Table 1 Distribution of native-born and immigrant workers by NRI and education degrees—2006 (weighted)
NRI—normalized RI (for native-born) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Native born | Immigrants (Canadian educated) | Immigrants (internationally educated) | |||||||
Degree | 1.0–0.2 (%) | 0.2–0.0 (%) | Total | 1.0–0.2 (%) | 0.2–0.0 (%) | Total | 1.0–0.2 (%) | 0.2–0.0 (%) | Total |
Apprenticeship | 38.1 | 61.9 | 883,215 | 36.3 | 63.7 | 104,895 | 23.9 | 76.1 | 47,865 |
Trades | 46.8 | 53.2 | 449,475 | 41.8 | 58.2 | 66,635 | 26.2 | 73.8 | 30,210 |
College <1 year | 38.8 | 61.2 | 301,460 | 38.1 | 61.9 | 51,700 | 23.5 | 76.5 | 11,375 |
College 1–2 years | 41.5 | 58.5 | 1,199,525 | 39.7 | 60.3 | 173,530 | 22.6 | 77.4 | 52,470 |
College >2 years | 49.5 | 51.5 | 916,480 | 44.3 | 55.7 | 147,055 | 23.6 | 76.4 | 78,770 |
University < bachelor’s | 44.2 | 56.8 | 430,945 | 37.9 | 62.1 | 115,940 | 20.1 | 79.9 | 105,135 |
Bachelor’s | 47.3 | 53.7 | 1,504,535 | 42.2 | 57.8 | 279,505 | 24.3 | 75.7 | 270,605 |
University > bachelor’s | 57.2 | 43.8 | 220,400 | 51.1 | 48.9 | 44,485 | 26.0 | 74.0 | 51,915 |
Degrees in medicine | 77.6 | 23.4 | 20,605 | 70.0 | 30.0 | 6360 | 26.8 | 73.2 | 13,355 |
Total | 44.9 | 55.1 | 5,926,640 | 41.3 | 58.7 | 990,105 | 23.7 | 76.3 | 661,700 |