Table 18
Specific education-job match rates of internationally-educated immigrants aged 25 to 64 by instructional programs, Canada, 2006

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Instructional programs Internationally-educated immigrants
number specific education-job match rate
All instructional programs leading to targeted occupations 147,585 16.7
Medicine (MD) and medical residency programs 6,850 43.2
Dentistry (DDS, DMD) and dental residency programs 1,670 41.2
Carpentry / carpenter 1,605 37.2
Pharmacy, pharmaceutical sciences and administration 2,830 36.0
Dental support services and allied professions 1,820 34.8
Rehabilitation and therapeutic professions 1,530 32.3
Computer programs1 15,630 31.8
Heavy / industrial equipment maintenance technologies 1,375 30.5
Precision metal working 5,725 30.0
Veterinary medicine (DVM) and veterinary residency programs 540 29.9
Culinary arts and related services 2,975 25.5
Nursing 10,670 24.9
Electrical and power transmission installers 2,120 22.6
Cosmetology and related personal grooming services 3,090 20.8
Architecture (BArch, BA / BSc, MArch, MA / MSc, PhD) 1,740 19.4
Engineering programs 35,965 18.7
Business operations support and assistant services 5,460 18.0
Social work 880 16.1
Accounting and related services and finance and financial management services 11,985 16.1
Allied health diagnostic, intervention and treatment professions 420 14.9
Chemistry 2,410 14.8
Education programs2 9,415 14.3
Library science / librarianship 310 14.3
Vehicle maintenance and repair technologies 2,840 14.1
Management sciences and quantitative methods 50 12.8
Clinical / medical laboratory science and allied professions 945 12.3
Journalism 330 10.2
City / urban, community and regional planning 105 9.7
Design and applied arts 1,185 9.2
Law (LLB, JD, BCL) and legal research and advanced professional studies (Post-LLB / JD) 1,230 8.9
Business / commerce, general, business administration, management and operations, and marketing 8,185 8.2
Human resources management and services 175 8.0
Forestry 150 7.3
Psychology, general and clinical psychology 615 6.9
Engineering technologies / technicians programs 2,865 6.6
Linguistic, comparative and related language studies and services 595 6.3
Biology, general 360 5.1
Legal support services and legal professions and studies, other 110 4.8
Physics 295 3.5
Physical science technologies / technicians 45 2.5
Economics 380 1.2
Agriculture, general and plant sciences 115 1.1
Landscape architecture (BSc, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD) .. 0.0
.. not available for a specific reference period
1. Computer programs include computer programming, data processing and data processing technology / technician, information science / studies, computer systems analysis / analyst, computer science, computer software and media applications, computer systems networking and telecommunications, computer / information technology administration and management, and computer and information sciences and support services, other.
2. Education programs include education, general, special education and teaching, student counselling and personnel services, teacher education and professional development, specific levels and methods, and teacher education and professional development, specific subject areas.
Notes: Individuals attending school in 2006 are excluded.
'Specific education-job match rate' corresponds to the match between a given instructional program and the best corresponding occupation.
Source: 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada.
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