Table 2
Number and percentage distribution of immigrants by region of destination and class, Canada, provinces and territories, 2012 to 2014

Table 2
Number and percentage distribution of immigrants by region of destination and class, Canada, provinces and territories, 2012 to 2014
Table summary
This table displays the results of Immigrants and percentage distribution by region of destination and class. The information is grouped by Category (appearing as row headers), Year, Canada, N.L., P.E.I., N.S., N.B., Que., Ont., Man., Sask., Alta., B.C., Y.T., N.W.T. and Nvt., calculated using number and percentage units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Category Year Canada N.L. P.E.I. N.S. N.B. Que. Ont. Man. Sask. Alta. B.C. Y.T. N.W.T. Nvt.
number
Total 2012 257,905 733 1,105 2,342 2,213 55,049 99,161 13,313 11,180 36,100 36,244 279 166 20
2013 259,024 835 1,000 2,527 2,019 51,977 103,553 13,103 10,680 36,640 36,212 316 150 11
2014 260,411 901 1,628 2,668 2,838 50,292 95,831 16,224 11,826 42,535 35,172 305 167 23
Economic 2012 160,829 507 965 1,624 1,799 39,632 49,185 10,337 9,736 24,580 22,115 242 98 9
2013 148,190 555 832 1,680 1,529 34,812 47,628 9,602 8,812 22,648 19,736 266 86 —
2014 165,116 608 1,502 1,952 2,377 33,431 50,898 12,850 9,891 29,601 21,629 252 112 12
Family reunification 2012 65,018 117 75 468 238 9,188 31,979 1,739 827 8,437 11,855 34 52 8
2013 79,698 136 116 591 304 11,528 39,180 1,937 1,219 10,422 14,167 44 47 7
2014 65,451 116 62 446 233 10,888 29,974 1,822 1,224 9,176 11,402 49 48 10
Refugees 2012 31,987 109 65 250 176 6,219 17,953 1,235 615 3,073 2,270 — 16 —
2013 31,082 144 52 256 186 5,630 16,713 1,562 649 3,559 2,306 6 17 —
2014 29,812 176 64 270 228 5,971 14,948 1,549 711 3,747 2,135 — 7 —
    percent
Total 2012 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
2013 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
2014 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Economic 2012 62.4 69.2 87.3 69.3 81.3 72.0 49.6 77.6 87.1 68.1 61.0 86.7 59.0 45.0
2013 57.2 66.5 83.2 66.5 75.7 67.0 46.0 73.3 82.5 61.8 54.5 84.2 57.3 —
2014 63.4 67.5 92.3 73.2 83.8 66.5 53.1 79.2 83.6 69.6 61.5 82.6 67.1 52.2
Family reunification 2012 25.2 16.0 6.8 20.0 10.8 16.7 32.2 13.1 7.4 23.4 32.7 12.2 31.3 40.0
2013 30.8 16.3 11.6 23.4 15.1 22.2 37.8 14.8 11.4 28.4 39.1 13.9 31.3 63.6
2014 25.1 12.9 3.8 16.7 8.2 21.6 31.3 11.2 10.4 21.6 32.4 16.1 28.7 43.5
Refugees 2012 12.4 14.9 5.9 10.7 8.0 11.3 18.1 9.3 5.5 8.5 6.3 — 9.6 —
2013 12.0 17.2 5.2 10.1 9.2 10.8 16.1 11.9 6.1 9.7 6.4 1.9 11.3 —
2014 11.4 19.5 3.9 10.1 8.0 11.9 15.6 9.5 6.0 8.8 6.1 — 4.2 —
Notes: Data available as of September 2015. Due to privacy considerations, some cells in the table have been suppressed and replaced with the notation “—”. As a result, components may not sum to the total indicated. In general, we have suppressed cells containing less than five cases. A small number of immigrants in other categories of admission are not shown in this table.
Source: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.

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