OTTAWA - A new study says the chances of foreign-trained doctors and engineers finding work in their field in Canada depend largely on where they are from and when they arrived.
Statistics Canada has found that underemployment is most common among foreign-trained doctors born in East Asia, South East Asia, West Asia and Eastern Europe.
The agency says foreign-trained doctors born in Western European and South Asian countries are most likely to practice medicine once in Canada.
Among foreign-trained engineers, those trained in a country that has accredited engineering programs recognized by Canada had the same chance of being employed as an engineer as someone born and trained in Canada.
The chances were almost as high for engineers born in South Asia, the Caribbean or Latin America, but were very low for those born in South East Asia.
