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Top 10 Places of Birth for Total Immigrants, Immigrants Arriving Before 1961 and Recent
Immigrants for Canada, 1996 Census - 20% Sample Data
Canada
Total Immigrants (1)
|
|
Number |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
4,971,070 |
100.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
..United Kingdom |
655,540 |
13.2 |
|
..Italy |
332,110 |
6.7 |
|
..United States |
244,695 |
4.9 |
|
..Hong Kong |
241,095 |
4.8 |
|
..India |
235,930 |
4.7 |
|
..People's Republic of China |
231,055 |
4.6 |
|
..Poland |
193,375 |
3.9 |
|
..Philippines |
184,550 |
3.7 |
|
..Germany |
181,650 |
3.7 |
|
..Portugal |
158,820 |
3.2 |
Immigrated Before 1961
|
|
Number |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
1,054,930 |
100.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
..United Kingdom |
265,575 |
25.2 |
|
..Italy |
161,730 |
15.3 |
|
..Germany |
107,270 |
10.2 |
|
..Netherlands |
88,810 |
8.4 |
|
..Poland |
57,820 |
5.5 |
|
..United States |
45,050 |
4.3 |
|
..Hungary |
33,215 |
3.1 |
|
..Ukraine |
27,640 |
2.6 |
|
..Greece |
21,555 |
2.0 |
|
..People's Republic of China |
17,545 |
1.7 |
Recent Immigrants (2)
|
|
Number |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
1,038,995 |
100.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
..Hong Kong |
108,915 |
10.5 |
|
..People's Republic of China |
87,875 |
8.5 |
|
..India |
71,335 |
6.9 |
|
..Philippines |
71,325 |
6.9 |
|
..Sri Lanka |
44,235 |
4.3 |
|
..Poland |
36,965 |
3.6 |
|
..Taiwan |
32,140 |
3.1 |
|
..Viet Nam |
32,060 |
3.1 |
|
..United States |
29,020 |
2.8 |
|
..United Kingdom |
25,425 |
2.4 |
(1) Non-permanent residents are not included in this table.
(2) Recent immigrants are those who immigrated between 1991 and the first
four months of 1996.
This table contains data selected from Catalogue
No. 93F0023XDB96003 in the Nation Series.
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