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University Degree: Number and Percentage

university degree: Iraqis: 19,427: number of refugees resettled in Canada between 2009 and 2014. 8,340: number of those who were government assisted 11,087: number who were privately sponsored. 70.2: percentage who reported speaking neither English or French. 30.5: percentage of those under the age of 18. 10: percentage of those with a university degree, according to The Chronicle Herald. Syrians: 29,713: number resettled in Canada since Nov. 4, 2015. 16,129: number of those who are government assisted. 10,762: number who are privately sponsored. 51: percentage who, as of January, reported speaking neither English nor French. 40: percentage refugees who, as of January, were under the age of 14 2: percentage of government assisted refugees, who as of January, had a university degree. Here is a look, by the numbers, of how that group compares to the Syrian one. Immigration Department reports Source Source The Canadian Press (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.