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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 |
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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. |