Distribution (in percentage) of immigrants living in Canada, by admission category and year of immigration, 2016

Graph: Distribution (in percentage) of immigrants living in Canada, by admission category and year of immigration, 2016
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Distribution (in percentage) of immigrants living in Canada, by admission category and year of immigration, 2016
  Economic immigrants Immigrants sponsored by family Refugees Other immigrants
1980 38.1 33.2 28.4 0.2
1981 49.9 33.0 16.7 0.4
1982 45.6 36.4 17.7 0.4
1983 32.8 45.0 21.3 0.8
1984 35.2 40.9 23.0 0.9
1985 35.9 40.9 22.4 0.9
1986 37.6 37.5 24.3 0.6
1987 43.8 34.3 21.2 0.8
1988 48.3 29.5 21.4 0.8
1989 45.2 30.4 23.6 0.8
1990 41.4 34.5 23.2 0.9
1991 35.8 39.1 24.0 1.1
1992 36.2 42.2 20.3 1.4
1993 38.8 44.4 15.0 1.8
1994 41.5 42.2 14.6 1.7
1995 46.2 37.4 15.7 0.6
1996 51.5 32.5 14.6 1.4
1997 55.8 29.5 13.4 1.3
1998 51.4 31.3 15.9 1.4
1999 53.1 29.7 16.6 0.6
2000 56.5 29.1 14.2 0.2
2001 58.8 27.8 13.3 0.1
2002 57.3 28.9 12.9 0.8
2003 53.0 32.2 13.8 1.0
2004 54.2 29.1 14.9 1.8
2005 57.2 27.9 13.1 1.7
2006 53.4 31.7 12.8 2.2
2007 53.9 31.0 12.8 2.3
2008 57.7 29.0 11.4 1.8
2009 59.0 28.7 11.0 1.4
2010 65.2 23.9 9.7 1.2
2011 62.2 25.1 11.3 1.3
2012 62.8 27.0 8.8 1.4
2013 58.8 30.8 9.2 1.2
2014 62.0 27.1 9.6 1.3
2015 60.5 25.5 12.6 1.4
2016 50.6 24.1 24.1 1.2
Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2016.
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