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Facts and Figures 2004

Immigration Overview:
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Canada - Permanent Residents 15 Years of Age or Older by Source Area and Level of Education

Level of education 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
  Number
0 to 9 years of schooling 3,613 3,794 3,621 3,233 3,703 4,708 5,252 4,664 4,906 5,251
10 to 12 years of schooling 6,175 6,684 6,604 5,505 5,398 6,565 6,720 6,114 6,207 7,039
13 or more years of schooling 2,236 2,508 2,368 2,171 2,374 2,915 3,436 3,083 3,209 3,453
Trade certificate 2,019 2,208 2,275 1,732 1,585 1,716 1,688 1,423 1,464 1,836
Non-university diploma 1,747 2,105 2,346 2,431 2,440 2,926 3,689 3,566 3,524 4,291
Bachelor's degree 6,194 7,290 7,639 6,650 7,236 8,830 11,050 11,657 10,388 11,241
Master's degree 1,392 1,418 1,674 1,577 1,744 2,162 3,103 3,388 2,928 3,645
Doctorate 392 505 551 485 521 601 775 765 671 841
Africa and the Middle East 23,768 26,512 27,078 23,784 25,001 30,423 35,713 34,660 33,297 37,597
0 to 9 years of schooling 20,264 20,367 17,278 12,454 12,733 14,650 15,650 16,069 15,327 14,043
10 to 12 years of schooling 29,756 27,160 21,812 14,424 13,799 15,435 15,979 15,169 14,639 14,174
13 or more years of schooling 8,529 7,971 7,254 5,499 6,056 7,798 8,137 7,399 7,600 7,245
Trade certificate 6,306 8,040 7,240 4,937 4,405 3,636 3,174 2,642 2,692 3,235
Non-university diploma 5,587 6,698 6,365 5,250 5,637 6,733 8,324 7,127 7,675 8,322
Bachelor's degree 15,584 20,470 22,803 17,847 24,986 34,471 39,337 33,194 32,438 31,162
Master's degree 4,044 6,228 7,444 5,233 8,075 11,227 11,349 10,540 9,326 11,346
Doctorate 746 1,061 1,194 908 1,311 1,456 1,455 1,260 935 1,249
Level of education not stated 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Asia and Pacific 90,816 97,995 91,390 66,552 77,002 95,407 103,405 93,400 90,632 90,776
0 to 9 years of schooling 5,074 4,106 3,339 2,430 2,544 2,707 3,165 3,075 2,972 2,863
10 to 12 years of schooling 5,256 4,643 4,131 3,180 3,251 3,460 3,947 3,357 3,443 3,546
13 or more years of schooling 1,503 1,424 1,382 1,064 1,287 1,708 1,930 1,863 1,937 2,085
Trade certificate 1,281 1,564 1,570 1,193 1,134 1,033 1,258 1,167 1,092 1,366
Non-university diploma 852 889 942 869 927 1,158 1,546 1,460 1,624 1,886
Bachelor's degree 1,132 1,210 1,475 1,622 2,020 2,571 3,267 3,431 3,853 4,483
Master's degree 175 166 240 223 323 450 585 723 863 1,064
Doctorate 53 75 81 65 82 84 90 118 147 206
South and Central America 15,326 14,077 13,160 10,646 11,568 13,171 15,788 15,194 15,931 17,499
0 to 9 years of schooling 261 271 197 192 231 250 243 199 235 300
10 to 12 years of schooling 775 874 709 613 642 646 745 692 798 831
13 or more years of schooling 638 601 449 499 546 618 644 606 688 676
Trade certificate 273 343 318 258 219 201 217 195 204 255
Non-university diploma 270 329 264 275 309 363 441 385 445 626
Bachelor's degree 1,087 1,190 936 979 1,020 1,139 1,147 1,066 1,303 1,502
