Description for figure 21
Number of immigrants and immigration rate, Canada, 1852 to 2012

This is a combination line and column graph for the years 1852 to 2012 for Canada. The column graph shows the number of immigrants and line graph shows the immigration rate.

The horizontal axis shows the years from 1852 to 2012, the vertical left axis shows the number of immigrants in thousands and the vertical right axis the immigration rate per thousand.

Data table for figure 21
Table summary
This table displays the results of Number of immigrants and immigration rate. The information is grouped by Year (appearing as row headers), Number of immigrants and Immigration rate, calculated using in thousands and per 1,000 units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Year Number of immigrants Immigration rate
in thousands per 1,000
1852 29.3 11.6
1853 29.5 11.4
1854 37.3 13.9
1855 25.3 9.2
1856 22.5 8.0
1857 33.9 11.6
1858 12.3 4.1
1859 6.3 2.1
1860 6.3 2.0
1861 13.6 4.2
1862 18.3 5.6
1863 21.0 6.3
1864 24.8 7.4
1865 19.0 5.6
1866 11.4 3.3
1867 10.7 3.0
1868 12.8 3.6
1869 18.6 5.2
1870 24.7 6.8
1871 27.8 7.5
1872 36.6 9.7
1873 50.1 13.1
1874 39.4 10.1
1875 27.4 6.9
1876 25.6 6.4
1877 27.1 6.7
1878 29.8 7.2
1879 40.5 9.7
1880 38.5 9.0
1881 48.0 11.1
1882 112.5 25.7
1883 133.6 30.2
1884 103.8 23.1
1885 79.2 17.4
1886 69.2 15.1
1887 84.5 18.3
1888 88.8 19.0
1889 91.6 19.4
1890 75.1 15.7
1891 82.2 17.0
1892 31.0 6.3
1893 29.6 6.0
1894 20.8 4.2
1895 18.8 3.7
1896 16.8 3.3
1897 21.7 4.2
1898 31.9 6.2
1899 44.5 8.5
1900 41.7 7.9
1901 55.7 10.4
1902 89.1 16.2
1903 138.7 24.5
1904 131.3 22.5
1905 141.5 23.6
1906 211.7 34.7
1907 272.4 42.5
1908 143.3 21.6
1909 173.7 25.5
1910 286.8 41.0
1911 331.3 46.0
1912 375.8 50.9
1913 400.9 52.5
1914 150.5 19.1
1915 36.7 4.6
1916 55.9 7.0
1917 72.9 9.0
1918 41.8 5.1
1919 107.7 13.0
1920 138.8 16.2
1921 91.7 10.4
1922 64.2 7.2
1923 133.7 14.8
1924 124.2 13.6
1925 84.9 9.1
1926 135.1 14.3
1927 158.9 16.5
1928 166.8 17.0
1929 165.0 16.5
1930 104.8 10.3
1931 27.5 2.7
1932 20.6 2.0
1933 14.4 1.4
1934 12.5 1.2
1935 11.3 1.0
1936 11.6 1.1
1937 15.1 1.4
1938 17.2 1.5
1939 17.0 1.5
1940 11.3 1.0
1941 9.3 0.8
1942 7.6 0.7
1943 8.5 0.7
1944 12.8 1.1
1945 22.7 1.9
1946 71.7 5.8
1947 64.1 5.1
1948 125.4 9.8
1949 95.2 7.1
1950 73.9 5.4
1951 194.4 13.9
1952 164.5 11.4
1953 168.9 11.4
1954 154.2 10.1
1955 109.9 7.0
1956 164.9 10.3
1957 282.2 17.0
1958 124.9 7.3
1959 106.9 6.1
1960 104.1 5.8
1961 71.7 3.9
1962 74.6 4.0
1963 93.2 4.9
1964 112.6 5.8
1965 146.8 7.5
1966 194.7 9.7
1967 222.9 10.9
1968 184.0 8.9
1969 161.5 7.7
1970 147.7 6.9
1971 121.9 5.6
1972 122.0 5.5
1973 184.2 8.2
1974 218.5 9.6
1975 187.9 8.1
1976 149.4 6.4
1977 114.9 4.8
1978 86.3 3.6
1979 112.1 4.6
1980 143.1 5.8
1981 128.6 5.2
1982 121.2 4.8
1983 89.2 3.5
1984 88.3 3.4
1985 84.3 3.3
1986 99.4 3.8
1987 152.1 5.8
1988 161.6 6.0
1989 191.6 7.0
1990 216.5 7.8
1991 232.8 8.3
1992 254.8 9.0
1993 256.6 8.9
1994 224.4 7.7
1995 212.9 7.3
1996 226.1 7.6
1997 216.0 7.2
1998 174.2 5.8
1999 190.0 6.2
2000 227.5 7.4
2001 250.6 8.1
2002 229.0 7.3
2003 221.3 7.0
2004 235.8 7.4
2005 262.2 8.1
2006 251.6 7.7
2007 236.8 7.2
2008 247.2 7.4
2009 252.2 7.5
2010 280.7 8.3
2011 248.7 7.2
2012 257.9 7.4
Note(s): Data available as of October 2013.
Source(s): From 1852 to 1979: Employment and Immigration Canada. 1982. 1980 Immigration Statistics, Immigration and Demographic Policy Group, catalogue no. MP22-1/1980. From 1980 to 2012, Citizenship and Immigration Canada.
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