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Table 1
Immigrants by type of area

	%
	Very large	Large	Mid-sized	Small	Very small
Education
High school or less	44.9	43.8	44.2	42.5	37.8
Postsecondary	24.5	25.1	25.8	29.8	38.8
University degree	30.6	31.2	30.0	27.7	23.3
Immigrant class
Economic	24.7	21.3	21.2	23.2	29.0
Family	56.8	54.5	55.1	58.7	59.2
Refugee	10.3	17.3	18.7	11.6	4.8
Other	8.2	6.9	5.0	6.5	7.0
Ability in an official language
Yes	61.5	59.7	59.0	66.7	74.9
No	38.5	40.3	41.0	33.3	25.1
Country of origin
Europe	23.3	25.6	31.4	35.7	48.6
Africa	8.3	11.9	8.1	9.0	6.1
Asia	65.6	57.9	52.4	42.4	26.9
Oceania	0.2	0.7	0.8	1.5	2.8
United States	1.0	2.2	4.4	7.7	12.5
Latin America	1.6	1.9	2.9	3.7	3.0
Source: Statistics Canada, Longitudinal Administrative Databank, 2005.

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Table 1 Immigrants by type of area

Table 1
Immigrants by type of area