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Section 1: Definitions and concepts

All data in this report will be presented based on the immigrants' time since landing: very recent (five years or less prior to their 2007 interview), recent (between five and 10 years) and established (10 years or more) and for the core working-age population (i.e., population aged 25 to 54).  [Read more]

Section 2: Labour market outcomes of university-educated immigrants by region of education

This section presents the labour market outcomes (in particular, the employment rates) of the nearly 1.2 million core working-age immigrants with a university degree as their highest level of education, based on where they obtained this degree. [Read more]

Section 3: Immigrant labour market outcomes, university degree-holders by region of education and selected provinces

As the vast majority of immigrants settle in Ontario, British Columbia and Quebec, the following section focuses on these three provinces, given the limited sample size of immigrants in the Labour Force Survey in the other provinces. Similar to the previous section, those with a Canadian degree will be examined first, followed by immigrants with foreign degrees. [Read more]

Section 4: Immigrant labour market outcomes, postsecondary certificate or diploma-holders by region of education

Many immigrants to Canada have a postsecondary education other than a university degree. This section presents an overview of the employment rates of immigrants whose highest level of education was a postsecondary certificate or diploma. [Read more]

Conclusions

In 2007, with few exceptions, very recent immigrants who had any level of postsecondary education (whether a certificate, diploma or university degree) had employment rates that were lower than that of their Canadian-born peers – no matter where this postsecondary education was obtained.  Among other factors, these lower rates could have been affected by: the age difference between these immigrants (for those educated in Canada) and their Canadian-born counterparts; their student status; their refugee status (for those from certain regions); and gender. [Read more]