Table B.6
Labour market outcomes of immigrants aged 15 to 24 in Canada, by period of landing and region and country of birth, 2006

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  Population Unemployment rate Participation rate Employment rate
thousands percent
Canadian born 3,690.4 11.2 68.5 60.8
Very recent immigrants 145.5 17.21 47.61 39.51
North America 1.5 F F F
Latin America 17.2 21.7E,1 48.31 37.21
Europe 20.4 19.8E 54.41 43.61
Eastern Europe 13.5 23.3E 54.11 41.51
Africa 19.0 26.81 43.21 31.61
Asia 86.0 14.0 46.41 39.91
West Central Asia and Middle East 18.3 20.3E 43.21 34.41
Southern Asia 28.5 12.8E 57.51 50.21
Recent immigrants 148.5 15.81 55.11 46.41
North America 3.3 F 60.6E 51.5E
Latin America 15.1 25.3E,1 62.9 47.01
Caribbean and Bermuda 8.5 36.7E,1 57.6 36.51
Europe 32.0 12.9E 67.8 58.8
Eastern Europe 18.5 13.8E 70.3 60.5
Africa 11.0 F 50.91 41.81
Asia 86.4 15.0E 49.31 42.01
Eastern Asia 33.1 18.0E 33.51 27.51
Southern Asia 21.5 19.1E 60.9 49.31
Established immigrants 236.3 12.8 63.11 55.01
North America 9.8 F 62.2 52.0
Latin America 38.8 18.21 70.6 57.7
Caribbean and Bermuda 16.4 22.9E,1 72.0 54.9
Europe 53.4 11.8E 68.0 59.7
Southern Europe 15.0 18.3E 62.0 51.3
Africa 25.5 14.5E 54.11 46.31
Asia 107.3 10.4 59.81 53.71
West Central Asia and Middle East 22.0 13.8E,1 65.9 56.8
Eastern Asia 41.4 12.1E 54.11 47.61
Hong Kong 28.2 9.7E 55.01 49.61
E use with caution: coefficient of variation (CV) between 16.5% and 33.3%.
F too unreliable to be published because of CV>33.3% and/or very small estimates.
1. Significantly different from the respective Canadian born value (p<0.05).
Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey.
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2008, "The Canadian Immigrant Labour Market in 2006: Analysis by Region or Country of Birth", The Immigrant Labour Force Analysis Series, No. 2, Catalogue number 71-606-XWE