Statistics Canada has released a report on the job mismatch experienced by core-aged workers with postsecondary education, which reveals that recent immigrants have a higher rate of job mismatch for their skills and experience. Based on Labour Market Survey data from September 2024 and September 2025, researchers found that 26% of recent immigrants with a postsecondary credential reported having jobs which usually require education at the high school level or lower. This contrasted with 13% of those born in Canada. Measures of job mismatch were also higher for recent immigrants, even when controlling for the education of the respondent. StatCan noted that measures of job mismatch were lower for recent immigrants from OECD countries, similar to levels for those born in Canada.
