FactSheet: Immigrants – Employment Rates by Level of Education
Highlights
- Immigrants constitute a higher share of residents with a university degree, as compared to their share within other educational cohorts.
- Following the pattern of the Canadian born, immigrants with a higher level of educational attainment are more likely to be employed.
- Notwithstanding this improvement, the employment gap rises for immigrants with higher education levels because, as education rises, the employment rate of the Canadian born rises faster than that of immigrants … a pattern that is more pronounced among females than males.
