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Table 3
Highly qualified persons, place of birth by selected country or region, 2001

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Place of birth by selected countries and regions Total university degrees (BA or higher) Earned doctorate degree Master's degree(s) Bachelor's degree(s) Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, or optometry University certificate or diploma above bachelor
Total 3,687,645 128,625 642,055 2,411,475 122,540 382,955
Canada 2,552,285 59,365 397,435 1,753,270 74,300 267,920
Asia (excluding China, India, and Philippines) 267,865 10,345 50,080 174,305 11,870 21,260
Europe (excluding United Kingdom) 245,930 17,900 66,355 116,275 11,000 34,400
United Kingdom 106,175 8,730 21,535 58,345 5,425 12,135
India 93,200 4,360 24,140 53,760 3,410 7,530
China 90,115 8,305 23,195 51,090 2,795 4,740
Rest of the world 86,595 6,100 17,670 47,325 5,565 9,940
United States 84,660 9,385 22,485 44,070 2,445 6,275
Philippines 74,790 400 3,880 61,540 1,950 7,020
Central and South America (including the Caribbean) 77,450 2,870 13,600 46,925 3,380 10,675
Australia and New Zealand 8,575 865 1,685 4,575 390 1,060
Notes: Although most non-immigrants were born in Canada, a small number were born outside Canada to Canadian parents which accounts for the slight differences between the non-immigrant and Canada figures shown in Table 1 and Table 3, respectively. In the aggregate, the figures for non-immigrants in Table 1 and those born in Canada in Table 3 are almost identical. The figures in Tables 1, 2 and 3 represent the total stock of HQPs which includes the employed, unemployed and those not in the labour force at the time (reference week) of the 2001 Census. Figures may not add to totals due to rounding.
Data source: Statistics Canada, 2001 Census of Population.
Table source: Statistics Canada, Innovation Analysis Bulletin, 2007, Vol. 9, no. 2, Catalogue no. 88-003-XWE.