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Table 7 Working immigrants age 25 to 54 with a university degree who arrived 11 to 15 years ago

	1981	1991	2006	1981	1991	2006
	Men			Women
Total	28,500	27,700	54,000	11,300	19,300	50,800
	%
Age
25 to 34	18	21	20	25	24	23
35 to 44	56	50	41	59	56	43
45 to 54	26	29	40	16	20	34
Education
Bachelor's	58	71	71	74	79	78
Master's	18	21	22	7	18	18
Doctorate	24	8	7	19	3	3
Mother tongue
English	47	37	16	48	36	18
French	7	4	4	8	5	4
Other	46	58	80	45	59	78
Category of worker
Employee	91	89	91	93	92	93
Self-employed	9	11	9	7	8	7
Region of origin
North America	12	9	3	18	15	4
Central America, South America and Caribbean	6	8	6	8	8	7
Northern and Western Europe	30	19	6	22	14	6
Southern and Eastern Europe	12	8	17	10	7	19
Africa	8	10	11	5	7	8
Southern Asia	12	11	14	8	14	11
Southeast Asia	5	14	10	15	17	18
Eastern Asia	11	15	20	11	15	19
Western Asia	3	5	8	2	3	6
Oceania and other	2	1	3	1	1	2
Visible minority
Yes	40	59	67	45	59	66
No	60	41	33	55	41	34
Metropolitan region
Montréal	16	14	12	17	13	11
Ottawa-Gatineau	7	5	6	7	5	5
Toronto	31	36	42	36	37	43
Calgary	5	6	4	4	5	4
Vancouver	2	11	17	2	14	17
Other	39	27	18	34	27	19
Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population.