Table 2.5.2
Reasons why immigrants did not have their credentials checked with
a postsecondary institution in Canada within two years of
immigrating, by the occupation they wanted when they decided to
immigrate to Canada, Quebec, 2003
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| Don't know where / how to get my credentials checked | Time constraints | Foreign credentials not recognized by employer | I knew credentials would not be accepted | Planning to return to school | Financial constraints | Not my main priority | Other | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | standard error | % | standard error | % | standard error | % | standard error | % | standard error | % | standard error | % | standard error | % | standard error | |
| All occupations | 8.3 E | (2.1) | 31.5 | (3.5) | F | … | 6.9 E | (2.1) | 13.3 E | (2.6) | 9.1 E | (2.3) | 5.1 E | (1.6) | 49.9 | (3.9) |
| Health occupations1 | F | … | F | … | F | … | F | … | F | … | F | … | F | … | F | … |
| All other occupations2,3 | 7.9 E | 2.1) | 30.3 | (3.5) | F | … | 6.5 E | (2.1) | 14.1 E | (2.7) | 9.6 E | (2.4) | F | … | 51.0 | (3.9) |
… not applicable
E use with caution
F too unreliable to be published
1. Excludes Veterinarians and Animal health technologists.
2. Not a Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) category.
3. Includes Veterinarians and Animal health technologists.
Notes: Excludes immigrants who did not plan to work or did not have an idea of the type of job they wanted when they decided to immigrate to Canada.
Occupations are defined using the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC), 1991. See Appendix 2 for more details.
Due to rounding, percentages may not add up exactly to 100.
Don't know, refused and not stated excluded from percentage calculations.
PLAR request relates to credential for highest level of education only.
Source: Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada, Wave 2 (2003), Statistics Canada.
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