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Table A-4.1
Landed immigrants in Canada by country of birth, 1981 to 2007

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Country of birth 1981 1986 1991 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
  number
Asia 50,780 42,294 123,422 145,520 139,749 102,765 113,375 140,593 156,317 141,901 133,417 135,581 160,366 149,944 133,850
Afghanistan 48 580 1,395 2,002 2,304 2,078 2,269 3,162 3,934 3,498 3,174 2,707 2,978 2,637 2,172
Bangladesh 98 474 1,105 2,754 3,270 2,119 2,008 3,038 3,751 2,912 2,102 2,606 4,156 4,017 2,914
China and Hong Kong 13,827 8,475 37,563 49,135 42,551 29,180 33,882 40,911 43,708 36,184 38,522 38,607 44,715 35,093 28,896
India 9,414 7,452 14,306 23,377 21,709 16,963 18,829 28,143 30,802 31,666 27,412 28,180 35,967 33,737 28,520
Iran 1,407 2,128 6,683 6,252 7,892 7,006 6,197 5,913 6,164 8,156 6,093 6,494 5,968 7,596 7,195
Iraq 301 314 995 2,769 2,566 1,896 2,033 2,302 2,689 2,296 1,497 1,706 2,099 1,729 2,350
Lebanon 1,043 2,419 12,228 1,896 1,470 1,352 1,568 1,888 2,479 2,199 2,987 3,214 3,576 3,663 3,330
Pakistan 823 634 2,790 8,573 12,189 8,458 9,587 14,876 15,979 14,661 12,632 13,006 13,971 12,424 9,808
Philippines 5,979 4,201 12,730 13,626 11,410 8,630 9,528 10,630 13,625 11,545 12,607 13,900 18,032 18,315 19,718
South Korea 1,504 1,204 2,612 3,251 4,108 4,954 7,208 7,616 9,545 7,279 7,047 5,354 5,798 6,202 5,909
Sri Lanka 368 1,827 7,157 6,447 5,346 3,539 4,930 6,075 5,843 5,214 4,757 4,383 4,867 4,700 4,068
Taiwan 704 637 4,293 12,748 12,782 6,990 5,323 3,413 3,133 2,805 2,106 1,963 3,049 2,745 2,697
Vietnam 8,163 6,220 8,889 2,710 2,012 1,828 1,620 1,982 2,271 2,436 1,883 1,982 2,014 3,322 2,728
Others 7,101 5,729 10,676 9,980 10,140 7,772 8,393 10,644 12,394 11,050 10,598 11,479 13,176 13,764 13,545
Europe 44,798 22,911 47,038 39,210 37,962 37,609 38,826 42,573 42,628 38,486 37,231 41,510 40,092 37,405 37,991
Bosnia-Herzegovina 0 0 0 2,476 2,205 2,549 2,462 801 656 353 315 210 218 251 238
Bulgaria 76 55 638 831 746 800 825 1,198 1,304 1,555 1,519 2,049 1,747 1,433 1,187
France 1,681 1,117 2,632 2,435 2,309 3,024 3,183 3,564 3,542 3,234 3,296 4,043 4,076 3,693 4,026
Germany 2,075 1,341 1,578 1,762 1,561 1,662 1,914 1,655 1,421 1,268 1,509 1,717 1,924 2,221 2,007
Great Britain 18,915 4,608 6,453 4,384 3,927 3,287 3,772 3,788 4,469 3,858 4,425 5,354 5,196 5,932 7,324
Italy 2,058 785 785 484 465 368 389 359 387 342 309 298 282 298 335
Poland 4,094 5,273 15,801 2,170 1,792 1,519 1,371 1,401 1,226 1,161 1,135 1,411 1,227 1,222 1,218
Portugal 1,838 2,004 5,214 678 673 409 331 379 438 310 285 293 293 374 371
Romania 1,004 995 2,598 3,951 4,047 3,112 3,585 4,585 5,719 5,857 5,593 5,817 5,071 4,499 3,864
Russia 0 2 38 3,227 4,316 4,835 4,449 4,853 5,165 4,735 4,467 4,379 4,197 3,826 3,668
Turkey 965 329 1,047 654 684 775 810 1,082 1,152 1,281 1,340 1,740 2,033 1,610 1,428
Ukraine 0 0 28 2,668 2,651 2,766 2,837 3,575 4,015 3,967 3,219 2,975 2,920 2,488 2,688
Others 12,092 6,402 10,226 13,490 12,586 12,503 12,898 15,333 13,134 10,565 9,819 11,224 10,908 9,558 9,637
Africa 5,909 5,177 16,640 15,848 15,299 14,513 16,418 20,695 24,251 22,737 22,975 27,578 26,772 28,578 27,802
