Immigration Labour Force Survey

2012
B.C. Immigrants by Period of Landing
Very Recent
Immigrants

Recent
Immigrants

Established
Immigrants

Total Landed
Immigrants

Canadian
Born

Gap Between
Canadian Born
and Immigrants
(Canadian Born minus
Immigrants 1 )

Who Has a Job?

Population Aged 15+
(number in thousands)
% of the Population Aged 15+ With a Job
Total
By Age
Age 15-24
Age 25-54
Age 55+
By Gender (Age 15+)
Male
Female
By Highest Level of Education (Age 25-54)
No degree, certificate or diploma
High school graduate
High school graduate, some post-secondary
Post-secondary certificate or diploma
University degree
Bachelor's degree
Above bachelor's degree
By CMA (Age 15+)
Abbotsford
Kelowna
Vancouver
Victoria

134

159

851

1,143

2,569

59.0

65.1

54.4

56.4

62.7

6.3

39.4
69.1
16.8

47.8
75.0
39.5

52.3
80.1
33.1

47.8
77.3
33.0

56.5
82.0
35.9

8.7
4.7
2.9

68.0
50.8

71.2
59.8

58.7
50.4

61.5
51.8

65.2
60.2

3.7
8.4

46.8
54.3
66.7
70.2
73.6
74.9
71.5

60.7
70.4
74.5
77.0
76.7
76.6
76.9

67.4
77.1
79.3
83.3
82.5
81.7
84.1

64.3
73.8
77.0
80.2
79.1
79.1
79.1

62.9
78.6
81.2
84.1
89.2
88.3
91.5

-1.4
4.8
4.2
3.9
10.1
9.2
12.4

60.0
*
58.8
62.5

59.4
75.0
64.7
63.0

50.0
51.3
57.4
48.6

52.8
56.2
58.7
50.9

67.1
63.0
64.9
64.6

14.3
6.8
6.2
13.7

Immigration Labour Force Survey

2012
B.C. Immigrants by Period of Landing
Very Recent
Immigrants

Recent
Immigrants

Established
Immigrants

Total Landed
Immigrants

Canadian
Born

Gap Between
Canadian Born
and Immigrants
(Canadian Born minus
Immigrants 1 )

Who Is Unemployed?
Number of Persons in Labour Force
(number in thousands)
% of the Labour Force who are Unemployed
Total
By Age
Age 15-24
Age 25-54
Age 55+
By Gender (Age 15+)
Male
Female
By Highest Level of Education (Age 25-54)
No degree, certificate or diploma
High school graduate
High school graduate, some post-secondary
Post-secondary certificate or diploma
University degree
Bachelor's degree
Above bachelor's degree
By CMA (Age 15+)
Vancouver

89

114

491

693

1,724

11.0

9.2

5.8

7.0

6.5

-0.5

*
9.3
*

15.5
7.9
*

10.4
5.7
5.3

12.6
6.7
6.3

12.9
5.2
5.1

0.3
-1.5
-1.2

9.8
12.3

8.2
10.1

5.3
6.3

6.4
7.7

7.2
5.8

0.8
-1.9

*
*
*
10.1
8.8
9.2
*

*
*
*
*
8.7
8.1
9.5

8.5
6.6
*
5.3
4.9
5.1
5.0

9.6
7.0
*
6.1
6.7
6.6
6.7

10.9
5.9
5.5
4.9
3.2
3.6
2.4

1.3
-1.1
5.5
-1.2
-3.5
-3.0
-4.3

11.2

9.1

6.0

7.3

6.1

-1.2

Immigration Labour Force Survey

2012
B.C. Immigrants by Period of Landing
Very Recent
Immigrants

Recent
Immigrants

Established
Immigrants

Total Landed
Immigrants

Canadian
Born

Gap Between
Canadian Born
and Immigrants
(Canadian Born minus
Immigrants 1 )

Type of Jobs
Number of Employed Persons Aged 15+
(number in thousands)

79

103

463

645

1,611

7.6

7.2

10.5

9.6

9.0

-0.6

16.5

16.4

17.1

16.9

17.5

0.7

9.9

10.5

8.7

9.1

5.6

-3.5

4.9

6.8

8.6

7.9

6.3

-1.5

7.4

6.0

7.8

7.4

9.2

1.9

2.7

4.5

3.0

3.2

3.5

0.3

35.8

30.1

24.1

26.5

26.2

-0.4

11.3

10.2

13.4

12.6

17.0

4.4

2.4

2.2

2.2

3.1

0.9

3.3

6.0

4.5

4.6

2.6

-2.0

19.9
80.1

21.6
78.4

18.1
81.9

18.9
81.1

23.1
76.9

4.2
-4.2

% of Those Who are Employed

By Occupation (Age 15+)

Management occupations
Business, finance and administrative
occupations
Natural and applied sciences and related
occupations
Health occupations
Occupations in social science,
education, government service and religion
Occupations in art, culture, recreation
and sport
Sales and service occupations
Trades, transport and equipment
operators and related occupations
Occupations unique to primary industry
Occupations unique to processing,
manufacturing and utilities
Hours Worked (Age 15+)

Part time
Full time
* Estimate too unreliable to release.

1. A positive gap means that Canadian born individuals have a higher value for that variable than Immigrants and a negative gap means the opposite. For variables where higher
values mean better outcomes (for example, the "% of the population with a job"), a positive gap means Immigrant performance is not as good as Canadian born performance. For
variables where higher values mean worse outcomes (for example, the "% of the labour force who are unemployed"), a positive gap means Immigrant performance is better than
Canadian born performance. The greater the number, the greater the inequality between the two groups. For variables that measure a societal good, such as education achievements
or a societal bad such as unemployment rates, the goal is to minimize the gap between the two groups.

Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey

Produced by: BC Stats, Revised December 19, 2013