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The share of economic immigrant principal applicants who worked in Canada before immigration, 2000 to 2018 landing cohorts

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% 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 AllAll Federal Skilled Worker ProgramFederal Skilled Worker Program Provincial programsProvincial programs Canadian Experience ClassCanadian Experience Class
Source(s):
Longitudinal Immigration Database.

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The share of economic immigrant principal applicants who worked in Canada before immigration, 2000 to 2018 landing cohorts, %
  All Federal Skilled Worker Program Provincial programs Canadian Experience Class
2000 11.5 8.7 11.2  
2001 11.0 8.1 11.3  
2002 11.4 8.2 13.2  
2003 13.0 7.8 13.8  
2004 15.7 11.2 14.2  
2005 14.8 9.5 13.7  
2006 22.6 16.8 20.9  
2007 25.8 20.9 22.9  
2008 31.1 24.3 26.0  
2009 34.6 24.3 29.9 97.7
2010 32.9 18.8 29.6 97.5
2011 32.7 14.1 29.9 97.9
2012 39.4 16.3 38.3 97.3
2013 44.9 15.4 49.2 97.9
2014 57.8 24.3 46.4 98.3
2015 58.6 14.2 59.1 98.3
2016 58.6 33.0 53.4 98.0
2017 67.3 22.3 56.4 97.7
2018 59.0 10.7 62.2 97.2
Source(s):
Longitudinal Immigration Database.
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