Algeria 128 111 914 2,042 1,795 2,252 2,369 2,853 3,442 3,411 3,084 3,578 3,632 4,806 3,619
Egypt 766 630 1,941 2,376 2,043 1,305 1,243 1,368 2,082 1,619 1,910 2,180 2,220 1,887 2,186
Ethiopia 152 992 2,568 1,045 810 653 743 1,165 1,152 980 1,527 1,639 1,573 1,785 1,573
Morocco 812 564 1,565 999 1,130 1,317 1,912 2,702 4,069 4,192 3,403 3,723 2,967 3,341 4,025
Somalia 9 58 3,267 1,428 1,155 1,383 1,596 1,471 1,093 694 884 1,206 1,018 941 1,007
South Africa 1,238 794 948 1,354 1,763 1,416 1,434 1,717 1,883 1,483 1,255 1,156 1,008 1,163 1,233
Sudan 23 64 321 659 1,061 928 817 1,319 1,509 1,672 1,793 1,651 1,264 1,000 709
Others 2,781 1,964 5,116 5,945 5,542 5,259 6,304 8,100 9,021 8,686 9,119 12,445 13,090 13,655 13,450
North and Central America 10,188 12,388 19,088 8,557 7,935 6,885 7,830 8,274 8,492 7,698 7,968 9,891 11,924 13,090 13,843
El Salvador 292 3,047 7,164 737 608 482 425 571 448 487 448 443 443 442 933
Guatemala 110 1,262 2,160 659 525 360 288 326 277 243 176 224 194 233 267
Mexico 397 671 1,150 1,247 1,691 1,384 1,687 1,662 1,933 1,898 1,748 2,249 2,830 2,835 3,226
Nicaragua 19 718 1,534 247 199 127 149 141 116 70 95 80 88 104 80
United States 8,700 6,095 5,319 5,058 4,408 4,171 4,909 5,145 5,288 4,627 5,173 6,471 7,871 8,891 8,750
Others 670 595 1,761 609 504 361 372 429 430 373 328 424 498 585 587
Caribbean and Bermuda 8,800 8,873 13,116 9,397 8,230 6,406 6,809 7,168 8,463 7,567 6,589 6,684 6,941 6,788 7,975
Haiti 3,702 1,730 2,850 1,977 1,657 1,316 1,445 1,648 2,423 2,189 1,943 1,684 1,700 1,637 1,617
Jamaica 2,688 4,669 5,136 3,308 2,868 2,268 2,364 2,463 2,781 2,479 2,008 2,159 1,918 1,710 2,134
Trinidad & Tobago 947 921 2,985 2,207 1,759 1,199 1,189 923 932 953 726 758 869 813 1,005
Others 1,463 1,553 2,145 1,905 1,946 1,623 1,811 2,134 2,327 1,946 1,912 2,083 2,454 2,628 3,219
South America 6,117 6,527 10,521 6,022 5,590 4,914 5,579 6,790 8,542 8,885 11,050 12,306 14,075 13,959 13,252
Argentina 436 207 728 391 385 363 349 401 581 815 1,669 1,548 1,086 759 565
Chile 1,081 637 1,780 249 335 392 401 388 394 437 373 398 392 440 539
Colombia 342 258 677 398 586 935 1,300 2,249 2,934 3,280 4,324 4,599 6,444 6,553 5,382
Guyana 3,018 3,975 3,370 2,394 1,841 1,277 1,387 1,334 1,740 1,503 1,442 1,384 1,264 1,353 1,354
Peru 452 614 1,533 856 687 502 577 614 864 861 1,023 1,465 1,663 1,485 1,502
Venezuela 111 138 387 462 617 446 432 438 555 537 677 1,188 1,193 1,173 1,301
Others 677 698 2,046 1,272 1,139 999 1,133 1,366 1,474 1,452 1,542 1,724 2,033 2,196 2,609
Oceania 1,747 832 2,362 1,330 1,099 913 958 1,133 1,525 1,409 1,520 1,522 1,305 1,319 1,483
Australia 536 282 500 494 471 380 422 478 598 548 645 714 702 724 840
Fiji 679 360 1,601 613 458 386 366 463 636 610 570 492 302 278 314
Others 1,068 472 761 717 641 527 592 670 889 799 950 1,030 1,003 1,041 1,169
Others 303 351 616 189 174 192 160 232 420 366 599 751 765 560 563
Total 128,642 99,353 232,803 226,073 216,038 174,197 189,955 227,458 250,638 229,049 221,349 235,823 262,240 251,643 236,759
Notes:  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.
Date Modified: 2009-11-18

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