Table 4.5.6
Immigration status of university students, by level of study and type of program, Quebec, 2004/2005 and 2005/2006

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2004/2005 2005/2006
Canadian students International students Canadian students International students
% % % %
Bachelor's and other undergraduate degrees 93.9 6.1 93.7 6.3
Health programs1 98.4 1.6 98.3 1.7
Health services / allied health / health sciences, general 91.7 8.3 90.3 9.7
Chiropractic 100.0 0.0 100.0 0.0
Communication disorders sciences and services 100.0 0.0 100.0 0.0
Dentistry 100.0 0.0 99.5 0.0
Advanced / graduate dentistry and oral sciences 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Dental support services and allied professions 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Health and medical administrative services 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Allied health and medical assisting services 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Allied health diagnostic, intervention and treatment professions 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Clinical / medical laboratory science and allied professions 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Health / medical preparatory programs 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Medical scientist 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Mental and social health services and allied professions 100.0 0.8 100.0 0.0
Nursing 99.7 0.3 99.6 0.3
Optometry 100.0 0.0 100.0 0.0
Ophthalmic and optometric support services and allied professions 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Osteopathic medicine / osteopathy 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Pharmacy, pharmaceutical sciences and administration 99.5 0.2 99.5 0.5
Podiatric medicine / podiatry 100.0 0.0 100.0 0.0
Public health 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Rehabilitation and therapeutic professions 98.9 1.4 99.1 1.1
Occupational therapy / therapist 98.2 1.8 99.1 0.9
Physical therapy / therapist 100.0 0.0 100.0 0.5
Other rehabilitation and therapeutic professions 95.1 4.9 97.7 4.7
Health aides / attendants / orderlies 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Medical illustration and informatics 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Dietetics and clinical nutrition services 94.5 5.5 94.0 4.8
Bioethics / medical ethics 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Alternative and complementary medicine and medical systems 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Alternative and complementary medical support services 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Somatic bodywork and related therapeutic services 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Movement and mind-body therapies 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Energy-based and biologically-based therapies 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Health professions and related clinical sciences, other 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Dental residency programs 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Physicians2 96.9 3.1 97.4 2.5
Medicine 96.9 3.1 97.4 2.5
Medical residency programs 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Selected health-related programs 97.5 2.4 97.3 2.7
Psychology 96.4 3.6 96.1 3.9
Clinical psychology 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Counselling psychology 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Clinical child psychology 99.4 0.3 99.7 0.3
Health / medical psychology 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other psychology 95.7 4.3 95.3 4.7
Social work 98.9 1.2 98.9 1.1
Health and physical education / fitness 98.8 1.2 98.7 1.4
All other programs3 93.0 7.0 92.9 7.1
Master's degree 86.7 13.3 86.5 13.5
Health programs1 92.5 7.7 92.5 7.7
Health services / allied health / health sciences, general 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Chiropractic 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Communication disorders sciences and services 98.4 0.0 98.7 0.0
Dentistry 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Advanced / graduate dentistry and oral sciences 80.0 26.7 88.9 11.1
Dental support services and allied professions 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Health and medical administrative services 80.0 20.0 85.3 14.7
Allied health and medical assisting services 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Allied health diagnostic, intervention and treatment professions 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Clinical / medical laboratory science and allied professions 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Health / medical preparatory programs 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Medical scientist 95.7 6.4 93.2 6.8
Mental and social health services and allied professions 100.0 0.0 97.3 0.0
Nursing 93.3 7.6 93.4 5.7
Optometry 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ophthalmic and optometric support services and allied professions 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Osteopathic medicine / osteopathy 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Pharmacy, pharmaceutical sciences and administration 93.5 6.5 94.2 5.8
Podiatric medicine / podiatry 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Public health 87.8 11.1 84.3 15.7
Rehabilitation and therapeutic professions 93.8 6.3 92.1 7.9
Occupational therapy / therapist 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Physical therapy / therapist 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0
Other rehabilitation and therapeutic professions 93.8 6.3 91.4 8.6
Health aides / attendants / orderlies 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Medical illustration and informatics 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Dietetics and clinical nutrition services 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Bioethics / medical ethics 100.0 0.0 100.0 9.1
