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Table 10.1a. Number of immigrants reporting new friends in Canada, by immigration category, 2001
Number of immigrants reporting Family Skilled worker principal applicants Skilled worker spouse and dependants Other economic Refugees All immigrants2
Total1
31,626
52,925
37,243
9,233
7,842
139,619
1. Based on immigrants who reported having made new friends since their arrival.
2. Excludes other immigrants, as defined in Other immigrants (under the topic "Pre-migration and arrival in Canada").
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 10.1b. Extent to which immigrants' new friends in Canada are of the same ethnic group, by immigration category, 2001
Friends that are of the same ethnic or cultural background Family Skilled worker principal applicants Skilled worker spouse and dependants Other economic Refugees All immigrants1
percentage
All
36
18
22
28
17
24
Most
28
42
41
38
30
38
Half
9
15
13
12
14
13
Few
16
18
16
16
28
18
None
10
7
7
6
12
8
Due to rounding, percentages may not add up exactly to 100%.
1. Excludes other immigrants, as defined in Other immigrants (under the topic "Pre-migration and arrival in Canada").
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.