Table 4.4
Linguistic portrait of paid workers aged 25 to 64 with a postsecondary education by immigrant status, location of study and period of landing, Canada, 2006

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  Canadian-born Canadian-educated immigrants Internationally-educated immigrants
All Very-
recent
Recent Established
number
Total 3,733,460 572,845 617,930 168,745 138,495 310,685
Ability to conduct a conversation in one of Canada's official languages  
English only 2,301,735 456,210 517,915 136,445 118,985 262,495
French only 501,790 11,545 16,170 6,375 3,300 6,495
Both English and French 929,165 103,820 74,985 21,340 14,090 39,550
Neither English nor French 765 1,280 8,860 4,590 2,120 2,145
Note: Includes paid workers aged 25 to 64 who reported a postsecondary credential in a field of study that would normally lead to work in one of the targeted occupations identified by the FCR Program at HRSDC.
Source: 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada.
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