Table 6
Changes in the characteristics of immigrants aged 25 or over in the United States and Canada

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Changes in the characteristics of immigrants aged 25 or over in the United States and Canada


Table summary
This table displays the results of changes in the characteristics of immigrants aged 25 or over in the united states and canada united states, united states excluding caribbean, central american, and south american immigrants, canada and 1970, calculated using 1970, 1990, 2006, 1971, 1991 and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  United States United States excluding Caribbean, Central American, and South American immigrants Canada
1970 1990 2006 1970 1990 2006 1971 1991 2006
  percent
Education  
No diploma/certificate 62.4 41.0 28.9 61.7 29.5 13.0 61.3 40.1 20.17
High school diploma 20.5 19.6 27.0 20.9 21.2 23.6 18.0 30.5 30.47
Non-university diploma 8.1 18.8 17.5 8.1 20.9 20.2 14.3 14.0 22.25
University degree 9.0 20.5 26.6 9.3 28.4 43.2 6.4 15.3 27.1
Source regions  
Canada/United States 9.5 4.6 2.4 11.4 7.7 5.0 8.9 5.5 3.8
Caribbean/Central America/South America 16.5 40.5 51.9 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 15.8 9.1 11.1
Northern Europe/Western Europe 20.7 8.3 3.9 24.8 13.9 8.2 34.7 30.7 19.1
Southern Europe 14.9 6.6 2.7 17.8 11.0 5.7 15.3 18.1 12.6
Eastern Europe 29.8 12.1 8.0 35.7 20.3 16.5 19.0 10.2 8.5
Asia 7.7 25.5 27.3 9.2 42.9 56.7 4.6 22.1 38.3
African 0.5 1.9 3.3 0.6 3.2 6.9 1.1 3.5 5.6
Other countries 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.9 1.0 0.6 0.8 0.9
Years since immigration  
 0 to 5 years 12.2 16.8 14.9 9.0 16.3 14.9 14.6 13.8 13.6
 6 to 10 years 10.0 17.1 16.2 7.4 14.7 14.9 8.6 8.3 11.3
 11 to 15 years 9.7 14.0 13.6 9.0 12.5 13.1 14.2 9.8 12.5
 16 to 20 years 8.4 11.8 13.5 8.5 9.4 11.8 16.4 13.0 10.5
Over 20 years 59.7 40.3 41.8 66.1 47.1 45.3 46.2 55.1 52.0
                   
... not applicable
Source(s):
Census of Canada, 1971 to 2006; U.S. Census, 1971 to 2000; and American Community Survey, 2005, 2006, and 2007.
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