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Facts and figures 2008 – Immigration overview:
Permanent and temporary residents

Permanent residents

Canada – Permanent residents less than 15 years of age by gender, age and category

Number
Category 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Family class 1,159 1,236 1,276 1,331 1,563 1,347 1,234 1,445 1,453 1,345
Economic immigrants 4,343 5,712 6,968 6,420 5,365 5,888 6,831 5,872 5,539 6,125
Refugees 838 962 918 793 711 888 928 894 887 703
Other immigrants 5 2 1 6 77 103 102 123 96 117
0 to 4 years of age 6,345 7,912 9,163 8,550 7,716 8,226 9,095 8,334 7,975 8,290
Family class 1,021 880 985 908 1,116 915 962 886 783 733
Economic immigrants 5,356 6,714 7,677 6,912 5,806 6,425 7,775 6,450 5,961 6,792
Refugees 1,297 1,696 1,514 1,257 1,273 1,696 1,728 1,598 1,375 1,112
Other immigrants 42 10 6 22 110 154 139 226 201 209
Category not stated 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
5 to 9 years of age 7,716 9,300 10,182 9,099 8,305 9,190 10,605 9,161 8,320 8,846
Family class 1,448 1,303 1,406 1,273 1,244 1,135 1,197 1,192 1,119 985
Economic immigrants 4,757 5,956 6,740 5,877 4,943 5,466 6,754 5,981 5,514 6,413
Refugees 1,391 1,686 1,594 1,465 1,393 1,731 1,816 1,751 1,552 1,295
Other immigrants 90 38 17 41 158 225 210 284 354 231
10 to 14 years of age 7,686 8,983 9,757 8,656 7,738 8,557 9,977 9,208 8,539 8,924
Family class 3,628 3,419 3,667 3,512 3,923 3,397 3,393 3,523 3,355 3,063
Economic immigrants 14,456 18,382 21,385 19,209 16,114 17,779 21,360 18,303 17,014 19,330
Refugees 3,526 4,344 4,026 3,515 3,377 4,315 4,472 4,243 3,814 3,110
Other immigrants 137 50 24 69 345 482 451 633 651 557
Category not stated 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Males 21,747 26,195 29,102 26,305 23,759 25,973 29,677 26,703 24,834 26,060
Family class 1,885 1,814 1,933 2,027 2,399 2,186 2,065 1,768 1,904 1,425
Economic immigrants 4,111 5,431 6,751 5,869 5,010 5,378 6,175 5,418 5,152 5,793
Refugees 752 983 874 707 707 857 902 797 800 705
Other immigrants 8 2 0 8 78 101 98 101 96 123
0 to 4 years of age 6,756 8,230 9,558 8,611 8,194 8,522 9,240 8,084 7,952 8,046
Family class 1,005 933 1,001 904 981 910 919 829 805 692
Economic immigrants 4,829 6,128 7,120 6,207 5,428 5,811 6,941 5,892 5,533 6,241
Refugees 1,177 1,555 1,350 1,197 1,173 1,560 1,584 1,482 1,305 1,062
Other immigrants 46 13 6 24 104 151 160 207 234 220
5 to 9 years of age 7,057 8,629 9,477 8,332 7,686 8,432 9,604 8,410 7,877 8,215
Family class 1,299 1,365 1,426 1,251 1,191 1,107 1,063 1,117 1,024 978
Economic immigrants 4,357 5,220 6,195 5,156 4,387 5,032 6,079 5,135 4,885 5,581
Refugees 1,261 1,513 1,510 1,279 1,267 1,656 1,704 1,594 1,414 1,180
Other immigrants 81 25 13 26 149 194 227 275 288 242
Category not stated 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 to 14 years of age 6,998 8,123 9,144 7,712 6,994 7,989 9,073 8,121 7,611 7,982
Family class 4,189 4,112 4,360 4,182 4,571 4,203 4,047 3,714 3,733 3,095
Economic immigrants 13,297 16,779 20,066 17,232 14,825 16,221 19,195 16,445 15,570 17,615
Refugees 3,190 4,051 3,734 3,183 3,147 4,073 4,190 3,873 3,519 2,947
