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Table B.8
Characteristics of university-educated very recent immigrant students in selected provinces, by region of highest education, population aged 25 to 54, 2007

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  Student population Students Student labour force participation rate Attending university Attending CEGEP1 or college Attending "other" education
thousands percent
Quebec
Canadian born 41.9 7.0 80.2 88.0 F F
Full time 19.1 3.2 66.2 87.6 F F
Part time 22.8 3.8 91.9 88.4 F F
Very recent immigrants 22.4 31.8 48.0 67.3 13.4 16.4
Full time 13.9 19.7 25.8 67.1 18.7 12.7
Part time 8.5 12.1 84.4 67.7 F 22.5
Africa 3.0 18.8 F 67.3 F F
Asia 5.0 29.9 48.2 74.9 F F
Canada 4.0 38.8 46.4 92.9 F F
Latin America 5.3 51.5 49.3 47.4 F F
Europe 4.8 28.6 50.4 60.6 F F
Ontario
Canadian born 60.2 6.4 69.1 72.5 16.4 10.7
Full time 33.6 3.6 49.7 80.8 11.8 7.0
Part time 26.6 2.8 93.7 62.0 22.1 15.4
Very recent immigrants 23.3 14.7 41.2 32.1 31.2 33.4
Full time 14.0 8.9 22.3 38.8 30.4 28.6
Part time 9.3 5.9 69.8 22.0 32.3 48.5
Asia 13.7 14.5 37.1 29.6 36.8 30.8
Canada 2.4 21.5 68.7 78.6 F F
Europe 4.2 13.4 F F F 49.5
British Columbia
Canadian born 21.5 7.9 70.8 72.7 16.8 10.0
Full time 10.7 3.9 47.3 86.3 F F
Part time 10.8 4.0 93.9 59.4 23.3 17.1
Very recent immigrants 8.2 17.0 41.9 38.6 38.1 18.1
Full time 4.7 9.7 26.7 57.5 F F
Part time 3.5 7.3 62.1 F 49.3 F
Asia 5.5 15.9 42.9 33.3 42.7 F
1. General and vocational college.
F too unreliable to be published because of CV>33.3% and/or very small estimates
Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey.