Census 2016: Canadians, including recent immigrants, are among most educated in the w

[the big wheel]

Sumdum that's a point I was thinking also. Many of these people are coming from areas where wars and Isis Taliban etc have been in place for long periods of time. Yet all these degrees? Is there such robust economies there where everyone has masters degrees? I don't know it doesn't add up to me? Why all the turmoil if there is all this knowledge and smart people?

I know a lot of so called doctors who are certified elsewhere but can not pass the Canadian. Standard also.

[sumdumguy]

Not all degrees are created equal and some are not legitimate. I worked with an imigrant auditor with a master's degree in accounting who didn't know what double-entry accounting was nor did he know the difference between cash and accrual accounting. But because of his "education", he advanced right to head auditor. Go figure! He was a nice enough guy but he did lift my garage door opener out of my car when I took him to a baseball game. And grassfarmer, just to be clear-this I know because I had him return it before I kicked his ass back to Nigeria.

[Daylate]

Guess there's no place in the world for the rest of us.

[grassfarmer]

Well analyse it for the rest of us dummies.

Let's see you get your university or other post secondary education paid for
Yet low post grad degrees? Soooo?
Much higher amongst Metis? Why maybe the other half says get at er or not tonight? Lol.
Not as much to do on reserves why? Isn t there money going there? Or is that the problem? I don't know. Tell us.

I was referring more to this part: "It also shows that Canada has the highest proportion of college graduates among developed nations, partly because recent immigrants are especially well-educated. The percentage of all immigrants with a master's or doctorate degree is twice that of the Canadian-born population."

[the big wheel]

Well analyse it for the rest of us dummies.

Let's see you get your university or other post secondary education paid for
Yet low post grad degrees? Soooo?
Much higher amongst Metis? Why maybe the other half says get at er or not tonight? Lol.
Not as much to do on reserves why? Isn t there money going there? Or is that the problem? I don't know. Tell us.

[grassfarmer]

A good news story, can't understand why it isn't attracting more comments, lol.

[chuckChuck]

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/census-2016-education-labour-employment-mobility/article37122392/
Census 2016: Canadians, including recent immigrants, are among most educated in the world

Canada's labour force is increasingly reliant on well-educated immigrants who are enjoying employment rates that are broadly in line with the national average.

The latest findings of the 2016 census provide an in-depth look at the national labour market, offering valuable data for government decision makers as well as Canadians looking to match their skills with jobs that are in demand.

It also shows that Canada has the highest proportion of college graduates among developed nations, partly because recent immigrants are especially well-educated. The percentage of all immigrants with a master's or doctorate degree is twice that of the Canadian-born population.

Immigrants accounted for 23.8 per cent of the labour force in 2016, up from 21.2 per cent in 2006, because of increased immigration. The employment rate for immigrants stood at 57.3 per cent, slightly below the national average of 60.2 per cent.

Statistics Canada noted immigration is an important part of Canada's strategy for offsetting the impact of population aging, which might otherwise lead to a shrinking pool of workers and labour shortages.

Employment rates for Indigenous people aged 25 to 54 ranged from 47 per cent for First Nations people living on reserve to 74.6 per cent among Métis. Most employment rates for Indigenous people in that age group declined from 2006 to 2016.

In the last decade, Canada's Indigenous population has become much more educated. Nearly 70 per cent of Indigenous people aged 25 to 64 had completed high school in 2016, up from 60 per cent in 2006.

This positive trend continued for postsecondary education as well, with 10.9 per cent of Indigenous people getting a university degree, 23 per cent getting a college diploma and 5.6 per cent getting an apprenticeship certificate.

However, where an Indigenous person lives tends to affect how likely they are to achieve postsecondary education. For example, the percentage of off-reserve First Nations people with a bachelor's degree was 11.4 per cent – compared to 5.4 per cent of those living on reserve.