Other immigrants 135 40 19 58 331 446 485 583 618 585
Category not stated 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Females 20,811 24,982 28,179 24,655 22,874 24,943 27,917 24,615 23,440 24,243
Family class 3,044 3,050 3,209 3,358 3,962 3,533 3,299 3,213 3,357 2,770
Economic immigrants 8,454 11,143 13,719 12,289 10,375 11,266 13,006 11,290 10,691 11,918
Refugees 1,590 1,945 1,792 1,500 1,418 1,745 1,830 1,691 1,687 1,408
Other immigrants 13 4 1 14 155 204 200 224 192 240
0 to 4 years of age 13,101 16,142 18,721 17,161 15,910 16,748 18,335 16,418 15,927 16,336
Family class 2,026 1,813 1,986 1,812 2,097 1,825 1,881 1,715 1,588 1,425
Economic immigrants 10,185 12,842 14,797 13,119 11,234 12,236 14,716 12,342 11,494 13,033
Refugees 2,474 3,251 2,864 2,454 2,446 3,256 3,312 3,080 2,680 2,174
Other immigrants 88 23 12 46 214 305 299 433 435 429
Category not stated 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
5 to 9 years of age 14,773 17,929 19,659 17,431 15,991 17,622 20,209 17,571 16,197 17,061
Family class 2,747 2,668 2,832 2,524 2,435 2,242 2,260 2,309 2,143 1,963
Economic immigrants 9,114 11,176 12,935 11,033 9,330 10,498 12,833 11,116 10,399 11,994
Refugees 2,652 3,199 3,104 2,744 2,660 3,387 3,520 3,345 2,966 2,475
Other immigrants 171 63 30 67 307 419 437 559 642 473
Category not stated 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 to 14 years of age 14,684 17,106 18,901 16,368 14,732 16,546 19,050 17,329 16,150 16,906
Family class 7,817 7,531 8,027 7,694 8,494 7,600 7,440 7,237 7,088 6,158
Economic immigrants 27,753 35,161 41,451 36,441 30,939 34,000 40,555 34,748 32,584 36,945
Refugees 6,716 8,395 7,760 6,698 6,524 8,388 8,662 8,116 7,333 6,057
Other immigrants 272 90 43 127 676 928 936 1,216 1,269 1,142
Category not stated 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1
Gender not stated 6 5 8 3 1 2 0 2 0 0
Total 42,564 51,182 57,289 50,963 46,634 50,918 57,594 51,320 48,274 50,303
Percentage distribution
Category 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Family class 18.3 15.6 13.9 15.6 20.3 16.4 13.6 17.3 18.2 16.2
Economic immigrants 68.4 72.2 76.0 75.1 69.5 71.6 75.1 70.5 69.5 73.9
Refugees 13.2 12.2 10.0 9.3 9.2 10.8 10.2 10.7 11.1 8.5
Other immigrants 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.0 1.3 1.1 1.5 1.2 1.4
0 to 4 years of age 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Family class 13.2 9.5 9.7 10.0 13.4 10.0 9.1 9.7 9.4 8.3
Economic immigrants 69.4 72.2 75.4 76.0 69.9 69.9 73.3 70.4 71.6 76.8
Refugees 16.8 18.2 14.9 13.8 15.3 18.5 16.3 17.4 16.5 12.6
Other immigrants 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.2 1.3 1.7 1.3 2.5 2.4 2.4
Category not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
5 to 9 years of age 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Family class 18.8 14.5 14.4 14.7 16.1 13.3 12.0 12.9 13.1 11.0
Economic immigrants 61.9 66.3 69.1 67.9 63.9 63.9 67.7 65.0 64.6 71.9
Refugees 18.1 18.8 16.3 16.9 18.0 20.2 18.2 19.0 18.2 14.5
Other immigrants 1.2 0.4 0.2 0.5 2.0 2.6 2.1 3.1 4.1 2.6
10 to 14 years of age 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Family class 16.7 13.1 12.6 13.4 16.5 13.1 11.4 13.2 13.5 11.8
