Table 3
Population aged 15 and over with a postsecondary certificate or diploma, by major field of study, Canada, 2006
| Major field of study | Canadian-born | Total immigrants | Recent immigrants | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | |
| percentage | ||||||
| Population with a postsecondary certificate or diploma | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Education | 12.3 | 4.3 | 8.7 | 2.6 | 7.3 | 1.7 |
| Visual and performing arts and communications technologies | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 2.3 |
| Humanities | 6.1 | 4.5 | 8.0 | 4.2 | 9.7 | 4.1 |
| Social and behavioural sciences and law | 12.5 | 7.0 | 12.7 | 6.8 | 12.4 | 7.1 |
| Business, management and public administration | 27.3 | 15.7 | 26.6 | 15.9 | 24.9 | 18.0 |
| Physical and life sciences and technologies | 2.6 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 6.1 | 6.1 |
| Mathematics, computer and information sciences | 2.8 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 7.1 | 6.3 | 9.9 |
| Architecture, engineering and related technologies | 2.5 | 41.6 | 6.0 | 43.7 | 10.6 | 40.1 |
| Agriculture, Natural resources and conservation | 1.4 | 3.5 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 2.4 |
| Health, parks, recreation and fitness | 22.2 | 4.8 | 18.9 | 5.6 | 15.1 | 6.0 |
| Personal, protective and transportation services | 6.4 | 6.9 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| Other fields of study | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2006. | ||||||
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