Description for figure 24
Age pyramids of immigrants admitted to Canada in 1981 and 2012

This figure shows the age pyramids of immigrants to Canada for the years 1981 and 2012. Data for males are on the left and data for females are on the right. The age pyramid for 2012 is solid while the pyramid for 1981 is a line.

The horizontal axis shows the number of immigrants in thousands and the vertical axis shows the age by single years to age 100 and over.

Data table for figure 24
Table summary
This table displays the results of Age pyramids of immigrants admitted to Canada in 1981 and 2012. The information is grouped by Age (appearing as row headers), 1981, 2012, Males and Females, calculated using per 1,000 units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Age 1981 2012
Males Females Males Females
per 1,000
0 6.0 6.1 3.6 3.5
1 7.2 6.6 8.4 7.8
2 7.6 7.3 7.2 6.8
3 7.3 6.7 7.6 7.5
4 7.6 7.1 8.0 7.6
5 7.7 6.6 7.9 7.3
6 7.8 7.1 7.4 7.0
7 7.7 6.9 7.5 6.7
8 7.5 7.0 7.2 6.6
9 7.7 7.4 7.0 6.6
10 7.6 6.9 6.6 6.0
11 7.6 7.2 7.0 6.3
12 7.8 6.9 6.6 6.0
13 7.5 6.8 6.5 5.8
14 8.0 7.0 6.4 5.9
15 8.0 7.1 6.0 5.7
16 8.4 7.1 6.0 5.2
17 9.1 8.2 5.5 5.2
18 10.4 10.6 5.2 4.5
19 10.8 12.1 5.3 5.5
20 12.9 14.6 5.1 5.8
21 10.6 13.2 5.4 6.7
22 12.4 15.0 5.8 7.7
23 12.8 15.6 6.6 9.0
24 13.8 15.5 7.8 11.6
25 14.6 15.5 10.3 14.4
26 14.7 15.3 12.7 16.6
27 15.7 15.4 14.5 17.8
28 14.6 13.8 15.6 18.8
29 14.0 12.6 16.9 18.4
30 12.3 11.2 16.7 18.0
31 11.9 10.8 16.2 16.6
32 10.7 9.7 15.4 15.8
33 10.6 8.8 14.9 15.1
34 9.7 8.8 14.1 14.0
35 8.4 7.2 12.9 12.7
36 6.9 5.7 12.4 11.8
37 6.3 5.6 11.9 10.9
38 5.7 5.0 10.7 10.1
39 5.2 4.7 9.7 9.3
40 4.9 3.8 9.3 8.8
41 4.4 3.7 8.8 8.4
42 4.1 3.5 7.7 7.6
43 3.4 3.4 7.3 7.4
44 3.1 3.3 6.8 6.4
45 3.0 3.3 6.1 5.3
46 2.9 3.3 5.8 5.1
47 2.7 3.6 5.6 4.7
48 2.9 3.7 5.2 4.5
49 2.7 3.6 4.7 4.3
50 3.0 4.4 3.6 3.4
51 3.0 4.5 3.1 3.0
52 3.2 4.8 3.1 2.9
53 3.2 5.0 2.7 2.5
54 3.1 4.7 2.4 2.7
55 3.3 4.9 2.2 2.3
56 3.6 5.7 2.1 2.6
57 3.6 4.6 2.1 2.6
58 3.4 4.4 2.0 2.4
59 3.4 4.8 1.7 2.5
60 4.3 5.1 1.9 2.5
61 4.1 4.6 1.8 2.6
62 3.0 3.9 2.0 2.7
63 3.0 3.6 1.9 2.8
64 2.6 3.1 1.9 2.5
65 3.1 3.1 1.9 2.6
66 2.7 3.1 1.9 2.3
67 2.7 3.0 1.8 2.2
68 2.0 2.6 1.7 2.0
69 1.9 2.6 1.6 1.9
70 1.9 2.1 1.6 1.7
71 1.4 2.0 1.3 1.6
72 1.3 1.7 1.3 1.5
73 1.0 1.6 1.2 1.3
74 0.9 1.5 1.2 1.2
75 0.9 1.4 1.0 1.0
76 0.9 1.3 0.7 0.7
77 0.6 1.1 0.7 0.6
78 0.5 1.0 0.5 0.5
79 0.5 0.8 0.4 0.4
80 0.4 0.8 0.3 0.4
81 0.2 0.6 0.2 0.3
82 0.2 0.6 0.2 0.2
83 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.2
84 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.2
85 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1
86 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1
87 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1
88 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1
89 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
90 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
91 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
92 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
93 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
94 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
95 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
96 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
97 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
98 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
99 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
100 and over 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Note(s): Data available as of October 2013.
Source(s): Citizenship and Immigration Canada.
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