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Facts and Figures 2004

Immigration Overview:
Permanent Residents

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Canada - Skilled Workers 15 Years of Age or Older Intending to Work by Gender and Occupational Skill Level (Principal Applicants)

Occupational skill level 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
  Number
Skill level 0 - managerial 643 516 409 447 754 1,178 1,549 1,505 1,419 2,349
Skill level A - professionals 12,535 17,214 19,637 16,792 21,958 28,511 31,395 27,602 24,251 22,403
Skill level B - skilled and technical 8,193 9,477 9,543 7,013 6,565 8,263 9,566 8,874 6,632 6,791
Skill level C - intermediate and clerical 1,253 1,255 1,239 977 835 877 1,042 1,030 782 901
Skill level D - elemental and labourers 134 104 93 28 30 20 31 23 13 9
Occupational skill level not stated* 661 692 766 674 745 664 721 521 368 1,819
Males 23,419 29,258 31,687 25,931 30,887 39,513 44,304 39,555 33,465 34,272
Skill level 0 - managerial 148 124 127 122 220 324 427 387 393 664
Skill level A - professionals 3,569 4,494 5,193 4,617 6,102 7,923 9,153 8,451 8,260 8,710
Skill level B - skilled and technical 5,522 6,483 6,213 3,752 2,876 2,945 3,198 3,170 2,406 2,895
Skill level C - intermediate and clerical 741 706 699 606 589 641 768 733 577 643
Skill level D - elemental and labourers 127 92 58 22 18 13 16 14 9 8
Occupational skill level not stated* 571 591 624 606 571 489 716 450 190 524
Females 10,678 12,490 12,914 9,725 10,376 12,335 14,278 13,205 11,835 13,444
Skill level 0 - managerial 791 640 536 569 974 1,502 1,976 1,892 1,812 3,013
Skill level A - professionals 16,104 21,708 24,830 21,409 28,060 36,434 40,548 36,053 32,511 31,113
Skill level B - skilled and technical 13,715 15,960 15,756 10,765 9,441 11,208 12,764 12,044 9,038 9,686
Skill level C - intermediate and clerical 1,994 1,961 1,938 1,583 1,424 1,518 1,810 1,763 1,359 1,544
Skill level D - elemental and labourers 261 196 151 50 48 33 47 37 22 17
Occupational skill level not stated* 1,232 1,283 1,390 1,280 1,316 1,153 1,437 971 558 2,343
Gender not stated 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 34,098 41,748 44,601 35,656 41,263 51,848 58,582 52,760 45,300 47,716
Occupational skill level 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
  Percentage distribution
Skill level 0 - managerial 2.8 1.8 1.3 1.7 2.4 3.0 3.5 3.8 4.2 6.9
Skill level A - professionals 53.5 58.8 62.0 64.8 71.1 72.2 70.9 69.8 72.5 65.4
Skill level B - skilled and technical 35.0 32.4 30.1 27.0 21.3 20.9 21.6 22.4 19.8 19.8
Skill level C - intermediate and clerical 5.4 4.3 3.9 3.8 2.7 2.2 2.4 2.6 2.3 2.6
Skill level D - elemental and labourers 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
Occupational skill level not stated* 2.8 2.4 2.4 2.6 2.4 1.7 1.6 1.3 1.1 5.3
Males 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Skill level 0 - managerial 1.4 1.0 1.0 1.3 2.1 2.6 3.0 2.9 3.3 4.9
Skill level A - professionals 33.4 36.0 40.2 47.5 58.8 64.2 64.1 64.0 69.8 64.8
Skill level B - skilled and technical 51.7 51.9 48.1 38.6 27.7 23.9 22.4 24.0 20.3 21.5
Skill level C - intermediate and clerical 6.9 5.7 5.4 6.2 5.7 5.2 5.4 5.6 4.9 4.8
Skill level D - elemental and labourers 1.2 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Occupational skill level not stated* 5.4 4.7 4.8 6.2 5.5 4.0 5.0 3.4 1.6 3.9
Females 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Skill level 0 - managerial 2.3 1.5 1.2 1.6 2.4 2.9 3.4 3.6 4.0 6.3
Skill level A - professionals 47.2 52.0 55.7 60.0 68.0 70.3 69.2 68.3 71.8 65.2
Skill level B - skilled and technical 40.2 38.2 35.3 30.2 22.9 21.6 21.8 22.8 20.0 20.3
Skill level C - intermediate and clerical 5.9 4.7 4.4 4.4 3.5 2.9 3.1 3.3 3.0 3.2
Skill level D - elemental and labourers 0.8 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0
Occupational skill level not stated* 3.6 3.1 3.1 3.6 3.2 2.2 2.5 1.8 1.2 4.9
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
* Includes new workers and industrial codes
 

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