Table A1
Number of landed immigrants in Canada by selected countries of birth, 1981 to 2011

Table A1
Number of landed immigrants in Canada by selected countries of birth, 1981 to 2011
Table summary
This table displays the results of number of landed immigrants in canada by selected countries of birth. The information is grouped by continent and country of birth (appearing as row headers), 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011, calculated using number units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Continent and country of birth 1981 1986 1991 1996 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
number
Europe 44,798 22,913 47,038 39,218 42,628 38,491 37,243 41,520 40,095 37,417 38,002 38,370 38,868 37,406 29,691
Bosnia-Hercegovina Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 2,475 653 357 316 211 220 251 239 232 181 198 194
France 1,681 1,118 2,633 2,433 3,542 3,234 3,297 4,043 4,076 3,696 4,026 4,258 4,822 4,454 3,899
Germany 2,075 1,343 1,581 1,761 1,421 1,271 1,510 1,722 1,923 2,222 2,006 3,000 3,160 2,588 1,922
Italy 2,058 786 785 485 387 342 309 299 282 299 335 373 403 436 367
Poland 4,094 5,274 15,802 2,170 1,226 1,161 1,135 1,412 1,227 1,222 1,219 1,312 1,106 848 747
Portugal 1,838 2,008 5,222 679 438 310 286 293 293 374 370 606 566 568 476
Romania 1,004 995 2,595 3,951 5,717 5,857 5,594 5,817 5,070 4,499 3,864 2,852 2,097 1,948 1,772
Russia Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 41 3,224 5,159 4,733 4,460 4,375 4,198 3,828 3,671 3,401 3,482 2,775 2,257
The Netherlands 1,770 512 571 958 761 618 566 716 759 785 564 732 708 677 522
Ukraine Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 28 2,670 4,015 3,967 3,220 2,975 2,920 2,489 2,686 2,491 2,722 3,321 2,672
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 1,308 489 2,336 2,034 143 113 52 204 173 115 125 122 458 791 467
United Kingdom 18,915 5,052 6,597 4,417 4,479 3,865 4,440 5,364 5,200 5,942 7,338 8,209 8,098 7,639 5,180
Yugoslavia 841 526 1,843 5,303 3,354 1,899 961 731 524 354 251 252 235 109 57
Others 9,214 4,810 7,004 6,658 11,333 10,764 11,097 13,358 13,230 11,341 11,308 10,530 10,827 11,054 9,159
Africa 5,909 5,178 16,641 15,840 24,253 22,731 22,970 27,576 26,770 28,571 27,791 29,007 33,391 38,736 33,785
Algeria 128 111 914 2,042 3,442 3,411 3,083 3,579 3,630 4,806 3,619 3,976 5,371 4,735 4,309
Democratic Republic of Somalia 9 58 3,267 1,427 1,093 694 881 1,202 1,018 941 1,005 843 906 1,213 1,225
Egypt 766 629 1,941 2,376 2,083 1,620 1,909 2,180 2,220 1,886 2,185 2,972 3,171 5,288 4,152
Ethiopia 152 992 2,567 1,043 1,152 979 1,528 1,641 1,572 1,786 1,572 1,584 1,298 1,870 2,164
Morocco 812 566 1,565 1,000 4,068 4,192 3,403 3,723 2,968 3,340 4,024 4,232 5,524 6,239 4,372
Nigeria 76 125 307 543 1,414 1,391 1,053 1,514 2,196 2,546 2,358 2,064 3,052 3,746 3,000
Others 3,966 2,697 6,080 7,409 11,001 10,444 11,113 13,737 13,166 13,266 13,028 13,336 14,069 15,645 14,563
Asia 50,779 42,294 123,405 145,520 156,312 141,903 133,416 135,574 160,366 149,933 133,849 141,202 142,105 164,713 147,439
Afghanistan 48 580 1,393 2,005 3,936 3,496 3,177 2,704 2,977 2,630 2,174 1,839 1,569 1,552 1,915
Bangladesh 98 474 1,105 2,754 3,749 2,910 2,101 2,606 4,157 4,016 2,915 2,933 2,116 4,635 2,634
Cambodia 1,480 1,303 510 282 288 262 303 377 399 562 481 375 233 226 211
