Table 4
Labour force activity by migration status, age 60 and over

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Table 4 Labour force activity by migration status, age 60 and over
Table summary
 This table displays the results of labour force activity by migration status. This information is grouped by returnees, stayers, Canadian-born and immigrants appearing as column headers, calculated using percentage as a unit of measure.
  Returnees1 Stayers
Canadian-born Immigrants Canadian-born Immigrants
%
Unemployed 2.2 2.3 1.1 1.0
Employed 23.5 22.8 19.5 20.3
Not in labour force 74.3 74.9 79.4 78.7
Occupation among employed2
Management 19.9 11.0 11.2 12.6
Professional 35.1 34.4 15.9 19.7
Technical, paraprofessional 20.8 23.3 32.2 30.6
Intermediate occupations 18.0 20.1 29.7 25.4
Labouring and elemental 6.2 11.2 11.0 11.7
1. Returnees include the Canadian-born and long-term immigrants who lived in Canada at the time of the census but in another country 5 years before the census.
2. The occupational groupings are based on the skill levels defined by the National Occupational Classification (NOC).
Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2006.
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