Longitudinal Immigration Database (IMDB)

Educational attainment at immigration of immigrant, category

Educational attainment at immigration refers to the highest level of education that an immigrant had successfully completed at the time of being granted the right to live in Canada permanently by immigration authorities. Successful completion of a level of education refers to the achievement of the learning objectives of that level, typically validated through the assessment of acquired knowledge, skills and competencies.

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.

The data for this variable are reported using the following classifications and/or lists:

• Highest Educational Attainment, Extension and Regrouping Variant, with No Education
  Data tables

  • Income of immigrants, by world area, sex, immigrant admission category, education qualifications, knowledge of official languages and landing year for Alberta, tax year 2015 Table: 054-0007
  • Income of immigrants, by world area, sex, immigrant admission category, education qualifications, knowledge of official languages and landing year for British Columbia, tax year 2015 Table: 054-0005
  • Income of immigrants, by world area, sex, immigrant admission category, education qualifications, knowledge of official languages and landing year for Manitoba, tax year 2015 Table: 054-0011
  • Income of immigrants, by world area, sex, immigrant admission category, education qualifications, knowledge of official languages and landing year for Ontario, tax year 2015 Table: 054-0013
  • Income of immigrants, by world area, sex, immigrant admission category, education qualifications, knowledge of official languages and landing year for Quebec, tax year 2015 Table: 054-0015
  • Income of immigrants, by world area, sex, immigrant admission category, education qualifications, knowledge of official languages and landing year for Saskatchewan, tax year 2015 Table: 054-0009
  • Income of immigrants, by world area, sex, immigrant admission category, education qualifications, knowledge of official languages, and landing year for tax year 2015 Table: 054-0002
  • Income of immigrants, by world area, sex, immigrant admission category, education qualifications, knowledge of official languages and landing year for the Atlantic provinces, tax year 2015 Table: 054-0017