Table 3 Match rates of employed foreign-educated immigrants working in the corresponding occupation, by immigrant type
| Canadian-born | Foreign-educated immigrants | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Match rate (%) | Total | Match rate (%) | |
| Field of study | 937,050 | 62 | 284,080 | 24 |
| Chiropractics | 5,745 | 87 | 345 | 84 |
| Occupational therapy | 9,345 | 82 | 560 | 65 |
| Medicine | 31,040 | 92 | 12,865 | 56 |
| Nursing | 78,880 | 73 | 13,150 | 56 |
| Pharmacy | 18,760 | 84 | 6,020 | 45 |
| Physiotherapy | 12,310 | 82 | 2,165 | 44 |
| Dentistry | 10,465 | 90 | 3,750 | 44 |
| Optometry | 2,760 | 95 | 340 | 38 |
| Veterinary medicine | 6,580 | 83 | 2,225 | 29 |
| Architecture | 13,860 | 56 | 7,695 | 26 |
| Accounting | 85,410 | 50 | 29,445 | 24 |
| Teaching | 408,795 | 62 | 35,860 | 20 |
| Diet/Nutrition | 3,225 | 60 | 435 | 20 |
| Engineering | 167,260 | 42 | 157,930 | 19 |
| Law | 82,615 | 69 | 11,295 | 12 |
| Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2006. | ||||
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