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Statistics Canada - Government of Canada

Table 6
Percentage of the population employed, by age group and sex, 2001
  West Asian community Total Canadian population
Men Women Total Men Women Total
percentage
Age group
15 to 24
44.8 43.9 44.4 56.1 55.6 55.9
25 to 44
77.4 54.7 66.7 85.6 75.2 80.3
45 to 64
72.0 49.0 61.4 74.8 60.8 67.7
65 and over
18.0 5.3 11.6 13.0 4.8 8.4
Total 64.1 46.6 55.8 67.2 56.1 61.5
Source: Statistics Canada, 2001 Census of Canada.