Table 1 
Geographic distribution of immigrants and recent immigrants and their proportion within the population of census metropolitan areas, Canada, 2016 

Geographic distribution of immigrants and recent immigrants and their proportion within the population of census metropolitan areas, Canada, 2016
Number – Immigrant populationDistribution1 (%) – Immigrant populationProportion2 (%) – Immigrant populationNumber – Recent immigrants (2011 to 2016)Distribution1 (%) – Recent immigrants (2011 to 2016)Proportion2 (%) – Recent immigrants (2011 to 2016)
Canada 7,540,830 100.0 21.9 1,212,075 100.0 3.5
Toronto 2,705,550 35.9 46.1 356,930 29.4 6.1
Montréal 936,305 12.4 23.4 179,270 14.8 4.5
Vancouver 989,545 13.1 40.8 142,535 11.8 5.9
Calgary 404,700 5.4 29.4 93,255 7.7 6.8
Ottawa–Gatineau 255,800 3.4 19.7 37,890 3.1 2.9
Edmonton 308,610 4.1 23.8 78,520 6.5 6.1
Québec 44,550 0.6 5.7 13,445 1.1 1.7
Winnipeg 181,965 2.4 23.9 52,460 4.3 6.9
Hamilton 177,075 2.3 24.1 17,420 1.4 2.4
Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo 118,615 1.6 23.0 13,975 1.2 2.7
London 94,690 1.3 19.5 11,955 1.0 2.5
Halifax 37,210 0.5 9.4 9,420 0.8 2.4
St. Catharines–Niagara 67,190 0.9 16.9 4,990 0.4 1.3
Oshawa  67,570 0.9 18.0 4,545 0.4 1.2
Victoria  65,610 0.9 18.3 7,690 0.6 2.1
Windsor 74,495 1.0 22.9 10,105 0.8 3.1
Saskatoon  45,155 0.6 15.6 18,585 1.5 6.4
Regina 36,910 0.5 15.9 16,195 1.3 7.0
Sherbrooke 14,550 0.2 7.1 3,940 0.3 1.9
St. John's 8,135 0.1 4.0 2,685 0.2 1.3
Barrie 26,140 0.3 13.4 2,040 0.2 1.0
Kelowna 26,455 0.4 13.9 2,995 0.2 1.6
Abbotsford–Mission 43,780 0.6 24.8 5,880 0.5 3.3
Greater Sudbury 9,360 0.1 5.8 1,000 0.1 0.6
Saguenay 2,040 0.0 1.3 405 0.0 0.3
Kingston 18,400 0.2 11.8 1,725 0.1 1.1
Trois-Rivières 4,815 0.1 3.2 1,340 0.1 0.9
Guelph 30,880 0.4 20.6 3,680 0.3 2.5
Moncton 7,955 0.1 5.6 2,840 0.2 2.0
Brantford 16,465 0.2 12.5 1,105 0.1 0.8
Saint John  6,645 0.1 5.4 1,995 0.2 1.6
Thunder Bay 10,490 0.1 8.8 695 0.1 0.6
Peterborough 10,060 0.1 8.5 745 0.1 0.6
Lethbridge 15,365 0.2 13.5 3,405 0.3 3.0
Belleville 7,365 0.1 7.3 550 0.0 0.5
Non-CMA 670,385 8.9 6.7 105,865 8.7 1.1
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2016.
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