Table 2
Occupational distribution of the employed second- and third-and-higher-generation Canadians aged 25 to 54, May 2006

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Occupational distribution of the employed second- and third-and-higher-generation Canadians aged 25 to 54, May 2006
  Second generation Third-and-higher generation
Total Men Women Total Men Women
  distribution
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Management 12.9 15.5 10.2 10.8 12.8 8.6
Business, finance and administrative occupations 20.9 11.6 31.0 19.1 9.3 29.6
Professional and related occupations 29.7 25.7 34.1 25.4 19.6 31.7
Sales and service occupations 17.5 15.2 20.0 18.6 14.7 22.7
Trades, transportation, manufacturing or primary-industry occupations 19.0 32.0 4.8 26.1 43.6 7.4
Visible minority status – White 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Management 13.5 16.2 10.6 10.8 12.8 8.6
Business, finance and administrative occupations 20.6 10.8 31.3 19.1 9.3 29.6
Professional and related occupations 28.8 24.3 33.8 25.4 19.6 31.7
Sales and service occupations 16.9 14.7 19.4 18.5 14.7 22.6
Trades, transportation, manufacturing or primary-industry occupations 20.2 34.0 5.0 26.2 43.6 7.4
Visible minority status – Black 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Management 7.1 7.3 6.9 7.6 8.0 7.2
Business, finance and administrative occupations 26.3 19.2 33.5 19.7 10.1 29.4
Professional and related occupations 30.1 26.4 33.9 21.2 16.3 26.1
Sales and service occupations 20.8 20.7 20.9 27.4 24.2 30.5
Trades, transportation, manufacturing or primary-industry occupations 15.8 26.5 4.8 24.1 41.4 6.7
Visible minority status – Asian 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Management 10.4 12.7 8.0 13.8 17.3 9.7
Business, finance and administrative occupations 21.6 16.3 27.3 21.6 13.5 31.0
Professional and related occupations 37.3 37.6 36.9 32.7 29.4 36.4
Sales and service occupations 21.1 17.5 24.9 16.6 14.8 18.7
Trades, transportation, manufacturing or primary-industry occupations 9.6 16.0 3.0 15.3 25.0 4.3
Other visible minorities 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Management 7.6 7.8 7.4 8.8 10.2 7.6
Business, finance and administrative occupations 21.5 15.1 29.0 19.1 10.8 26.8
Professional and related occupations 30.6 28.0 33.5 23.7 18.1 28.8
Sales and service occupations 20.4 17.5 23.8 24.8 19.0 30.2
Trades, transportation, manufacturing or primary-industry occupations 19.9 31.7 6.3 23.6 41.9 6.7
Source(s):
Statistics Canada 2006 Census.
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