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Selected geographical area: Canada

Percentage of adults aged 25 to 64 with a college or university credential - Canada
(2021 Census of Population)

57.5%
Percentage of adults aged 25 to 64 with a bachelor’s degree or higher - Canada
(2021 Census of Population)

32.9%

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Selected geographical area: Canada

Percentage point change in adults aged 25 to 64 with a bachelor’s degree or higher - Canada
(2016 to 2021)

4.3

(period-to-period change)
Overqualification rate of immigrants aged 25 to 64 with a degree completed outside Canada - Canada
(2021 Census of Population)

25.8%

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31. Canada leads the G7 for the most educated workforce, thanks to immigrants, young adults and a strong college sector, but is experiencing significant losses in apprenticeship certificate holders in key trades
Stats in brief: 11-001-X202233432994
Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
Release date: 2022-11-30
32. Highest level of education by major field of study, visible minority and immigrant status: Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations with parts
Table: 98-10-0430-01
Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census agglomeration, Census metropolitan area part, Census agglomeration part
Frequency: Occasional
Universe: Population aged 15 years and over in private households, 2021 Census — 25% Sample data

Variable list: Major field of study - Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2021 (63), Gender (3), Age (15A), Highest certificate, diploma or degree (16), Immigrant status (4), Statistics (2A), Visible minority (15)

Description: Overview of educational characteristics of visible minority groups in Canada, provinces, territories and cities, with percent distribution of highest certificate, diploma or degree.
Release date: 2022-11-30
33. Highest level of education by visible minority and immigrant status: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions with a population 5,000 or more
Table: 98-10-0432-01
Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census division, Census subdivision
Frequency: Occasional
Universe: Population aged 15 years and over in private households, 2021 Census — 25% Sample data

Variable list: Highest certificate, diploma or degree (16), Statistics (6B), Gender (3), Age (15A), Immigrant status (4), Visible minority (15)

Description: Overview of educational characteristics of visible minority groups in census divisions and large municipalities, with percent distribution of highest certificate, diploma or degree.
Release date: 2022-11-30
34. School attendance by visible minority and immigrant status: Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations with parts
Table: 98-10-0433-01
Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census agglomeration, Census metropolitan area part, Census agglomeration part
Frequency: Occasional
Universe: Population aged 15 years and over in private households, 2021 Census — 25% Sample data

Variable list: School attendance (9), Statistics (6B), Gender (3), Age (15A), Immigrant status (4), Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificate (7), Visible minority (15)

Description: Number and percent of visible minority groups attending school (high school, trades/college or university), for Canada, provinces, territories and cities.
Release date: 2022-11-30
35. Labour force status by visible minority, highest level of education, major field of study (STEM and BHASE, summary) and immigrant status: Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations with parts
Table: 98-10-0435-01
Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census agglomeration, Census metropolitan area part, Census agglomeration part
Frequency: Occasional
Universe: Population aged 15 years and over in private households, 2021 Census — 25% Sample data

Variable list: Highest certificate, diploma or degree (16), Gender (3), Age (15A), Labour force status (8), Immigrant status (4), STEM and BHASE groupings, Major field of study - Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2021 (16), Visible minority (15)

Description: Employment, unemployment and labour force participation rates of visible minority groups by educational characteristics, for Canada, provinces, territories and cities.
Release date: 2022-11-30
36. Occupation (training, education, experience and responsibility category - TEER) by immigrant status and period of immigration, highest level of education, major field of study (STEM and BHASE, summary) and location of study: Canada, provinces and territories
Table: 98-10-0443-01
Geography: Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Occasional
Universe: Population aged 15 years and over in private households, 2021 Census — 25% Sample data

Variable list: Occupation - TEER category - National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2021 (8), Statistics (6B), Gender (3), Age (15A), Highest certificate, diploma or degree (16), STEM and BHASE groupings, Major field of study - Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2021 (16), Location of study (5), Immigrant status and period of immigration (11)

Description: Overqualification of immigrants (with period of immigration) by educational characteristics, including location of study.
Release date: 2022-11-30
37. International students as a source of labour supply: Pre-immigration study in Canada and post-immigration earnings
Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202200200004
Description:
Although international students are increasingly considered a pool of skilled individuals to be encouraged for permanent residency and participation in the Canadian labour market, the role of Canadian study in economic outcomes after immigration is not well understood. To this end, this article examines the relationship between pre-immigration study in Canada and post-immigration earnings.

