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Table 4.3
Immigrants by class according to the 10 main countries of birth, Canada, 2005 to 2007
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| Country of birth | Economic | Family | Refugees | Others1 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | |||||
| 2005 | |||||
| China and Hong Kong | 32,289 | 9,693 | 2,380 | 353 | 44,715 |
| India | 21,987 | 12,772 | 927 | 281 | 35,967 |
| Philippines | 14,185 | 3,562 | 45 | 240 | 18,032 |
| Pakistan | 8,185 | 3,369 | 2,287 | 130 | 13,971 |
| United States | 3,697 | 3,366 | 378 | 430 | 7,871 |
| Colombia | 1,056 | 457 | 4,861 | 70 | 6,444 |
| Iran | 4,154 | 883 | 774 | 157 | 5,968 |
| South Korea | 4,800 | 801 | 74 | 123 | 5,798 |
| Romania | 4,365 | 482 | 129 | 95 | 5,071 |
| Sri Lanka | 625 | 1,527 | 2,250 | 465 | 4,867 |
| 2006 | |||||
| China and Hong Kong | 22,197 | 10,608 | 1,800 | 488 | 35,093 |
| India | 17,463 | 14,921 | 1,020 | 333 | 33,737 |
| Philippines | 13,372 | 4,489 | 59 | 395 | 18,315 |
| Pakistan | 6,440 | 3,586 | 2,100 | 298 | 12,424 |
| United States | 4,261 | 3,612 | 460 | 558 | 8,891 |
| Iran | 5,282 | 1,252 | 943 | 119 | 7,596 |
| Colombia | 883 | 425 | 5,139 | 106 | 6,553 |
| South Korea | 5,175 | 782 | 35 | 210 | 6,202 |
| Great Britain | 4,352 | 1,399 | 14 | 167 | 5,932 |
| Algeria | 3,948 | 667 | 64 | 127 | 4,806 |
| 2007 | |||||
| China and Hong Kong | 16,338 | 10,367 | 1,583 | 608 | 28,896 |
| India | 15,335 | 11,988 | 848 | 349 | 28,520 |
| Philippines | 15,191 | 4,135 | 36 | 356 | 19,718 |
| Pakistan | 5,342 | 2,763 | 1,324 | 379 | 9,808 |
| United States | 4,371 | 3,239 | 424 | 716 | 8,750 |
| Great Britain | 5,523 | 1,579 | 16 | 206 | 7,324 |
| Iran | 4,730 | 1,453 | 847 | 165 | 7,195 |
| South Korea | 4,820 | 790 | 45 | 254 | 5,909 |
| Colombia | 1,177 | 541 | 3,544 | 120 | 5,382 |
| Sri Lanka | 747 | 1,499 | 1,088 | 734 | 4,068 |
| 1. Includes deferred removal order class, post-determination refugee claimant class, temporary resident permit holders and humanitarian and compassionate/public policy cases. | |||||
| Note: In addition to the country of birth, Citizenship and Immigration Canada also collects data on the country of last permanent residence of immigrants. | |||||
| Data available as of March 18, 2008. | |||||
| Source: Citizenship and Immigration Canada. Table source: Statistics Canada, 2008, Report on the Demographic Situation in Canada: 2005 and 2006, catalogue number 91-209-X. |
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