Table 3
Education and language ability by work status and the degree of co-ethnic concentration at the workplace among people aged 25 to 64

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  Not working Most co-workers have the same ethnic ancestry About half co-workers have the same ethnic ancestry Few or no co-workers have the same ethnic ancestry Ethnic ancestry not important
percent
With at least some postsecondary education
Immigrants 57.3 49.1 50.0 71.7 67.5
Visible minorities 56.0 51.9 57.1 73.7 66.4
European origins 60.7 39.2 33.8 67.6 69.0
Canadian born of immigrant parents 68.3 61.6 70.8 80.2 73.6
Visible minorities 74.3 33.6 78.8 87.0 85.3
European origins 66.4 71.1 69.4 78.1 71.2
With English/French as mother tongue or grown up in English/French environment
Immigrants 44.5 30.7 47.8 62.3 67.6
Visible minorities 40.6 26.6 48.0 59.2 58.2
European origins 55.0 45.1 47.2 68.8 81.5
Canadian born of immigrant parents 96.6 83.6 97.0 97.0 97.6
Visible minorities 89.2 34.8 90.5 93.1 91.0
European origins 98.9 100.0 98.1 98.2 98.9

Source: Statistics Canada, Ethnic Diversity Survey.