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Table 1 Characteristics of employed immigrants, age 25 to 54 with a university degree
Men | Women | |||||||
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Recent immigrants | Established immigrants | Recent immigrants | Established immigrants | |||||
1991 | 2006 | 1991 | 2006 | 1991 | 2006 | 1991 | 2006 | |
Total | 28,600 | 108,100 | 27,700 | 54,000 | 17,600 | 75,900 | 19,300 | 50,800 |
% | ||||||||
Age | ||||||||
25 to 34 | 41 | 30 | 21 | 20 | 52 | 41 | 24 | 23 |
35 to 44 | 44 | 50 | 50 | 41 | 39 | 44 | 56 | 43 |
45 to 54 | 16 | 20 | 29 | 40 | 9 | 15 | 20 | 34 |
Education | ||||||||
Bachelor's | 66 | 64 | 71 | 71 | 75 | 72 | 79 | 78 |
Master's | 25 | 30 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 25 | 18 | 18 |
Doctorate | 9 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
Mother tongue | ||||||||
English | 23 | 12 | 37 | 16 | 28 | 14 | 36 | 18 |
French | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
Other | 73 | 84 | 58 | 80 | 69 | 81 | 59 | 78 |
Category of worker | ||||||||
Employee | 91 | 92 | 89 | 91 | 94 | 93 | 92 | 93 |
Self-employed | 9 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 |
Field of study | ||||||||
Non applied | 48 | 35 | 48 | 43 | 71 | 61 | 71 | 66 |
Teaching and fine arts | 5 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 19 | 13 |
Humanities and social sciences | 19 | 11 | 20 | 17 | 28 | 24 | 30 | 27 |
Administration | 20 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 21 | 22 | 15 | 21 |
Other1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
Applied | 52 | 65 | 52 | 57 | 29 | 39 | 29 | 34 |
Engineering | 26 | 41 | 26 | 32 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 9 |
Mathematics, applied sciences and technology | 11 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Computer science | 5 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
Health | 8 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 13 |
Region of origin | ||||||||
North America | 6 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 4 |
Central America, South America and Caribbean | 7 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 |
Northern and Western Europe | 10 | 6 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 6 |
Southern and Eastern Europe | 13 | 15 | 8 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 19 |
Africa | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
Southern Asia | 10 | 24 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 21 | 14 | 11 |
Southeast Asia | 11 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 21 | 13 | 17 | 18 |
Eastern Asia | 23 | 24 | 15 | 20 | 17 | 23 | 15 | 19 |
Western Asia | 10 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
Oceania and other | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Visible minority | ||||||||
Yes | 68 | 73 | 59 | 67 | 64 | 72 | 59 | 66 |
No | 32 | 27 | 41 | 33 | 36 | 28 | 41 | 34 |
Metropolitan region | ||||||||
Montréal | 12 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 11 |
Ottawa-Gatineau | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
Toronto | 46 | 47 | 36 | 42 | 48 | 46 | 37 | 43 |
Calgary | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
Vancouver | 13 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 17 |
Other | 21 | 17 | 27 | 18 | 23 | 18 | 27 | 19 |
1. Includes agriculture and all other fields of study not classified elsewhere Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population. |
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