Data source for Chart 13.1
Immigrants to Canada, by category of admission

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Chart 13.1 is a line chart showing the percentage of all immigrants to Canada by class of admission from 1991 to 2009. The classes are economic, family and refugee.

Over the period, the share of immigrants in the economic class grew and those in the refugee and family classes have fallen.

Immigrants in the economic class made up 37.2% of immigrants in 1991, rising to 60.9% in 2009.

Immigrants in the family class made up 37.8% of immigrants in 1991, falling to 25.9% in 2009.

Immigrants in the refugee class made up 23.2% of immigrants in 1991, falling to 9.1% in 2009.

Data source for Chart 13.1 Immigrants to Canada, by category of admission
Table summary
This table displays the results of chart 13.1 immigrants to canada economic, family class and refugees, calculated using % of landed immigrants units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  Economic Family class Refugees
  % of landed immigrants
1991 37.2 37.8 23.2
1992 37.6 39.7 20.5
1993 41.2 43.9 11.9
1994 45.6 42.0 9.1
1995 50.1 36.4 13.2
1996 55.5 30.2 12.6
1997 59.4 27.8 11.3
1998 56.2 29.2 13.1
1999 57.5 29.1 12.8
2000 59.9 26.6 13.2
2001 62.1 26.6 11.1
2002 60.2 27.2 11.0
2003 54.7 29.4 11.7
2004 56.7 26.4 13.9
2005 59.6 24.2 13.6
2006 54.9 28.0 12.9
2007 55.4 28.0 11.8
2008 60.3 26.5 8.8
2009 60.9 25.9 9.1
Source: Statistics Canada, Catalogue no. 91-209-X.
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