Table 1
Population estimates by migration status and age group

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Table 1 Population estimates by migration status and age group
Table summary
 This table displays the results of population estimates by migration status and age group. This information is grouped by year 1991 to 2006 appearing as row headers and is grouped by returnees, stayers, Canadian-born and immigrants appearing as column headers, calculated using thousands as a unit of measure.
  Returnees1 Stayers
Canadian-born Immigrants Canadian-born Immigrants2
'000
1991
Total 67.4 41.1 15,060.2 3,233.3
20 to 29 19.8 9.2 3,595.6 344.6
30 to 39 24.5 10.1 3,858.3 537.5
40 to 49 12.5 10.5 2,785.5 760.8
50 to 59 5.3 4.7 1,854.9 598.6
60 to 69 3.5 3.7 1,609.6 539.4
70 and over 1.8 2.9 1,356.3 452.4
1996
Total 67.1 32.6 15,895.5 3,542.0
20 to 29 17.5 6.7 3,242.7 328.6
30 to 39 25.9 8.1 4,000.0 587.5
40 to 49 13.1 7.6 3,350.6 812.4
50 to 59 5.7 4.5 2,110.8 688.6
60 to 69 3.2 3.2 1,627.6 566.6
70 and over 1.6 2.5 1,563.8 558.4
2001
Total 71.4 51.2 16,648.1 4,031.2
20 to 29 19.7 9.8 3,174.1 341.0
30 to 39 24.3 13.7 3,532.2 669.2
40 to 49 14.6 11.1 3,798.6 840.5
50 to 59 7.2 8.1 2,679.3 870.6
60 to 69 3.5 5.1 1,689.4 632.2
70 and over 2.0 3.5 1,774.5 677.7
2006
Total 98.3 57.3 17,551.4 4,570.1
20 to 29 24.1 10.6 3,280.9 397.2
30 to 39 33.6 13.5 3,093.5 634.2
40 to 49 19.6 13.4 3,933.7 973.4
50 to 59 12.0 9.7 3,285.9 998.9
60 to 69 5.9 6.2 1,978.7 745.7
70 and over 3.1 3.9 1,978.8 820.6
1. Returnees include the Canadian-born and long-term immigrants who lived in Canada at the time of the census but in another country 5 years before the census.
2. Arrived in Canada more than 5 years before the census.
Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 1991, 1996, 2001 and 2006.
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