Table 16
Employment, employment rate and unemployment rate for women and men, by immigration
status, 2006 to 2009
Immigration status and year | Women aged 15 years and over | Men aged 15 years and over | Women as a percentage of total employment |
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---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Employment | Employment rate | Unemploy-ment rate | Employment | Employment rate | Unemploy-ment rate | |||
thousands | percentage | thousands | percentage | |||||
Total | 2006 | 7,757.2 | 58.3 | 6.1 | 8,727.1 | 67.7 | 6.5 | 47.1 |
2007 | 7,977.5 | 59.1 | 5.6 | 8,888.9 | 68.0 | 6.4 | 47.3 | |
2008 | 8,104.5 | 59.3 | 5.7 | 9,021.3 | 68.1 | 6.6 | 47.3 | |
2009 | 8,076.2 | 58.3 | 7.0 | 8,772.7 | 65.2 | 9.4 | 47.9 | |
Total Landed immigrants | 2006 | 1,523.4 | 51.2 | 7.5 | 1,795.5 | 64.4 | 6.4 | 45.9 |
2007 | 1,593.2 | 51.9 | 7.4 | 1,842.9 | 64.5 | 6.7 | 46.4 | |
2008 | 1,606.6 | 51.5 | 7.4 | 1,870.0 | 64.4 | 6.7 | 46.2 | |
2009 | 1,617.6 | 51.0 | 9.6 | 1,801.4 | 61.4 | 10.5 | 47.3 | |
Very recent immigrants, 5 years or less | 2006 | 201.4 | 48.2 | 14.2 | 256.1 | 67.6 | 10.9 | 44.0 |
2007 | 203.4 | 48.0 | 13.3 | 266.0 | 67.7 | 10.7 | 43.3 | |
2008 | 220.7 | 49.4 | 14.1 | 286.2 | 70.8 | 9.9 | 43.5 | |
2009 | 213.4 | 49.1 | 15.9 | 259.0 | 65.7 | 14.3 | 45.2 | |
Recent immigrants, 5 to 10 years | 2006 | 239.2 | 57.3 | 10.3 | 289.8 | 73.8 | 7.4 | 45.2 |
2007 | 256.7 | 59.5 | 8.5 | 288.6 | 73.8 | 8.0 | 47.1 | |
2008 | 246.8 | 56.3 | 9.5 | 303.0 | 73.2 | 8.2 | 44.9 | |
2009 | 253.2 | 56.3 | 12.6 | 296.9 | 68.5 | 13.4 | 46.0 | |
Established immigrants, 10 plus years | 2006 | 1,082.8 | 50.6 | 5.5 | 1,249.6 | 62.0 | 5.2 | 46.4 |
2007 | 1,133.1 | 51.2 | 6.0 | 1,288.3 | 62.1 | 5.5 | 46.8 | |
2008 | 1,139.1 | 51.0 | 5.6 | 1,280.7 | 61.4 | 5.7 | 47.1 | |
2009 | 1,151.0 | 50.3 | 7.5 | 1,245.6 | 59.2 | 8.9 | 48.0 | |
Non-landed immigrants | 2006 | 109.6 | 48.0 | 8.6 | 143.4 | 62.6 | 6.4 | 43.3 |
2007 | 112.0 | 49.8 | 7.2 | 134.1 | 61.7 | 7.8 | 45.5 | |
2008 | 116.4 | 50.7 | 7.5 | 142.2 | 63.7 | 7.3 | 45.0 | |
2009 | 124.5 | 53.7 | 7.8 | 148.9 | 63.4 | 8.8 | 45.5 | |
Born in Canada | 2006 | 6,124.1 | 60.6 | 5.6 | 6,788.2 | 68.8 | 6.5 | 47.4 |
2007 | 6,272.3 | 61.5 | 5.1 | 6,911.9 | 69.2 | 6.2 | 47.6 | |
2008 | 6,381.5 | 61.8 | 5.2 | 7,009.1 | 69.2 | 6.5 | 47.7 | |
2009 | 6,334.1 | 60.6 | 6.3 | 6,822.3 | 66.4 | 9.1 | 48.1 | |
Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey. |
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