Release date: 2022-02-23
38. Transition to permanent residency by lower- and higher-skilled temporary foreign workers
Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202200100002
Description:
Attention surrounding differences in the pathways to permanent residency for lower- and higher-skilled temporary foreign workers has increased, particularly as the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the contribution of lower-skilled temporary foreign workers in essential industrial sectors. This article examines the skill distribution of temporary foreign workers and their transition to permanent residency by skill level.

Release date: 2022-01-26
39. Study: The changing sociodemographic characteristics of international students Archived
Stats in brief: 11-001-X202120931963
Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
Release date: 2021-07-28
40. A Canada–U.S. Comparison of the Economic Outcomes of STEM Immigrants
Articles and reports: 11F0019M2020016
Description:
In both Canada and the United States, immigrants constitute a disproportionately large share of the supply of university-educated labour trained in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. This article examines the Canada–U.S. differences in the occupational skill utilization and earnings of STEM-educated immigrant workers. Using data from the 2016 Census for Canada and the combined 2015 to 2017 American Community Survey, this analysis focuses on immigrants with a university degree in a STEM field who were aged 25 to 64 and arrived as adults.
Release date: 2020-09-28

Data (55)

Data (55) (0 to 10 of 55 results)

1. Highest level of education by visible minority, selected sociodemographic characteristics and the census year: Canada, geographical regions of Canada, provinces and territories and census metropolitan areas with parts
Table: 98-10-0641-01
Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part
Frequency: Occasional
Universe: Persons in private households in occupied private dwellings, 2021, 2016, 2011 and 2006 censuses — 25% Sample data

Variable list: Highest certificate, diploma or degree (7A), Gender (3a), Age (15A), First official language spoken (5), Immigrant and generation status (9), Visible minority (15), Percent, Census year (4)

Description: Highest certificate, diploma or degree by visible minority and selected characteristics (age group, gender, first official language spoken, immigrant status, period of immigration, generation status), for the population aged 15 years and over in private households in Canada, geographical regions of Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas with parts.
Release date: 2024-03-26
2. Youth not in education, employment or training by visible minority, selected sociodemographic characteristics and the census year: Canada, geographical regions of Canada, provinces and territories and census metropolitan areas with parts
Table: 98-10-0648-01
Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part
Frequency: Occasional
Universe: Persons in private households in occupied private dwellings, 2021 and 2016 censuses — 25% Sample data

Variable list: Visible minority (15), Gender (3a), Age (6), First official language spoken (5), Immigrant and generation status (7), Census year (2), Youth not in employment, education or training (1)

Description: Youth not in education, employment or training by visible minority and selected characteristics (age group, gender, first official language spoken, immigrant and generation status), for the population aged 15 to 29 years old in private households in Canada, geographical regions of Canada, provinces and territories and census metropolitan areas with parts.
Release date: 2024-03-26
3. Overqualification (based on skill level C and D) by visible minority, selected sociodemographic characteristics and the census year: Canada, geographical regions of Canada, provinces and territories and census metropolitan areas with parts
Table: 98-10-0650-01
Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part
Frequency: Occasional
Universe: Persons in private households in occupied private dwellings, 2021, 2016 and 2011 censuses — 25% Sample data

Variable list: Highest certificate, diploma or degree and location of study (24), Gender (3a), Age (15A), First official language spoken (5), Immigrant and generation status (10), Occupation - (NOC) 2016 - Skill-level category (1), Census year (3), Visible minority (15)

