Table 1
Distribution of 2011-to-2014 linked CCHS–IMDB cohort, by selected demographic and socioeconomic characteristics for Canadian-born individuals and immigrants by admission category

Table 1
Distribution of 2011-to-2014 linked CCHS–IMDB cohort, by selected demographic and socioeconomic characteristics for Canadian-born individuals and immigrants by admission category
Table summary
This table displays the results of Distribution of 2011-to-2014 linked CCHS–IMDB cohort Canadian-born respondents, IMDB immigrants, Overall and By admission category, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
		Overall	By admission category
	Canadian-born respondents	IMDB immigrants
		Overall	Economic class	Family class	Refugee
Sample size	179,275	12,490	6,840	3,680	1,473
Estimated population	22,140,000	4,219,000	2,233,000	1,268,000	548,110
Percent within IMDB immigrant population^{Table 1 Note ‡}	Note ...: not applicable	100	53	30	13
	percent
Age group
12 to 24 years	21	14	18	8	15
25 to 39 years	23	34	33	38	34
40 to 64 years	40	44	45	40	46
65 years and older	16	7	4	13	4
Sex
Male	49	50	52	44	56
Female	51	50	49	56	44
Duration since landing
Recent (less than 10 years)	Note ...: not applicable	37	44	32	33
Established (10 years or more)	Note ...: not applicable	63	56	68	67
Source world region (from IMDB)
United States+	Note ...: not applicable	11	13	13	Note F: too unreliable to be published
Latin America and the Caribbean	Note ...: not applicable	15	8	24	18
Eastern Europe	Note ...: not applicable	10	10	7	21
Sub-Saharan Africa	Note ...: not applicable	6	5	4	13
Middle East and Western Asia	Note ...: not applicable	12	13	7	22
Southern Asia	Note ...: not applicable	17	15	22	14
Southeast Asia	Note ...: not applicable	14	17	12	8
East Asia	Note ...: not applicable	14	19	11	Note F: too unreliable to be published
Official language proficiency
Both English and French	23	13	15	9	13
English only	64	75	76	74	74
French only	13	6	6	6	7
Neither English nor French	0	6	3	11	6
Education
Some postsecondary	46	33	25	43	42
Postsecondary education	53	66	74	55	57
Marital status
Married or common law	55	66	65	72	57
Widowed, separated or divorced	12	9	6	13	10
Single or never married	33	25	29	15	32
Health region income decile
Lower 20%	16	32	29	33	45
Middle 60%	61	57	59	57	49
Upper 20%	23	11	12	10	6
Employment
Employed	62	67	70	63	67
Did not have a job last week	26	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published
Permanently unable to work	3	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published
Sense of belonging to local community
Weak	34	32	33	28	37
Strong	63	65	65	68	58
... not applicable F too unreliable to be published Note ‡ Subtotals do not add up to overall due to exclusion of a small miscellaneous immigrant admission category. Return to note ‡ referrer Notes: United States+ refers to United States, Australia, New Zealand and Western Europe. Proportions may not add up to 100% because of missing or miscellaneous grouping. CCHS stands for Canadian Community Health Survey. IMDB stands for Longitudinal Immigration Database. Source: 2011-to-2014 linked CCHS–IMDB database.

Date modified:: 2020-08-19

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Distribution of 2011-to-2014 linked CCHS–IMDB cohort, by selected demographic and socioeconomic characteristics for Canadian-born individuals and immigrants by admission category

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Distribution of 2011-to-2014 linked CCHS–IMDB cohort, by selected demographic and socioeconomic characteristics for Canadian-born individuals and immigrants by admission category