Alternative and complementary medicine and medical systems 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Alternative and complementary medical support services 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Somatic bodywork and related therapeutic services 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Movement and mind-body therapies 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Energy-based and biologically-based therapies 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Health professions and related clinical sciences, other 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Dental residency programs 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Physicians2 88.9 22.2 77.8 33.3
Medicine 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Medical residency programs 88.9 22.2 77.8 33.3
Selected health-related programs 95.5 4.5 95.4 4.4
Psychology 95.6 4.8 95.8 3.8
Clinical psychology 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Counselling psychology 95.6 4.4 97.4 2.6
Clinical child psychology 100.0 1.1 100.0 0.9
Health / medical psychology 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other psychology 92.3 7.7 92.9 7.1
Social work 96.4 3.6 96.8 3.7
Health and physical education / fitness 90.9 7.6 89.7 8.8
All other programs3 85.9 14.1 85.6 14.4
Doctorate 81.1 18.9 80.9 19.1
Health programs1 85.5 13.9 85.6 15.0
Health services / allied health / health sciences, general 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Chiropractic 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Communication disorders sciences and services 40.0 40.0 75.0 50.0
Dentistry 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0
Advanced / graduate dentistry and oral sciences 100.0 100.0 50.0 25.0
Dental support services and allied professions 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Health and medical administrative services 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Allied health and medical assisting services 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Allied health diagnostic, intervention and treatment professions 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Clinical / medical laboratory science and allied professions 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Health / medical preparatory programs 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Medical scientist 86.7 12.0 87.5 12.5
Mental and social health services and allied professions 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nursing 83.3 16.7 85.7 9.5
Optometry 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ophthalmic and optometric support services and allied professions 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Osteopathic medicine / osteopathy 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Pharmacy, pharmaceutical sciences and administration 80.8 19.2 85.2 14.8
Podiatric medicine / podiatry 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Public health 87.5 12.5 81.8 18.2
Rehabilitation and therapeutic professions 100.0 0.0 100.0 0.0
Occupational therapy / therapist 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Physical therapy / therapist 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other rehabilitation and therapeutic professions 100.0 0.0 100.0 0.0
Health aides / attendants / orderlies 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Medical illustration and informatics 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Dietetics and clinical nutrition services 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Bioethics / medical ethics 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Alternative and complementary medicine and medical systems 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Alternative and complementary medical support services 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Somatic bodywork and related therapeutic services 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Movement and mind-body therapies 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Energy-based and biologically-based therapies 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Health professions and related clinical sciences, other 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Dental residency programs 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Physicians2 100.0 0.0 100.0 0.0
Medicine 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Medical residency programs 100.0 0.0 100.0 0.0
Selected health-related programs 94.8 5.4 95.4 4.8
Psychology 96.7 3.6 96.5 3.5
Clinical psychology 100.0 4.2 100.0 3.8
Counselling psychology 96.4 3.6 97.4 2.6
Clinical child psychology 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Health / medical psychology 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other psychology 96.2 3.8 96.2 3.5
Social work 80.8 19.2 92.0 8.0
Health and physical education / fitness 64.3 28.6 66.7 33.3
All other programs3 78.7 21.3 78.4 21.6
Other graduate level-Residency 84.5 15.5 84.3 15.6
Medical residency programs 84.5 15.6 84.3 15.7
Dental residency programs 91.7 0.0 100.0 8.3

0 true zero or a value rounded to zero

1. Excludes veterinary programs.

2. Not a standard Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) category. Physicians are comprised of Medicine and Medical residency programs.

3. Includes veterinary programs but excludes all health programs, Psychology, Social work, and Health and physical education/fitness.

Notes: With the exception of Physical therapy / therapist and Occupational therapy / therapist, type of program is defined using the 2- or 4-digit level of the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP). See Appendix 3 for more details. Data for medicine programs and medical residency programs are not consistent with those published by the Association of Faculties of Medicine Canada and the Canadian Post-M.D. Education Registry, respectively. Future work is required to understand these inconsistencies.

To ensure the confidentiality of responses, a random rounding process is applied to the data. As a result, when these data are summed or grouped, the total value may not match the sum of the individual values, since total and subtotals are independently rounded. Similarly, percentage distributions, which are calculated on rounded data, may not necessarily add up to 100%.

Source: Postsecondary Student Information System (PSIS), Statistics Canada.