Statistics Canada - Government of Canada
Table 6
Percentage of the population employed, by age group and sex, 2001
  South Asian community Total Canadian population
Men Women Total Men Women Total
percentage
Age group
15 to 24 49.0 48.0 48.5 56.1 55.6 55.9
25 to 44 84.5 65.9 75.1 85.6 75.2 80.3
45 to 64 78.0 52.6 65.8 74.8 60.8 67.7
65 and over 16.9 5.2 10.9 13.0 4.8 8.4
Total 70.3 53.7 62.0 67.2 56.1 61.5
Source: Statistics Canada, 2001 Census of Canada.