Table 1
Percentage distribution of Immigrant Landing File cohort, by sex, age group, immigration category, landing year, and source world region Table 1
Percentage distribution of Immigrant Landing File cohort, by sex, age group, immigration category, landing year, and source world region

Table 1
Percentage distribution of Immigrant Landing File cohort, by sex, age group, immigration category, landing year, and source world region
Table summary
This table displays the results of Percentage distribution of Immigrant Landing File cohort Male and Female, calculated using % distribution units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Age group (2006)
	Male	Female
Total number	1,242,600	1,352,000
Mean age (2006)	38.6	39.4
	% distribution
0 to 24	22.5	19.8
25 to 44	41.7	44.4
45 to 64	29.0	27.2
65 or older	6.8	8.6
Immigration category
Economic class
Principal applicant	26.2	12.2
Dependant	23.5	33.7
Family class	28.9	37.4
Refugee class	16.4	12.7
Other^Note †	5.0	4.0
Landing year
1980 to 1989	23.2	22.3
1990 to 1999	44.1	44.9
2000 to 2006	32.7	32.8
Source world region
United States	2.1	2.6
Caribbean/Central and South America	10.1	11.0
Western Europe	8.1	7.3
Eastern Europe	12.6	12.6
Sub-Saharan Africa	4.8	4.6
North Africa/Middle East/West Asia	9.4	7.7
South Asia	19.3	17.6
South East Asia	11.9	14.1
East Asia	20.7	21.8
Oceania	0.7	0.7
Note † foreign nationals admitted on humanitarian and compassionate grounds who do not qualify in any immigration category Return to note † referrer Note: Excludes Quebec. Source: Immigrant Landing File (1980 to 2006) linked to Discharge Abstract Database (2006/2007 to 2008/2009).

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