China 13,988 8,605 37,950 49,714 43,750 36,223 38,553 38,629 44,733 35,125 28,914 31,477 30,682 31,832 30,034
India 9,412 7,449 14,303 23,376 30,799 31,671 27,418 28,175 35,971 33,715 28,513 27,991 29,171 33,513 26,988
Iran 1,407 2,127 6,680 6,251 6,160 8,155 6,095 6,494 5,968 7,594 7,196 6,580 6,643 7,546 7,526
Iraq 301 315 995 2,769 2,692 2,299 1,497 1,706 2,097 1,725 2,350 3,407 5,376 5,779 6,016
Lebanon 1,043 2,419 12,224 1,897 2,480 2,199 2,985 3,215 3,577 3,664 3,328 3,363 2,946 3,253 2,900
Pakistan 823 638 2,794 8,569 15,974 14,656 12,622 13,000 13,966 12,439 9,806 8,490 6,927 6,316 6,971
Philippines 5,979 4,201 12,728 13,626 13,624 11,546 12,608 13,900 18,031 18,318 19,721 24,699 28,414 38,301 36,483
Republic of Korea 1,504 1,204 2,612 3,251 9,545 7,279 7,046 5,359 5,798 6,201 5,912 7,290 5,860 5,525 4,610
Socialist Republic of Vietnam 8,164 6,220 8,888 2,710 2,271 2,437 1,882 1,982 2,014 3,323 2,728 2,016 2,302 2,047 1,805
Sri Lanka 368 1,827 7,158 6,448 5,843 5,214 4,756 4,383 4,867 4,699 4,068 4,741 4,504 4,384 3,326
Taiwan 704 637 4,292 12,747 3,133 2,807 2,107 1,963 3,050 2,745 2,697 2,920 2,384 2,569 1,684
Others 5,460 4,295 9,773 9,121 12,068 10,749 10,266 11,081 12,761 13,177 13,046 13,081 12,978 17,235 14,336
North and Central America 10,188 12,388 19,100 8,558 8,493 7,698 7,968 9,893 11,923 13,090 13,841 14,275 13,005 13,267 12,546
El Salvador 292 3,046 7,163 737 448 487 449 443 443 442 933 1,120 851 789 700
Guatemala 110 1,262 2,170 659 277 243 176 224 194 233 267 266 273 273 284
Mexico 397 671 1,150 1,247 1,933 1,898 1,747 2,249 2,830 2,836 3,226 2,833 3,091 3,819 3,575
United States 8,700 6,096 5,320 5,059 5,288 4,627 5,173 6,474 7,869 8,890 8,748 9,351 8,154 7,578 7,063
Others 689 1,313 3,297 856 547 443 423 503 587 689 667 705 636 808 924
Caribbean and Bermuda 8,800 8,872 13,121 9,395 8,464 7,569 6,585 6,684 6,943 6,790 7,974 9,081 9,014 10,770 12,135
Haiti 3,702 1,730 2,851 1,978 2,423 2,188 1,943 1,684 1,701 1,637 1,616 2,523 2,121 4,788 6,545
Jamaica 2,688 4,668 5,140 3,306 2,781 2,479 2,005 2,159 1,919 1,710 2,134 2,340 2,450 2,341 2,077
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago 947 921 2,985 2,205 933 952 725 758 869 813 1,005 1,027 1,145 948 606
Others 1,463 1,553 2,145 1,906 2,327 1,950 1,912 2,083 2,454 2,630 3,219 3,191 3,298 2,693 2,907
South America 6,117 6,528 10,526 6,022 8,541 8,881 11,049 12,303 14,074 13,960 13,251 12,979 13,356 12,753 10,581
Brazil 198 194 877 591 850 762 833 925 987 1,189 1,755 2,151 2,522 2,606 1,519
Colombia 342 258 678 398 2,933 3,280 4,323 4,598 6,442 6,553 5,382 5,456 4,677 5,242 4,696
Guyana 3,018 3,977 3,371 2,394 1,740 1,502 1,442 1,383 1,265 1,353 1,355 1,188 1,229 999 846
Others 2,559 2,099 5,600 2,639 3,018 3,337 4,451 5,397 5,380 4,865 4,759 4,184 4,928 3,906 3,520
Oceania 1,747 832 2,363 1,329 1,526 1,410 1,519 1,523 1,306 1,320 1,482 1,578 1,522 1,524 1,401
Others 303 351 615 189 420 365 599 750 765 560 563 755 911 1,522 1,169
Total number of immigrants 128,641 99,356 232,809 226,071 250,637 229,048 221,349 235,823 262,242 251,641 236,753 247,247 252,172 280,691 248,747
... not applicable
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 November 2012.
Source: Citizenship and Immigration Canada.
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