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Facts and Figures 2004

Immigration Overview:
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Canada - New Workers 15 Years of Age or Older by Gender and Level of Education

Level of education 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
  Number
0 to 9 years of schooling 3,846 4,350 3,523 3,081 3,300 3,873 3,802 3,994 4,463 4,207
10 to 12 years of schooling 6,579 7,589 6,555 5,496 5,629 6,441 6,249 5,577 6,191 6,889
13 or more years of schooling 2,214 2,628 2,278 2,046 2,222 2,596 2,612 2,444 2,859 3,181
Trade certificate 1,937 2,418 2,258 1,991 1,887 1,655 1,641 1,392 1,584 2,229
Non-university diploma 1,291 1,541 1,662 1,701 1,861 1,807 2,255 2,072 2,726 3,827
Bachelor's degree 2,795 3,368 3,115 3,152 3,962 4,623 5,349 5,023 6,127 7,877
Master's degree 511 551 619 538 750 960 1,021 1,063 1,354 2,215
Doctorate 130 184 152 163 181 150 193 222 261 437
Males 19,303 22,629 20,162 18,168 19,792 22,105 23,122 21,787 25,565 30,862
0 to 9 years of schooling 3,478 3,375 2,721 2,677 3,079 3,748 3,675 3,548 3,851 3,956
10 to 12 years of schooling 7,605 7,564 5,952 5,045 5,301 5,748 5,987 5,312 5,521 5,694
13 or more years of schooling 2,759 2,624 2,229 2,140 2,532 3,236 3,498 3,188 3,751 3,500
Trade certificate 2,378 2,721 2,096 1,988 2,197 1,942 1,812 1,460 1,574 1,903
Non-university diploma 1,815 2,043 2,061 2,523 2,930 3,055 3,991 3,528 4,329 4,947
Bachelor's degree 3,459 3,854 3,382 4,003 5,666 6,999 8,245 7,291 8,388 8,662
Master's degree 544 641 596 620 859 1,222 1,361 1,291 1,504 1,707
Doctorate 91 103 136 117 127 116 125 107 174 232
Level of education not stated 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Females 22,129 22,925 19,173 19,113 22,691 26,067 28,694 25,725 29,092 30,601
0 to 9 years of schooling 7,324 7,725 6,244 5,758 6,379 7,621 7,477 7,542 8,314 8,163
10 to 12 years of schooling 14,184 15,153 12,507 10,541 10,930 12,189 12,236 10,889 11,712 12,583
13 or more years of schooling 4,973 5,252 4,507 4,186 4,754 5,832 6,110 5,632 6,610 6,681
Trade certificate 4,315 5,139 4,354 3,979 4,084 3,597 3,453 2,852 3,158 4,132
Non-university diploma 3,106 3,584 3,723 4,224 4,791 4,862 6,246 5,600 7,055 8,774
Bachelor's degree 6,254 7,222 6,497 7,155 9,628 11,622 13,594 12,314 14,515 16,539
Master's degree 1,055 1,192 1,215 1,158 1,609 2,182 2,382 2,354 2,858 3,922
Doctorate 221 287 288 280 308 266 318 329 435 669
Level of education not stated 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Gender not stated 0 6 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
Total 41,432 45,560 39,340 37,281 42,485 48,173 51,816 47,512 54,657 61,463
Level of education 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
  Percentage distribution
0 to 9 years of schooling 19.9 19.2 17.5 17.0 16.7 17.5 16.4 18.3 17.5 13.6
10 to 12 years of schooling 34.1 33.5 32.5 30.3 28.4 29.1 27.0 25.6 24.2 22.3
13 or more years of schooling 11.5 11.6 11.3 11.3 11.2 11.7 11.3 11.2 11.2 10.3
Trade certificate 10.0 10.7 11.2 11.0 9.5 7.5 7.1 6.4 6.2 7.2
Non-university diploma 6.7 6.8 8.2 9.4 9.4 8.2 9.8 9.5 10.7 12.4
Bachelor's degree 14.5 14.9 15.5 17.4 20.0 20.9 23.1 23.1 24.0 25.5
Master's degree 2.7 2.4 3.1 3.0 3.8 4.3 4.4 4.9 5.3 7.2
Doctorate 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.8 1.0 1.0 1.4
Males 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 15.7 14.7 14.2 14.0 13.6 14.4 12.8 13.8 13.2 12.9
10 to 12 years of schooling 34.4 33.0 31.0 26.4 23.4 22.1 20.9 20.7 19.0 18.6
13 or more years of schooling 12.5 11.5 11.6 11.2 11.2 12.4 12.2 12.4 12.9 11.4
Trade certificate 10.8 11.9 10.9 10.4 9.7 7.5 6.3 5.7 5.4 6.2
Non-university diploma 8.2 8.9 10.8 13.2 12.9 11.7 13.9 13.7 14.9 16.2
Bachelor's degree 15.6 16.8 17.6 20.9 25.0 26.9 28.7 28.3 28.8 28.3
Master's degree 2.5 2.8 3.1 3.2 3.8 4.7 4.7 5.0 5.2 5.6
Doctorate 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.8
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
Females 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 17.7 17.0 15.9 15.4 15.0 15.8 14.4 15.9 15.2 13.3
10 to 12 years of schooling 34.2 33.3 31.8 28.3 25.7 25.3 23.6 22.9 21.4 20.5
13 or more years of schooling 12.0 11.5 11.5 11.2 11.2 12.1 11.8 11.9 12.1 10.9
Trade certificate 10.4 11.3 11.1 10.7 9.6 7.5 6.7 6.0 5.8 6.7
Non-university diploma 7.5 7.9 9.5 11.3 11.3 10.1 12.1 11.8 12.9 14.3
Bachelor's degree 15.1 15.9 16.5 19.2 22.7 24.1 26.2 25.9 26.6 26.9
Master's degree 2.6 2.6 3.1 3.1 3.8 4.5 4.6 5.0 5.2 6.4
Doctorate 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.8 1.1
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
Gender not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
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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