Table 6
Percentage distribution of individuals aged between 25 and 64 years who have completed postsecondary education, by labour market status, immigration status and location of postsecondary study, 2005

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Location of postsecondary study Non-wage sector Wage-sector employees Students1 Total
Unemployed Out of labour market Self-employed Under-educated Correctly matched Over-educated All
percent
Canadian-born 0.52 10.33 10.33 10.96 15.81 40.88 67.65 11.18 100.00
Very-recent immigrants2  
Canada 1.51 10.05 5.17 3.89 7.59 31.64 43.12 40.15 100.00
United States 1.56 21.20 11.36 3.03 11.95 36.56 51.54 14.34 100.00
United Kingdom 1.20 17.76 12.44 6.22 10.77 39.91 56.90 11.70 100.00
Philippines 1.50 15.39 2.16 1.49 5.72 57.63 64.83 16.12 100.00
India 2.62 15.43 6.23 1.49 6.41 52.89 60.80 14.92 100.00
China 2.23 17.52 6.99 1.27 7.71 35.75 44.72 28.54 100.00
Pakistan 2.63 29.47 7.72 0.80 4.16 38.20 43.16 17.02 100.00
Poland 2.82 18.81 8.48 2.30E 2.73 43.81 46.54 21.05 100.00
France 2.00 14.83 8.74 5.33 7.04 43.80 56.17 18.27 100.00
South Korea 3.93 30.28 21.98 1.42 4.01 23.20 28.63 15.18 100.00
Romania 1.71 12.71 5.83 1.38 8.50 40.56 50.45 29.29 100.00
Hong Kong 2.19 31.50 8.33 4.48E 6.44E 32.92 32.92 14.15 100.00
Russia 2.25 14.22 11.35 0.84E 4.93 42.68 47.61 23.73 100.00
Germany 2.30 21.70 14.67 2.97 6.09 40.12 49.18 12.16 100.00
Iran 3.11 21.87 8.68 1.05 7.64 26.29 34.98 31.35 100.00
Other countries3 3.57 19.10 7.57 2.15 6.05 35.63 43.83 25.93 100.00
Recent immigrants4  
Canada 1.07 7.36 7.05 6.17 11.39 40.78 58.34 26.17 100.00
United States 0.99 12.66 14.09 4.08 13.00 44.50 61.58 10.69 100.00
United Kingdom 0.50E 10.79 14.31 7.55 13.03 45.35 65.93 8.47 100.00
Philippines 0.64 7.63 3.47 1.78 7.23 66.14 75.15 13.11 100.00
India 1.10 10.78 10.24 2.33 9.37 54.87 66.56 11.32 100.00
China 1.39 12.07 13.20 2.22 13.34 44.28 59.84 13.50 100.00
Pakistan 1.73 20.77 12.29 1.41 7.86 44.55 53.82 11.39 100.00
Poland F 14.85 14.87 4.46 4.15E 50.99 55.45 10.10 100.00
France 1.07 6.07 13.28 5.94 8.02 54.46 68.41 11.17 100.00
South Korea 2.66 20.84 34.40 1.55 6.02 26.50 34.06 8.04 100.00
Romania 0.81 4.95 9.11 2.94 15.13 52.63 70.70 14.44 100.00
Hong Kong 2.21 21.81 12.93 8.30 6.34 40.44 55.08 7.97 100.00
Russia 1.66 8.28 15.00 2.12 6.33 53.76 62.21 12.85 100.00
Germany 0.91 11.49 24.32 4.45 7.56 42.41 54.42 8.86 100.00
Iran 1.15 16.21 15.33 2.04 12.32 34.70 49.05 18.26 100.00
Other countries3 1.78 14.98 12.53 3.88 9.04 44.93 57.85 12.86 100.00
Established immigrants5  
Canada 0.82 10.81 11.84 10.01 14.51 39.64 64.16 12.37 100.00
United States 0.56 15.32 17.45 4.90 15.81 38.16 58.86 7.81 100.00
United Kingdom 0.47 17.09 16.10 10.84 11.62 38.88 61.34 5.00 100.00
Philippines 0.63 12.41 4.79 2.84 7.61 63.25 73.70 8.47 100.00
India 0.88 13.88 14.27 3.34 6.57 54.01 63.92 7.05 100.00
China 1.03 17.38 17.11 4.54 8.76 44.12 57.42 7.06 100.00
Pakistan 1.51 24.59 14.52 3.05 6.28 42.55 51.88 7.50 100.00
Poland 0.68 12.58 15.94 5.54 4.95 54.99 65.49 5.32 100.00
France 0.92 15.52 18.87 7.43 7.63 42.19 57.25 7.45 100.00
South Korea 1.55E 23.46 36.37 2.93 5.97 24.01 32.91 5.71 100.00
Romania 1.26 10.45 14.97 3.97 10.36 52.15 66.49 6.83 100.00
Hong Kong 0.95 21.51 13.60 10.70 7.89 38.44 57.03 6.91 100.00
Russia 1.77 12.90 19.41 3.19 6.16 49.55 58.90 7.03 100.00
Germany 0.82 24.62 22.71 6.79 4.43 35.82 47.04 4.81 100.00
Iran 2.55 19.09 21.77 3.16 6.50 37.88 47.54 9.05 100.00
Other countiries3 1.27 17.97 16.36 5.87 8.03 43.74 57.65 6.76 100.00
E use with caution
F too unreliable to be published
1. Attended school at some time in the nine-month period between September 2005 and Census Day, May 16, 2006.
2. Very-recent immigrants are individuals who have been landed immigrants to Canada for 5 years or less.
3. Countries that make up less than 5% of the locations of postsecondary education reported in the 2006 Census.
4. Recent immigrants are Individuals who have been landed immigrants to Canada from 5 to 10 years.
5. Established immigrants are individuals who have been landed immigrants for more than 10 years.
Source: Author's calculations based on data from the 2006 Census of Population.
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