Table 9
Trends in self-employment rates (self-owned unincorporated businesses) and characteristics of self-employed and paid workers aged 20 to 64 by immigration status, 1981 to 2006

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Trends in self-employment rates (self-owned unincorporated businesses) and characteristics of self-employed and paid workers aged 20 to 64 by immigration status, 1981 to 2006


Table summary
This table displays the results of trends in self-employment rates (self-owned unincorporated businesses) and characteristics of self-employed and paid workers aged 20 to 64 by immigration status canadian-born and adult immigrants, calculated using 1981, 1991, 2001 and 2006 units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  Canadian-born Adult immigrants
1981 1991 2001 2006 1981 1991 2001 2006
Men  
Self-employment rate, as a percent 5.8 6.1 7.5 6.8 7.6 8.2 10.2 9.5
Among self-employed  
Percent with university degree 17.8 20.8 21.9 22.7 19.8 26.2 31.3 34.4
Average years of Canadian experience 23.1 22.0 23.9 25.3 16.6 18.2 16.9 16.8
Average years of foreign experience Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 9.9 9.2 10.1 10.4
Average annual earnings, in 2005 dollars 51,910 50,196 47,272 45,525 53,813 53,552 42,292 33,584
Among paid workers  
Percent with university degree 11.8 14.7 17.3 18.5 16.5 21.2 30.2 36.8
Average years of Canadian experience 18.5 18.3 19.3 20.3 15.1 16.3 14.8 14.7
Average years of foreign experience Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 10.2 9.6 9.9 10.1
Average annual earnings, in 2005 dollars 44,626 44,004 47,398 50,111 50,211 48,367 47,445 47,732
Women  
Self-employment rate, as a percent 2.4 3.6 5.6 5.0 3.6 4.8 6.9 6.2
Among self-employed  
Percent with university degree 11.8 19.1 23.0 25.8 18.1 24.4 31.0 35.8
Average years of Canadian experience 21.0 19.7 21.8 23.3 15.4 16.7 16.1 16.2
Average years of foreign experience Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 9.6 8.8 10.0 10.1
Average annual earnings, in 2005 dollars 21,499 24,705 25,262 25,777 26,949 28,683 25,803 23,291
Among paid workers  
Percent with university degree 10.0 14.3 20.3 22.9 11.4 16.8 25.8 32.6
Average years of Canadian experience 16.5 17.3 18.7 19.8 14.1 15.3 14.6 14.7
Average years of foreign experience Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 10.0 9.4 9.4 9.3
Average annual earnings, in 2005 dollars 23,452 26,409 30,255 32,128 24,576 27,969 29,986 30,474
Note(s): The Canadian-born in this table include both the second generation (those born in Canada to immigrant parents) and the third-and-higher generations (those born to Canadian-born parents). Self-employed workers include only those who worked in self-owned unincorporated businesses.                
                 
... not applicable
Note(s):
The Canadian-born in this table include both the second generation (those born in Canada to immigrant parents) and the third-and-higher generations (those born to Canadian-born parents). Self-employed workers include only those who worked in self-owned unincorporated businesses.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, 1981 Census of Population, 1991 Census of Population, 2001 Census of Population, and 2006 Census of Population.
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