Master's degree 466 501 416 398 475 467 457 446 520 722
Doctorate 191 211 171 131 189 164 199 153 199 317
United States 3,961 4,320 3,460 3,345 3,631 3,848 4,093 3,742 4,392 5,229
0 to 9 years of schooling 3,533 3,388 3,107 2,803 3,266 4,203 3,959 2,939 2,660 2,872
10 to 12 years of schooling 6,252 6,433 5,996 5,497 4,761 5,513 5,362 4,389 4,447 4,603
13 or more years of schooling 3,108 2,582 2,297 2,204 2,199 2,735 2,783 2,486 2,383 2,339
Trade certificate 5,349 4,678 4,263 4,080 3,810 3,153 2,859 2,280 2,353 2,634
Non-university diploma 3,848 3,778 3,777 3,862 4,080 3,919 4,094 3,768 3,997 4,722
Bachelor's degree 7,562 7,662 7,988 8,611 8,686 9,982 11,260 11,375 10,749 11,324
Master's degree 1,637 1,675 1,820 1,909 2,509 2,993 2,989 2,949 2,986 4,081
Doctorate 756 831 731 863 826 910 1,007 864 818 1,101
Europe and the United Kingdom 32,045 31,027 29,979 29,829 30,137 33,408 34,313 31,050 30,393 33,676
0 to 9 years of schooling 32,745 31,926 27,542 21,112 22,477 26,518 28,269 26,946 26,100 25,329
10 to 12 years of schooling 48,214 45,794 39,252 29,219 27,851 31,619 32,753 29,721 29,534 30,193
13 or more years of schooling 16,014 15,086 13,750 11,437 12,462 15,774 16,930 15,437 15,817 15,798
Trade certificate 15,228 16,833 15,666 12,200 11,153 9,739 9,196 7,707 7,805 9,326
Non-university diploma 12,304 13,799 13,694 12,687 13,393 15,099 18,094 16,306 17,265 19,847
Bachelor's degree 31,559 37,822 40,841 35,709 43,948 56,993 66,061 60,723 58,731 59,712
Master's degree 7,714 9,988 11,594 9,340 13,126 17,299 18,483 18,046 16,623 20,858
Doctorate 2,138 2,683 2,728 2,452 2,929 3,215 3,526 3,160 2,770 3,714
Level of education not stated 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Source area not stated 22 9 5 17 62 28 44 41 69 130
Total 165,938 173,940 165,072 134,173 147,401 176,285 193,356 178,087 174,714 184,907
Level of education 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
  Percentage distribution
0 to 9 years of schooling 15.2 14.3 13.4 13.6 14.8 15.5 14.7 13.5 14.7 14.0
10 to 12 years of schooling 26.0 25.2 24.4 23.2 21.6 21.6 18.8 17.6 18.6 18.7
13 or more years of schooling 9.4 9.5 8.8 9.1 9.5 9.6 9.6 8.9 9.6 9.2
Trade certificate 8.5 8.3 8.4 7.3 6.3 5.6 4.7 4.1 4.4 4.9
Non-university diploma 7.4 7.9 8.7 10.2 9.8 9.6 10.3 10.3 10.6 11.4
Bachelor's degree 26.1 27.5 28.2 28.0 28.9 29.0 30.9 33.6 31.2 29.9
Master's degree 5.9 5.4 6.2 6.6 7.0 7.1 8.7 9.8 8.8 9.7
Doctorate 1.7 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.0 2.2 2.2 2.0 2.2
Africa and the Middle East 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
0 to 9 years of schooling 22.3 20.8 18.9 18.7 16.5 15.4 15.1 17.2 16.9 15.5
10 to 12 years of schooling 32.8 27.7 23.9 21.7 17.9 16.2 15.5 16.2 16.2 15.6
13 or more years of schooling 9.4 8.1 7.9 8.3 7.9 8.2 7.9 7.9 8.4 8.0
Trade certificate 6.9 8.2 7.9 7.4 5.7 3.8 3.1 2.8 3.0 3.6
Non-university diploma 6.2 6.8 7.0 7.9 7.3 7.1 8.1 7.6 8.5 9.2
