Does Bilingualism Mean Greater Employability?

As to the employment experience of those who have studied outside of Canada the rate of unemployment is highest in Quebec, followed again in a distant second by British Columbia and Ontario.

Table 6

Studied Outside of Canada Unemployment rate for Canadians and by immigrant status and period of immigration 35 to 44 years 2006

As to immigrants and non-immigrants that studied in Canada PEI has the worst gap in rates of unemployment followed by Quebec. Clearly immigrants that study in Canada have considerably lower rates of unemployment than those who have studied outside of Canada. .

Table 7

Unemployment rate University certificate, diploma or degree 35 to 44 years
Location of stu: Inside Canada	Total	Non-immigrants	Immigrants
Canada	2,9	2,6	4,5
Prince Edward Island	3,0	2,6	16,7
Quebec	3,2	2,6	8,0
Nova Scotia	3,4	3,4	4,2
British Columbia	2,9	2,6	4,0
Ontario	2,9	2,6	3,9
Manitoba	2,5	2,4	3,7
Newfoundland and Labrador	3,8	3,8	3,6
Saskatchewan	2,3	2,2	3,5
Alberta	2,3	2,2	2,8
New Brunswick /	2,2	2,3	2,0

Source: Statistics Canada, census of Canada, 2006

In Quebec the gap in unemployment between immigrants and non-immigrants that studied in and outside of Canada is biggest.