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2005

Knowledge of Official Languages Among New Immigrants: How Important Is It in the Labour Market?

2005

89-624-XWE

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Appendix C: Socio-demographic characteristics of immigrants still in Canada after four years, according to their level of proficiency in spoken English or French

Sociodemographic characteristics of immigrants still in the country after four years, by level of spoken English at wave 1, Canada

Sociodemographic characteristics of immigrants still in the country after four years, by level of spoken English at wave 1, Canada
	Level of spoken English at wave 1
	1	2	3	4	5
	number
All immigrants	10,300	23,600	31,600	39,400	52,700
	percentage
Sex
Male	34	36	48	57	54
Female	66	64	52	43	46
Immigration category
Family	68	37	26	19	21
Skilled worker principal applicants	3 ^E	12	29	45	46
Skilled worker spouses and dependants	9	30	28	25	25
Refugees landed from abroad	14	12	8	4	2
Other immigrants landed from abroad	6 ^E	8	9	6	6
Age group
15 to 24 years	12	15	20	17	15
25 to 44 years	32	61	68	74	69
45 years and over	56	25	12	9	16
Highest level of education attained outside Canada (wave 3)
Less than high school	58	20	12	8	8
High school level	18	20	15	9	9
Postsecondary level	13	24	22	18	19
University level	11	36	51	66	64
World area of birth
United States	x	x	x	x	x
Central or South America	12	5	4	4	8
Europe	8	13	14	18	16
Africa	9	11	11	6	10
Asia and Middle East	70	70	71	71	61
Oceania and other regions	x	x	x	x	x
Visible minority indicator
Yes, visible minority	89	83	83	80	74
No, not a visible minority	11	17	17	20	26

Note(s):

Due to rounding, the sum of percentages may not add up to 100.

Source(s):

Statistics Canada, Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada, 2005.

Sociodemographic characteristics of immigrants still in the country after four years, by level of spoken French at wave 1, Canada

Sociodemographic characteristics of immigrants still in the country after four years, by level of spoken French at wave 1, Canada
	Level of spoken French at wave 1
	1	2	3	4	5
	number
All immigrants	120,400	14,300	5,800	3,500	13,600
	percentage
Sex
Male	49	53	42	48	57
Female	51	47	58	52	43
Immigration category
Family	30	19	17	13 ^E	17
Skilled worker principal applicants	32	38	30	45	56
Skilled worker spouses and dependants	25	29	34	31	20
Refugees landed from abroad	6	7	13	x	4
Other immigrants landed from abroad	7	7	6 ^E	x	3 ^E
Age group
15-24 years	17	14	22	14 ^E	11
25-44 years	64	71	68	78	80
45 years and over	19	15	10 ^E	8 ^E	9
Highest level of education attained outside Canada (wave 3)
Less than high school	15	11	13	13 ^E	7
High school level	13	9	11 ^E	7 ^E	5 ^E
Postsecondary level	18	21	23	24	28
University level	53	59	53	55	60
World area of birth
United States	x	x	x	x	x
Central or South America	5	9	16	16 ^E	11
Europe	11	27	37	46	27
Africa	4	8	9 ^E	17 ^E	53
Asia and Middle East	79	53	36	19 ^E	8
Oceania and other regions	x	x	x	x	x
Visible minority indicator
Yes, visible minority	86	63	57	46	62
No, not a visible minority	14	37	43	54	38

Note(s):

Due to rounding, the sum of percentages may not add up to 100.

Source(s):

Statistics Canada, Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada, 2005.