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Number of persons who have attained the

following levels of

Number of Persons Who Have Attained

First Degree/Postgraduate Degree, Post-Secondary and Matriculation Education Levels in the Population and Number of Immigrant Visas Issued to Such Persons

Annex D

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1st Qtr

1988

education in the

population (1) :

first degree/

postgraduate degree

86311

95148

(% of population)

(1.7)

(1.9)

(1.9)

96871 93186 (1.8)

128148

138606

158181

160228

(2.4)

(2.6)

(2.9)

(2.9)

post-secondary

77183

76665

85126

97769

108314

117134

128200

137929

(% of population)

(1.5)

(1.5)

(1.6)

(1.9)

(2.1)

(2.2)

(2.3)

(2.5)

matriculation

134989

131928

138078

146582

126787

133659

142335

145363

(% of population)

(2.7)

(2.6)

(2.7)

(2.8)

(2.4)

(2.5)

(2.6)

(2.6)

total

298483

303741

320074

337536

363248

389 399

428717

443520

(% of population)

(5.9)

(6.0)

(6.2)

(6.5)

(6.9)

(7.2)

(7.8)

(8.0)

Number of immigrant

visas issued to persons who have attained the

following levels of

education (2):

first degree/

postgraduate degree

1228

1655

(% of all visas issued)

(6.34) (8.46)

1864 (8.72)

2858 (12.26) (12.26)

2487 (11.93)

3528 (16.21)

6584 (16.92)

1884 (14.58)

post-secondary

896

959

(% of all visas issued) (4.63)

(4.90)

1062 (4.97)

1386 (5.95)

1204 (5.78)

1532 (7.04)

4216 (10.84)

1477 (11.43)

matriculation

760

743

854

978

(% of all visas issued) (3.92)

(3.80)

(4.00)

(4.20)

900 (4.32)

896 (4.12)

1893

749

(4.87)

(5.80

total

2884

3357

(% of all visas issued) (14.89) (17.16)

3780 5222 (17.69) (22.41) (22.03)

4591

5956 (27.37)

12693

4110

(32.63)

(31.81