Table A1.1
Population by generation statusTable A1.1 Note 1 and continent of birth of immigrants, place of residence and projection scenario, Canada, 2011 and 2036
2011 – Base population (estimated)

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Table A1.1
Population by generation status and continent of birth of immigrants, place of residence and projection scenario, Canada, 2011 and 2036
2011 – Base population (estimated)
Table summary
This table displays the results of Population by generation status and continent of birth of immigrants. The information is grouped by Region (appearing as row headers), Total, Immigrants, Second generation , Third generation or more, Non-permanent residents, Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania and others, calculated using thousands units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Region Total Immigrants Second generation Third generation or more Non-permanent residents
Americas Europe Asia Africa Oceania and others
thousands
Canada 34,273 1,104 2,237 3,171 512 57 6,013 20,803 378
Newfoundland and Labrador 525 2 4 3 1 0 12 501 2
St-John's 202 1 3 2 0 0 7 187 2
Rest of Newfoundland and Labrador 323 1 2 1 0 0 5 314 0
Prince Edward Island 144 2 3 3 0 0 9 126 1
Nova Scotia 944 11 22 14 3 0 70 816 7
Halifax 401 6 12 12 3 0 37 326 5
Rest of Nova Scotia 542 6 9 2 0 0 32 490 2
New Brunswick 755 10 11 6 2 0 45 677 3
Moncton 140 2 2 2 1 0 9 124 0
Saint John 129 1 2 2 0 0 9 113 1
Rest of New Brunswick 487 7 6 3 1 0 28 440 2
Quebec 7,993 230 318 277 187 1 709 6,201 70
Saguenay 159 0 1 0 0 0 2 155 0
Québec 775 8 13 5 7 0 24 714 3
Sherbrooke 204 4 4 2 3 0 9 181 1
Trois-Rivières 153 1 1 0 1 0 4 144 1
Montréal 3,875 196 264 256 163 1 585 2,349 61
Ottawa - Gatineau (Quebec part) 318 7 10 7 8 0 24 260 1
Rest of Quebec 2,509 13 25 6 5 0 61 2,396 3
Ontario 13,237 604 1,266 1,689 204 13 2,999 6,319 142
Ottawa - Gatineau (Ontario part) 949 34 62 92 27 1 191 531 12
Kingston 164 3 11 4 1 0 27 117 1
Peterborough 122 2 6 2 0 0 19 93 1
Oshawa 366 13 31 12 2 0 81 226 1
Toronto 5,751 417 690 1,390 142 7 1,618 1,390 97
Hamilton 741 22 96 47 9 1 187 374 6
St. Catharines - Niagara 402 13 42 10 3 0 92 240 3
Kitchener - Cambridge - Waterloo 492 17 55 36 6 0 100 273 4
Brantford 139 2 10 3 0 0 25 97 1
Guelph 145 3 13 11 1 0 31 85 1
London 489 16 45 26 4 0 100 291 5
Windsor 328 11 31 28 4 0 71 181 3
Barrie 192 4 14 4 1 0 38 130 1
Greater Sudbury 165 1 7 1 0 0 19 135 1
Thunder Bay 125 1 8 2 0 0 26 87 0
Rest of Ontario 2,664 44 143 21 4 1 376 2,069 6
Manitoba 1,231 32 61 88 12 1 212 816 9
Winnipeg 744 18 44 81 10 1 148 435 7
Rest of Manitoba 487 14 17 7 1 0 64 381 2
Saskatchewan 1,064 10 22 35 5 1 147 835 9
Regina 217 3 6 12 2 0 31 160 2
Saskatoon 269 3 7 16 2 0 39 198 4
Rest of Saskatchewan 578 4 9 7 1 0 77 476 3
Alberta 3,778 91 192 331 59 9 732 2,300 64
Calgary 1,259 39 80 179 28 4 274 630 25
Edmonton 1,202 27 66 126 23 4 248 683 24
Rest of Alberta 1,317 26 45 26 7 2 209 987 15
British Columbia 4,491 109 336 723 39 31 1,068 2,117 69
Kelowna 183 3 16 5 1 1 40 116 1
Vancouver 2,367 63 180 650 29 24 605 760 55
Victoria 352 10 32 18 3 1 87 197 4
Abbotsford - Mission 174 4 10 25 1 1 45 86 2
Rest of British Columbia 1,415 28 98 26 5 4 290 958 7
Territories 113 1 3 3 1 0 10 94 1
Note 1.

In this table, the second generation corresponds to the non-immigrant population with at least one parent born abroad while the group of subsequent generations (third or more) corresponds to the non-immigrant population with both parents born in Canada. For more information, refer to the glossary.

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Sources: Statistics Canada, 2011 National Household Survey (adjusted) and Demosim 2017.
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