Distribution (in percentage) of recent immigrants in Canada by provinces and territories, 1981 to 2016

Graph: Distribution (in percentage) of recent immigrants in Canada by provinces and territories, 1981 to 2016
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Distribution (in percentage) of recent immigrants in Canada by provinces and territories, 1981 to 2016
  1981 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006 2011 2016
Atlantic provinces 2.3 2.0 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.2 2.0 2.3
Quebec 15.7 16.2 15.8 14.5 13.7 17.5 19.2 17.8
Ontario 46.0 48.5 55.9 54.2 55.9 52.3 43.1 39.0
Manitoba 4.3 4.2 2.7 1.8 1.8 2.8 5.0 5.2
Saskatchewan 1.9 1.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 2.3 4.0
Alberta 13.3 12.2 8.0 6.7 6.9 9.3 12.4 17.1
British Columbia 16.4 15.0 15.4 20.8 19.9 16.0 15.9 14.5
Territories 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2
Note: "Recent immigrants" refers to immigrants who first obtained their landed immigrant or permanent resident status in Canada in the five years prior to a given census.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 1981 to 2006, 2016; 2011 National Household Survey.
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