Table 3.2: Immigrants' network at landing, by immigration category, 2001

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Table 3.2a. Number of immigrants, by immigration category, 2001
Number at landing	Family	Skilled worker principal applicants	Skilled worker spouse and dependants	Other economic	Refugees	All immigrants
Total	44,149	57,625	41,390	10,467	9,822	164,203
Data source: Statistics Canada, 2001, Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada.
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2005, A Portrait of Early Settlement Experiences, catalogue number 89-614-XWE2005001.

Table 3.2b. Immigrants' network at landing, by immigration category, 2001
Network at landing	Family	Skilled worker principal applicants	Skilled worker spouse and dependants	Other economic	Refugees	All immigrants
Network at landing	percentage
Relatives at landing	64	12	18	22	40	30
Friends at landing	2	52	44	37	15	33
Relatives and friends at landing	30	22	20	22	20	24
Neither relatives nor friends at landing	4	13	18	19	25	13
Due to rounding, percentages may not add up exactly to 100%.
Data source: Statistics Canada, 2001, Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada.
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2005, A Portrait of Early Settlement Experiences, catalogue number 89-614-XWE2005001.