Bachelor's degree 17.2 20.9 25.0 26.8 32.5 36.1 38.0 35.5 35.8 34.3
Master's degree 4.5 6.4 8.2 7.9 10.5 11.8 11.0 11.3 10.3 12.5
Doctorate 0.8 1.1 1.3 1.4 1.7 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.0 1.4
Level of education not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Asia and Pacific 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
0 to 9 years of schooling 33.1 29.2 25.4 22.8 22.0 20.6 20.1 20.2 18.7 16.4
10 to 12 years of schooling 34.3 33.0 31.4 29.9 28.1 26.3 25.0 22.1 21.6 20.3
13 or more years of schooling 9.8 10.1 10.5 10.0 11.1 13.0 12.2 12.3 12.2 11.9
Trade certificate 8.4 11.1 11.9 11.2 9.8 7.8 8.0 7.7 6.9 7.8
Non-university diploma 5.6 6.3 7.2 8.2 8.0 8.8 9.8 9.6 10.2 10.8
Bachelor's degree 7.4 8.6 11.2 15.2 17.5 19.5 20.7 22.6 24.2 25.6
Master's degree 1.1 1.2 1.8 2.1 2.8 3.4 3.7 4.8 5.4 6.1
Doctorate 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.9 1.2
South and Central America 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
0 to 9 years of schooling 6.6 6.3 5.7 5.7 6.4 6.5 5.9 5.3 5.4 5.7
10 to 12 years of schooling 19.6 20.2 20.5 18.3 17.7 16.8 18.2 18.5 18.2 15.9
13 or more years of schooling 16.1 13.9 13.0 14.9 15.0 16.1 15.7 16.2 15.7 12.9
Trade certificate 6.9 7.9 9.2 7.7 6.0 5.2 5.3 5.2 4.6 4.9
Non-university diploma 6.8 7.6 7.6 8.2 8.5 9.4 10.8 10.3 10.1 12.0
Bachelor's degree 27.4 27.6 27.1 29.3 28.1 29.6 28.0 28.5 29.7 28.7
Master's degree 11.8 11.6 12.0 11.9 13.1 12.1 11.2 11.9 11.8 13.8
Doctorate 4.8 4.9 4.9 3.9 5.2 4.3 4.9 4.1 4.5 6.1
United States 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
0 to 9 years of schooling 11.0 10.9 10.4 9.4 10.8 12.6 11.5 9.5 8.8 8.5
10 to 12 years of schooling 19.5 20.7 20.0 18.4 15.8 16.5 15.6 14.1 14.6 13.7
13 or more years of schooling 9.7 8.3 7.7 7.4 7.3 8.2 8.1 8.0 7.8 7.0
Trade certificate 16.7 15.1 14.2 13.7 12.6 9.4 8.3 7.3 7.7 7.8
Non-university diploma 12.0 12.2 12.6 13.0 13.5 11.7 11.9 12.1 13.2 14.0
Bachelor's degree 23.6 24.7 26.7 28.9 28.8 29.9 32.8 36.6 35.4 33.6
Master's degree 5.1 5.4 6.1 6.4 8.3 9.0 8.7 9.5 9.8 12.1
Doctorate 2.4 2.7 2.4 2.9 2.7 2.7 2.9 2.8 2.7 3.3
Europe and the United Kingdom 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
0 to 9 years of schooling 19.7 18.4 16.7 15.7 15.3 15.0 14.6 15.1 14.9 13.7
10 to 12 years of schooling 29.1 26.3 23.8 21.8 18.9 17.9 16.9 16.7 16.9 16.3
13 or more years of schooling 9.7 8.7 8.3 8.5 8.5 9.0 8.8 8.7 9.1 8.5
Trade certificate 9.2 9.7 9.5 9.1 7.6 5.5 4.8 4.3 4.5 5.0
Non-university diploma 7.4 7.9 8.3 9.5 9.1 8.6 9.4 9.2 9.9 10.7
Bachelor's degree 19.0 21.7 24.7 26.6 29.8 32.3 34.2 34.1 33.6 32.3
Master's degree 4.7 5.7 7.0 7.0 8.9 9.8 9.6 10.1 9.5 11.3
Doctorate 1.3 1.5 1.7 1.8 2.0 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.6 2.0
Level of education not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Source area not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
 

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