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Table 2.2a. Immigrants' age group distribution, 2001
  15 to 24 years 25 to 44 years 45 to 64 years 65 years or older All immigrants
Number
26,729
108,796
23,574
5,104
164,203
Percentage
16
66
14
3
100
Data source: Statistics Canada, 2001, Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada.
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2005, A Portrait of Early Settlement Experiences, catalogue number 89-614-XWE2005001.

Table 2.2b. Immigrants' age group distribution, by immigration category
Immigration category 15 to 24 years 25 to 44 years 45 to 64 years 65 years or older All immigrants
percentage number
Family
27
36
26
11
44,149
Skilled worker principal applicants1
1
89
10
F
57,625
Skilled worker spouse and dependants1
19
76
6
F
41,390
Other economic
28
45
28
F
10,467
Refugees
33
54
13
F
9,822
Due to rounding, percentages may not add up exactly to 100%.
1. Part of the economic category.
Data source: Statistics Canada, 2001, Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada.
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2005, A Portrait of Early Settlement Experiences, catalogue number 89-614-XWE2005001.