Table 6
Labour force aged 25 to 54, by major occupational group and immigration status, Canada, 2006
Occupational group | Canadian-born | Total immigrants | Recent immigrants | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | |
percentage | ||||||
All occupational groups | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Management | 8.9 | 13.2 | 8.0 | 12.6 | 5.8 | 9.5 |
Business, finance and administrative | 29.8 | 9.7 | 26.0 | 10.5 | 22.6 | 11.1 |
Natural and applied sciences | 3.2 | 10.3 | 5.3 | 15.4 | 6.6 | 18.7 |
Health | 10.9 | 2.1 | 9.9 | 2.9 | 8.8 | 2.8 |
Social science, education, government service and religion | 14.5 | 5.4 | 9.9 | 4.6 | 10.1 | 5.7 |
Art, culture, recreation and sport | 3.4 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 2.0 |
Sales and service | 22.3 | 14.9 | 25.6 | 16.7 | 30.0 | 17.9 |
Trades, transport and equipment operators | 2.3 | 29.1 | 2.2 | 23.2 | 2.1 | 18.8 |
Occupations unique to primary industry | 1.5 | 5.4 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 1.7 |
Occupations unique to processing, manufacturing and utilities | 3.2 | 7.4 | 9.2 | 10.2 | 10.0 | 11.8 |
Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2006. |
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