Table 2
Immigrants and the labour market

Table 2
Immigrants and the labour market
 Table summary
 This table displays the results of immigrants and the labour market. This information is grouped by december 2010, december 2011, Change (appearing as column headers), calculated using thousands and percentage change as a unit of measure.
  December 2010 December 2011 Change
'000 '000 % change
Total employment 17,132.9 17,330.1 197.2 1.2
Landed immigrants 3,516.7 3,645.6 128.9 3.7
Immigrants, landed 5 years or less earlier 496.1 466.2 -29.9 -6.0
Immigrants, landed more than 5 to 10 years earlier 621.0 630.2 9.2 1.5
Immigrants, landed more than 10 years earlier 2,399.6 2,549.2 149.6 6.2
Born in Canada 13,360.3 13,377.6 17.3 0.1
Employment rate % % point change
Total 61.7 61.7 0.0
Landed immigrants 56.5 56.4 -0.1
Immigrants, landed 5 years or less earlier 56.5 54.9 -1.6
Immigrants, landed more than 5 to 10 years earlier 66.2 65.2 -1.0
Immigrants, landed more than 10 years earlier 54.4 54.9 0.5
Born in Canada 63.3 63.3 0.0
Gap, Canadian-born versus immigrants 6.8 6.9 ...
Unemployment rate
Total 7.1 6.9 -0.2
Landed immigrants 8.8 8.5 -0.3
Immigrants, landed 5 years or less earlier 15.6 13.9 -1.7
Immigrants, landed more than 5 to 10 years earlier 9.5 9.8 0.3
Immigrants, landed more than 10 years earlier 7.0 7.1 0.1
Born in Canada 6.7 6.4 -0.3
Gap, Canadian-born versus immigrants -2.1 -2.1 ...
... not applicable
Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey, December 2010 and December 2011, data not seasonally adjusted.
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