Table 5  
Industry sectors of Canadians residing in the United States, by emigration period, 2006

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Industry sector Canadians residing in the United States Canada
Cohort
Before 1990 1990 to 1999 2000 to 2006 Total
% confidence interval % confidence interval % confidence interval % confidence interval %
Health and social services 14.7 (13.0 to 16.4) 15.8 (13.6 to 18.1) 12.9 (9.6 to 16.3) 14.7 (13.5 to 16.0) 10.2
Manufacturing 10.8 (9.3 to 12.4) 11.4 (9.1 to 13.7) 12.4 (10.1 to 14.6) 11.2 (10.1 to 12.4) 11.9
Educational services 10.3 (8.9 to 11.7) 9.6 (7.6 to 11.6) 13.1 (10.1 to 16.0) 10.6 (9.5 to 11.6) 6.8
Professional, scientific and technical services 8.7 (7.5 to 9.9) 12.0 (10.0 to 14.0) 14.0 (10.7 to 17.4) 10.4 (9.3 to 11.5) 6.7
Retail trade 9.5 (8.0 to 11.0) 8.1 (6.2 to 10.0) 6.8 (4.9 to 8.7) 8.7 (7.7 to 9.7) 11.4
Construction 6.7 (5.5 to 7.9) 5.2 (3.7 to 6.7) F ... 6.0 (5.1 to 6.9) 6.3
Finance and insurance 5.9 (5.0 to 6.8) 5.9 (4.1 to 7.7) 5.6E (3.6 to 7.5) 5.9 (5.1 to 6.6) 4.1
All other industry sectors 33.3 (31.3 to 35.3) 31.9 (28.3 to 35.4) 30.5 (26.6 to 34.5) 25.7 (24.3 to 27.1) 38.1
Total 100.0 ... 100.0 ... 100.0 ... 100.0 ... 100.0
Notes: Includes the population aged 16 years and over with a job for the seven most prevalent industry sectors in 2006.
The confidence intervals are 95%.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, Public Use Microdata Files from the 2006 American Community Survey; Statistics Canada, Topic-based Tabulations, Catalogue No. 97-559-XCB2006009, 2006 Census.