – Foreign workers present on December 1st by gender and occupational skill level

Number
Occupational skill level 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Level 0 – Managerial 7,452 7,686 7,881 8,424 9,124 9,941 11,042 12,193 12,702 12,971
Level A – Professional 21,486 21,013 20,724 21,612 23,386 25,605 27,414 28,845 28,319 29,968
Level B – Skilled and technical 9,168 8,353 8,732 9,601 11,885 15,033 21,978 29,488 29,695 24,868
Level C – Intermediate and clerical 19,652 20,176 20,209 21,112 23,318 25,471 30,269 36,026 36,658 34,246
Level D – Elemental and labourers 359 317 749 842 995 2,277 6,281 12,899 15,100 11,222
Level not stated 6,798 7,226 9,155 12,495 14,037 15,716 17,866 25,104 37,588 46,936
Males 64,915 64,771 67,450 74,086 82,745 94,043 114,850 144,555 160,062 160,211
Level 0 – Managerial 1,216 1,346 1,369 1,586 1,780 2,033 2,401 2,754 2,793 2,580
Level A – Professional 7,349 7,521 7,760 8,213 8,763 9,596 10,561 11,800 11,860 11,029
Level B – Skilled and technical 2,202 2,288 2,586 2,866 3,166 3,751 4,925 6,632 7,042 6,590
Level C – Intermediate and clerical 11,031 13,424 15,074 18,396 21,371 25,713 35,428 42,098 43,971 39,953
Level D – Elemental and labourers 128 145 180 171 268 775 2,551 6,371 8,666 7,074
Level not stated 9,537 11,596 15,256 19,712 22,594 24,941 28,527 35,578 46,948 55,322
Females 31,463 36,320 42,225 50,944 57,942 66,809 84,393 105,233 121,280 122,548
Level 0 – Managerial 8,668 9,032 9,250 10,010 10,904 11,974 13,443 14,947 15,495 15,551
Level A – Professional 28,835 28,534 28,484 29,825 32,149 35,201 37,975 40,645 40,179 40,997
Level B – Skilled and technical 11,370 10,641 11,318 12,467 15,051 18,784 26,903 36,120 36,737 31,458
Level C – Intermediate and clerical 30,683 33,600 35,283 39,508 44,689 51,184 65,697 78,124 80,629 74,199
Level D – Elemental and labourers 487 462 929 1,013 1,263 3,052 8,832 19,270 23,766 18,296
Level not stated 16,335 18,822 24,411 32,207 36,631 40,657 46,393 60,682 84,536 102,258
Gender not stated 12 8 4 4 3 2 3 8 7 12
Total 96,390 101,099 109,679 125,034 140,690 160,854 199,246 249,796 281,349 282,771
Percentage distribution
Occupational skill level 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Level 0 – Managerial 11.5 11.9 11.7 11.4 11.0 10.6 9.6 8.4 7.9 8.1
Level A – Professional 33.1 32.4 30.7 29.2 28.3 27.2 23.9 20.0 17.7 18.7
Level B – Skilled and technical 14.1 12.9 12.9 13.0 14.4 16.0 19.1 20.4 18.6 15.5
Level C – Intermediate and clerical 30.3 31.1 30.0 28.5 28.2 27.1 26.4 24.9 22.9 21.4
Level D – Elemental and labourers 0.6 0.5 1.1 1.1 1.2 2.4 5.5 8.9 9.4 7.0
Level not stated 10.5 11.2 13.6 16.9 17.0 16.7 15.6 17.4 23.5 29.3
Males 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Level 0 – Managerial 3.9 3.7 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.0 2.8 2.6 2.3 2.1
Level A – Professional 23.4 20.7 18.4 16.1 15.1 14.4 12.5 11.2 9.8 9.0
Level B – Skilled and technical 7.0 6.3 6.1 5.6 5.5 5.6 5.8 6.3 5.8 5.4
Level C – Intermediate and clerical 35.1 37.0 35.7 36.1 36.9 38.5 42.0 40.0 36.3 32.6
Level D – Elemental and labourers 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.5 1.2 3.0 6.1 7.1 5.8
Level not stated 30.3 31.9 36.1 38.7 39.0 37.3 33.8 33.8 38.7 45.1
Females 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Level 0 – Managerial 9.0 8.9 8.4 8.0 7.8 7.4 6.7 6.0 5.5 5.5
Level A – Professional 29.9 28.2 26.0 23.9 22.9 21.9 19.1 16.3 14.3 14.5
Level B – Skilled and technical 11.8 10.5 10.3 10.0 10.7 11.7 13.5 14.5 13.1 11.1
Level C – Intermediate and clerical 31.8 33.2 32.2 31.6 31.8 31.8 33.0 31.3 28.7 26.2
Level D – Elemental and labourers 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.9 4.4 7.7 8.4 6.5
Level not stated 16.9 18.6 22.3 25.8 26.0 25.3 23.3 24.3 30.0 36.2
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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