Description: Overqualification (based on skill level C and D) by visible minority and selected characteristics (age group, gender, first official language spoken, immigrant status, period of immigration, generation status and highest certificate, diploma or degree), for the population aged 15 years and over in private households in Canada, geographical regions of Canada, provinces and territories and census metropolitan areas with parts.
Release date: 2024-03-26
4. Postsecondary enrolments, by status of student in Canada, country of citizenship and Classification of Instructional Programs, STEM and BHASE groupings
Table: 37-10-0184-01
Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Annual
Description: The number of postsecondary enrolments, by status of student in Canada, country of citizenship, Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2016, Cannabis STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) and BHASE (business, humanities, health, arts, social science and education) groupings, International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED), institution type and gender.
Release date: 2023-11-22
5. Postsecondary international student enrolments, by International Standard Classification of Education and country of citizenship
Table: 37-10-0184-02
Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Annual
Description: The number of postsecondary international student enrolments, by country of citizenship, Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2016, Cannabis STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) and BHASE (business, humanities, health, arts, social science and education) groupings, International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED), institution type and gender.
Release date: 2023-11-22
6. Postsecondary graduates, by status of student in Canada, country of citizenship and Classification of Instructional Programs, STEM and BHASE groupings
Table: 37-10-0185-01
Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Annual
Description:
The number of postsecondary graduates, by status of student in Canada, country of citizenship, Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2016, Cannabis STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) and BHASE (business, humanities, health, arts, social science and education) groupings, International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED), institution type and gender.

Release date: 2023-11-22
7. Postsecondary international student graduates, by International Standard Classification of Education and country of citizenship
Table: 37-10-0185-02
Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Annual
Description:
The number of postsecondary international student graduates, by country of citizenship, Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2016, Cannabis STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) and BHASE (business, humanities, health, arts, social science and education) groupings, International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED), institution type and gender.
Release date: 2023-11-22
8. Labour force status by visible minority, highest level of education and immigrant status: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions with a population 5,000 or more
Table: 98-10-0436-01
Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census division, Census subdivision
Frequency: Occasional
Universe: Population aged 15 years and over in private households, 2021 Census — 25% Sample data

Variable list: Highest certificate, diploma or degree (7), Statistics (3), Gender (3), Age (15A), Labour force status (8), Immigrant status (4), Visible minority (15)

Description: Employment, unemployment and labour force participation rates of visible minority groups by educational characteristics, for census divisions and large municipalities.
Release date: 2023-10-04
9. Knowledge of official languages by income statistics, highest level of education, immigrant status and period of immigration and work activity during the reference year: Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations with parts
Table: 98-10-0365-01
Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census agglomeration, Census metropolitan area part, Census agglomeration part
Frequency: Occasional
Universe: Population aged 15 years and over in private households, 2021 Census — 25% Sample data

Variable list: Income statistics (17), Highest certificate, diploma or degree (15), Immigrant status and period of immigration (11), Work activity during the reference year (4A), Age (6B), Gender (3), Knowledge of official languages (5)

Description: Data on knowledge of official languages by income statistics, highest certificate, diploma or degree, immigrant status and period of immigration, work activity during the reference year, age and gender for the population aged 15 years and over in private households in Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations with parts.
Release date: 2023-06-21
10. Apprenticeship certificate by selected sociocultural characteristics: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions
Table: 98-10-0398-01
Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census division, Census subdivision
Frequency: Occasional
Universe: Population aged 15 years and over in private households, 2021 Census — 25% Sample data

Variable list: Statistics (6B), Gender (3), Age (15A), Selected sociocultural characteristics (28), Apprenticeship certificate (3)

Description: Number and percent distribution of population with an apprenticeship certificate, regardless of other credentials completed. Includes data on Indigenous populations, racialized groups and immigrants.
Release date: 2023-06-21

Analysis (59)

Analysis (59) (0 to 10 of 59 results)

