Table B.7
Labour market outcomes of immigrants aged 55 and older in Canada, by period of landing and region of birth, 2006

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  Population Unemployment rate Participation rate Employment rate
thousands percent
Canadian born 5,427.1 5.1 32.1 30.5
Very recent immigrants 68.1 15.4E,1 32.5 27.5
North America 2.1 F F F
Latin America 5.6 F 46.4E 37.5E
Europe 11.1 F 36.0E 28.8E
Africa 5.0 F F F
Asia 43.9 14.4E,1 28.5 24.4
Recent immigrants 91.3 12.3E,1 35.61 31.3
North America 2.0 F 75.01 75.01
Latin America 8.6 F 46.5E 44.2E
Europe 22.0 F 33.6 32.3
Africa 3.5 F 45.7E F
Asia 54.3 16.4E,1 32.6 27.1
Established immigrants 1,972.9 4.5 32.0 30.6
North America 77.7 F 39.11 38.01
Latin America 170.6 3.8E 47.81 46.01
Caribbean and Bermuda 98.5 3.5E 49.41 47.71
Europe 1,215.7 4.21 28.31 27.11
Western Europe 249.4 3.7E,1 30.2 29.1
Eastern Europe 168.0 4.9E 23.21 22.01
Northern Europe 367.5 3.2E,1 33.3 32.2
United Kingdom 327.9 2.8E,1 33.2 32.4
Southern Europe 430.7 5.4E 24.91 23.51
Italy 252.4 5.8E 23.11 21.81
Africa 63.0 6.4E 42.11 39.41
Asia 429.7 5.6 33.4 31.5
Eastern Asia 184.0 3.4E,1 30.5 29.5
Southeast Asia 99.9 7.7E 36.6 33.8
Southern Asia 104.5 6.8E 33.9 31.5
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