Data tables, 2016 Census
Admission Category and Applicant Type (7), Labour Force Status (8), Period of Immigration (7), Highest Certificate, Diploma or Degree (7), Location of Study (5), Age (13A) and Sex (3) for the Population Aged 15 Years and Over that Immigrated between 1980 and 2016, Living in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data
Data table
| Admission category and applicant type (7) | Labour force status (8) | |||||||
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| Total - Labour force statusFootnote 4 | In the labour force | Employed | Unemployed | Not in the labour force | Participation rate | Employment rate | Unemployment rate | |
| Total - Admission category and applicant typeFootnote 5 | 756,950 | 508,465 | 476,520 | 31,945 | 248,480 | 67.2 | 63.0 | 6.3 |
| Economic immigrantsFootnote 6 | 435,060 | 302,775 | 283,835 | 18,940 | 132,285 | 69.6 | 65.2 | 6.3 |
| Principal applicantsFootnote 7 | 176,950 | 134,385 | 127,905 | 6,480 | 42,565 | 75.9 | 72.3 | 4.8 |
| Secondary applicantsFootnote 8 | 258,105 | 168,385 | 155,930 | 12,460 | 89,720 | 65.2 | 60.4 | 7.4 |
| Immigrants sponsored by familyFootnote 9 | 243,405 | 153,120 | 143,775 | 9,340 | 90,285 | 62.9 | 59.1 | 6.1 |
| RefugeesFootnote 10 | 67,540 | 47,335 | 43,930 | 3,405 | 20,200 | 70.1 | 65.0 | 7.2 |
| Other immigrantsFootnote 11 | 10,945 | 5,235 | 4,975 | 260 | 5,705 | 47.8 | 45.5 | 5.0 |
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Footnote(s)
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Users are advised to consult data quality comments for 'Highest certificate, diploma or degree,' available in the Education Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016, Catalogue no. 98-500-X2016013.
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For information on collection, classification and data quality for 'Location of study', refer to the Education Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016, Catalogue no. 98-500-X2016013.
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Period of immigration refers to the period in which the immigrant first obtained landed immigrant or permanent resident status.
'Immigrant' refers to a person who is, or who has ever been, a landed immigrant or permanent resident. Such a person has been granted the right to live in Canada permanently by immigration authorities. Immigrants who have obtained Canadian citizenship by naturalization are included in this group.
For more information on immigration variables, including information on their classifications, the questions from which they are derived, data quality and their comparability with other sources of data, please refer to the Place of Birth, Generation Status, Citizenship and Immigration Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016. - Footnote 4
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Refers to whether a person aged 15 years and over was employed, unemployed or not in the labour force during the week of Sunday, May 1 to Saturday, May 7, 2016.
Early enumeration was conducted in remote, isolated parts of the provinces and territories. When enumeration has taken place before May 2016, the reference date used is the date on which the household was enumerated.
In the past, this variable was called Labour force activity. - Footnote 5
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'Admission category' refers to the name of the immigration program or group of programs under which an immigrant has been granted for the first time the right to live in Canada permanently by immigration authorities.
'Applicant type' refers to whether an immigrant was identified as the principal applicant, the spouse or the dependant on the application for permanent residence.
'Immigrant' refers to a person who is, or who has ever been, a landed immigrant or permanent resident. Such a person has been granted the right to live in Canada permanently by immigration authorities. Immigrants who have obtained Canadian citizenship by naturalization are included in this group. In the 2016 Census of Population, data on admission category and applicant type are available for immigrants who landed in Canada between January 1, 1980 and May 10, 2016.
For more information on immigration variables, including information on their classifications, data quality and their comparability with other sources of data, please refer to the Place of Birth, Generation Status, Citizenship and Immigration Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016. - Footnote 6
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'Economic immigrants' includes immigrants who have been selected for their ability to contribute to Canada's economy through their ability to meet labour market needs, to own and manage or to build a business, to make a substantial investment, to create their own employment or to meet specific provincial or territorial labour market needs.
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'Principal applicants' includes immigrants who were identified as the principal applicant on the application for permanent residence.
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'Secondary applicants' includes immigrants who were identified as the married spouse, the common-law or conjugal partner or the dependant of the principal applicant on the application for permanent residence.
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'Immigrants sponsored by family' includes immigrants who were sponsored by a Canadian citizen or permanent resident and were granted permanent resident status on the basis of their relationship either as the spouse, partner, parent, grand-parent, child or other relative of this sponsor. The terms 'family class' or 'family reunification' are sometimes used to refer to this category.
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'Refugees' includes immigrants who were granted permanent resident status on the basis of a well-founded fear of returning to their home country. This category includes persons who had a well-founded fear of persecution for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership in particular social group or for political opinion (Geneva Convention refugees) as well as persons who had been seriously and personally affected by civil war or armed conflict, or have suffered a massive violation of human rights. Some refugees were in Canada when they applied for refugee protection for themselves and their family members (either with them in Canada or abroad). Others were abroad and were referred for resettlement to Canada by the United Nations Refugee Agency, another designated referral organization or private sponsors.
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'Other immigrants' includes immigrants who were granted permanent resident status under a program that does not fall under the economic immigrants, the immigrants sponsored by family or the refugee categories.
Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016204.
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