Table 1
Characteristics of immigrants who came to Canada in 1998 and 1999, age 25 to 44, with at least 10 years of education on arrival

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  Women Men
All No PSE begun PSE begun in 2nd year PSE begun in 3rd year All No PSE begun PSE begun in 2nd year PSE begun in 3rd year
Total 56,195 33,165 4,945 3,185 51,985 31,975 4,365 2,455
  %
Age on arrival
25 to 29 30.0 27.6 31.3 27.2 24.7 23.2 26.4 25.2
30 to 34 31.6 29.7 32.6 39.4 30.3 28.0 34.8 33.7
35 to 39 24.5 26.1 24.1 23.8 26.0 26.6 26.4 25.1
40 to 44 13.9 16.6 12.0 9.6 18.9 22.2 12.3 16.0
Education level on arrival
10 to 12 years of schooling 19.7 26.4 9.3 13.9 13.5 18.3 5.6 7.0
13 or more years of schooling, without diploma/degree/certificate 9.3 9.4 9.2 6.9 8.1 8.6 8.1 6.0
Qualification certificate 10.4 11.1 8.8 10.0 9.5 11.4 6.7 6.6
Non-university diploma 13.9 13.7 16.0 14.2 11.0 11.4 10.0 8.7
Bachelor's 38.2 32.0 47.4 45.3 42.7 37.0 54.9 52.0
Master's 7.6 6.3 8.1 8.9 12.2 10.3 13.1 15.3
Doctorate 1.0 1.1 1.3 0.8 3.1 3.0 1.6 4.5
Knowledge of an official language on arrival
Yes 67.1 63.9 72.3 64.7 77.7 75.0 80.9 82.3
No 32.9 36.1 27.7 35.3 22.3 25.0 19.1 17.7
Immigrant class
Skilled worker, principal applicant 18.9 14.7 25.2 18.1 56.6 50.7 67.2 62.4
Skilled worker, spouse and dependants 37.5 35.2 42.2 44.8 8.3 7.1 10.9 9.4
Family reunification 21.9 24.7 15.9 17.1 16.9 20.0 10.6 13.3
Businessperson 4.8 6.5 2.1 3.6 3.8 5.4 1.6 1.9
Refugee 4.9 5.4 4.6 6.5 6.3 7.1 5.1 6.5
Other 12.0 13.5 10.0 9.9 8.0 9.6 4.6 6.5
Country of origin1
Eastern Asia 28.9 25.5 33.5 30.1 24.9 22.4 27.8 27.7
Southern Asia 13.2 16.5 6.7 9.4 16.9 18.3 15.0 13.2
Southeast Asia 9.4 10.0 8.5 8.1 6.3 6.8 4.6 6.4
West Central Asia and the Middle East 11.4 11.8 12.3 12.8 10.9 10.6 13.3 12.0
Eastern and Southern Europe 15.1 13.2 19.2 22.2 15.4 16.1 14.8 15.3
Western and Northern Europe 6.3 7.0 3.9 5.0 9.1 10.5 7.1 8.4
Africa 8.6 7.7 8.0 7.0 8.6 7.2 9.0 9.4
Latin America 5.5 5.4 6.6 3.8 5.6 5.3 6.9 5.4
North America 1.7 2.1 0.9 1.3 1.5 1.9 0.9 1.2
Oceania and other 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.9 1.0 0.5 1.1
1. The classification of countries of origin is the same as the classification of places of birth used in the 2006 Census (Statistics Canada 2010, Appendix J). However, some regions in the census classification were combined. Africa includes Western, Eastern, Northern, Central and Southern Africa. Latin America includes Central America, South America, the Caribbean and Bermuda. The 'other' category contains a limited number of immigrants for whom the region of origin is unknown.
Notes: For women, 16% began PSE in the 1st year and 11% began between the 4th year and 8th years. For men, the corresponding proportions are 17% and 8%.
PSE = postsecondary education
Source: Statistics Canada, Longitudinal Administrative Databank, 1999 to 2007.