1. Housing international students: Housing suitability across municipalities
Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202400500001
Description: With an increase in the number of international students and a greater need for affordable housing, questions have arisen about international students housing experiences. This article examines international students’ prevalence of living in unsuitable housing across municipalities enumerated in the 2021 Census of Population long-form questionnaire. The report also presents the rates of unsuitable housing for international students from different source countries and provides comparisons with Canadian-born students.
Release date: 2024-05-22
2. Trends in education–occupation mismatch among recent immigrants with a bachelor’s degree or higher, 2001 to 2021
Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202400500002
Description: Selecting immigrants with high levels of education increases their chances of economic success. Immigrants with a bachelor’s degree or higher are more adaptable to changes in the labour market and have steeper growth in employment earnings than those with a trades or high school education. However, many immigrants with a bachelor’s degree or higher have occupations that underutilize their skills, which can reduce their employment income, productivity and well-being. This article updates previously documented trends in education–occupation mismatch with census data from 2001 to 2021.
Release date: 2024-05-22
3. Economic and Social Reports May 2024
Stats in brief: 11-001-X202414322588
Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
Release date: 2024-05-22
4. Characteristics of postsecondary international students who did not enrol in publicly funded postsecondary education programs
Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202301100001
Description: The fast-growing number of international students have generated strong public interest and concerns about their impacts on Canada’s educational institutions, labour market, and affordable housing. Fully understanding such impacts requires better knowledge of their school enrollment and labour force participation. Using temporary resident permit data from the Longitudinal Immigration Database and tax data from the Longitudinal Worker File, this article sheds light on the activities and sociodemographic characteristics of postsecondary study permit holders who were not enrolled in publicly funded postsecondary education institutions.
Release date: 2023-11-22
5. The effect of parents’ education and income on the educational attainment of childhood immigrants
Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202300900002
Description: Many immigrants move to countries such as Canada in part to provide better educational and economic opportunities for their children. For its part, Canada also looks to immigrants and their children to provide higher-level skills to the labour market. This paper examines the effect of the mother’s and father’s education on the likelihood of a childhood immigrant who arrived in Canada at age 17 or younger, completing postsecondary education. The paper further determines whether there is significant variation in these relationships among immigrants from different source regions.
Release date: 2023-09-27
6. Post-migration education of immigrants admitted in 2010 and 2011: The impact of completing skilled trades training in Canada on economic outcomes
Articles and reports: 81-595-M2022002
Description: To understand the heterogeneity of post-migration labour market and educational outcomes, this article focuses on immigrants who completed post-secondary education or apprenticeship training post-admission to Canada. It uses data on immigrants who were admitted in 2010 and 2011 through an economic immigration stream, studying those admitted as principal applicants with no prior temporary permits (such as work or study permits) seven years after admission. Understanding the pathways and outcomes of this group can allow a better understanding of the labour market integration of immigrants, and the impact that Canadian education can have on their economic outcomes.
Release date: 2023-08-28
7. Canadian postsecondary education and labour market outcomes of 2010 economic immigrants to Canada
Articles and reports: 81-595-M2023003
Description: Using the Longitudinal Immigration Database (IMDB) integrated with the Postsecondary Student Information System (PSIS) and the T1 Family File (T1FF), this study explores the Canadian postsecondary educational attainment and employment income of immigrants from the “economic immigrant” programs who were granted permanent residency based on their ability to contribute to the Canadian economy. The analysis compares the skilled immigrants who returned to postsecondary education after admission to Canada to those who did not return to postsecondary education and explores their potential difficulty to transfer their educational qualifications onto the Canadian labour market.
Release date: 2023-08-15
8. Study: Canadian postsecondary education and labour market outcomes of 2010 economic immigrants to Canada
Stats in brief: 11-001-X202322736666
Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
Release date: 2023-08-15
9. Do university-educated immigrants recover economically from a slow start?
Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202300500003
Description: The selection of highly educated immigrants is based in part on the premise that they can better adapt to the labour market and will have, on average, better economic outcomes than less-educated immigrants. Earlier research indicates that this is the case. However, some university-educated immigrants have a slow start in the initial years after immigration. Little Canadian research has considered whether these immigrants eventually catch up with similarly educated immigrants who have early economic success. Likewise, it is unknown whether they outperform less-educated immigrants. Using the Longitudinal Immigration Database, this study looks at the long-term economic outcomes of university-educated economic principal applicant immigrants who immigrated at the ages of 20 to 44 during the period from 1990 to 2014 by their earnings level in the initial years after immigration.
Release date: 2023-05-24
10. Job quality of racialized Canadians with a bachelor's degree
Stats in brief: 11-627-M2023013
Description: The infographic uses data from the integrated file of the Postsecondary Student Information System, the 2016 Census and the T1 Family File to compare the job quality of racialized graduates with a bachelor's degree with that of non-racialized and non-Indigenous graduates two years after graduation. Job quality indicators include employment income, unionization rate, and employer pension plan coverage rate.
Release date: 2023-02-27

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