Table 2.2
Labour market outcomes of immigrants aged 25 to 54 born in Asia (including Middle East), by period of landing, 2006

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  Population Unemployment rate Participation rate Employment rate
thousands percent
Canadian born 10,845.2 4.9 87.4 83.1
Very recent immigrants 320.1 11.11 71.71 63.81
West Central Asia and Middle East 45.5 16.41 69.91 58.51
Iran 17.5 19.7E, 1 72.61 58.31
Eastern Asia 107.9 11.61 65.51 57.91
China (People's Republic of) 80.6 12.01 70.21 61.81
Southeast Asia 57.9 6.5E 82.2 77.0
Philippines 45.5 5.4E 86.2 81.3
Southern Asia 108.9 11.51 72.91 64.61
India 69.6 9.61 76.31 69.01
Pakistan 23.7 14.6E, 1 60.81 52.31
Recent immigrants 337.6 7.31 79.31 73.51
West Central Asia and Middle East 46.5 8.7E 76.81 69.91
Eastern Asia 127.8 7.91 78.51 72.31
China (People's Republic of) 75.5 8.71 85.6 78.01
Southeast Asia 47.3 6.1E 87.1 82.0
Southern Asia 115.9 6.7 78.11 72.81
India 70.5 6.1E 80.91 75.91
Pakistan 25.3 9.1E 73.91 67.21
Established immigrants 778.4 5.5 84.91 80.31
West Central Asia and Middle East 108.9 7.3 81.51 75.61
Eastern Asia 229.3 4.6 83.41 79.61
China (People's Republic of) 72.3 4.8E 84.1 80.2
Hong Kong 116.0 4.7E 84.7 80.7
Southeast Asia 241.1 4.8 88.2 83.9
Philippines 97.1 2.4E, 1 92.01 89.81
Vietnam 98.5 6.3 84.3 79.01
Southern Asia 198.8 6.41 84.71 79.21
India 128.2 5.5 86.3 81.4
E use with caution: coefficient of variation (CV) between 16.5% and 33.3%.
1. Significantly different from the respective Canadian-born value (p<0.05).
Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey.
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2008, "The Canadian Immigrant Labour Market in 2006: Analysis by Region or Country of Birth", The Immigrant Labour Force Analysis Series, No. 2, Catalogue number 71-606-XWE