Economic immigrants 66.5 70.2 73.5 73.0 67.8 68.5 72.0 68.5 68.5 74.2
Refugees 16.2 16.6 13.8 13.4 14.2 16.6 15.1 15.9 15.4 11.9
Other immigrants 0.6 0.2 0.1 0.3 1.5 1.9 1.5 2.4 2.6 2.1
Category not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Males 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Family class 27.9 22.0 20.2 23.5 29.3 25.7 22.3 21.9 23.9 17.7
Economic immigrants 60.8 66.0 70.6 68.2 61.1 63.1 66.8 67.0 64.8 72.0
Refugees 11.1 11.9 9.1 8.2 8.6 10.1 9.8 9.9 10.1 8.8
Other immigrants 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.0 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.5
0 to 4 years of age 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Family class 14.2 10.8 10.6 10.8 12.8 10.8 9.6 9.9 10.2 8.4
Economic immigrants 68.4 71.0 75.1 74.5 70.6 68.9 72.3 70.1 70.2 76.0
Refugees 16.7 18.0 14.2 14.4 15.3 18.5 16.5 17.6 16.6 12.9
Other immigrants 0.7 0.2 0.1 0.3 1.4 1.8 1.7 2.5 3.0 2.7
5 to 9 years of age 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Family class 18.6 16.8 15.6 16.2 17.0 13.9 11.7 13.8 13.5 12.3
Economic immigrants 62.3 64.3 67.7 66.9 62.7 63.0 67.0 63.2 64.2 69.9
Refugees 18.0 18.6 16.5 16.6 18.1 20.7 18.8 19.6 18.6 14.8
Other immigrants 1.2 0.3 0.1 0.3 2.1 2.4 2.5 3.4 3.8 3.0
Category not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
10 to 14 years of age 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Family class 20.1 16.5 15.5 17.0 20.0 16.9 14.5 15.1 15.9 12.8
Economic immigrants 63.9 67.2 71.2 69.9 64.8 65.0 68.8 66.8 66.4 72.7
Refugees 15.3 16.2 13.3 12.9 13.8 16.3 15.0 15.7 15.0 12.2
Other immigrants 0.6 0.2 0.1 0.2 1.4 1.8 1.7 2.4 2.6 2.4
Category not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Females 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Family class 23.2 18.9 17.1 19.6 24.9 21.1 18.0 19.6 21.1 17.0
Economic immigrants 64.5 69.0 73.3 71.6 65.2 67.3 70.9 68.8 67.1 73.0
Refugees 12.1 12.0 9.6 8.7 8.9 10.4 10.0 10.3 10.6 8.6
Other immigrants 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.0 1.2 1.1 1.4 1.2 1.5
0 to 4 years of age 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Family class 13.7 10.1 10.1 10.4 13.1 10.4 9.3 9.8 9.8 8.4
Economic immigrants 68.9 71.6 75.3 75.3 70.3 69.4 72.8 70.2 71.0 76.4
Refugees 16.7 18.1 14.6 14.1 15.3 18.5 16.4 17.5 16.5 12.7
Other immigrants 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.3 1.3 1.7 1.5 2.5 2.7 2.5
Category not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
5 to 9 years of age 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Family class 18.7 15.6 15.0 15.4 16.5 13.6 11.9 13.3 13.3 11.6
Economic immigrants 62.1 65.3 68.4 67.4 63.3 63.4 67.4 64.1 64.4 70.9
Refugees 18.1 18.7 16.4 16.8 18.1 20.5 18.5 19.3 18.4 14.6
Other immigrants 1.2 0.4 0.2 0.4 2.1 2.5 2.3 3.2 4.0 2.8
Category not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
10 to 14 years of age 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Family class 18.4 14.7 14.0 15.1 18.2 14.9 12.9 14.1 14.7 12.2
Economic immigrants 65.2 68.7 72.4 71.5 66.3 66.8 70.4 67.7 67.5 73.4
Refugees 15.8 16.4 13.5 13.1 14.0 16.5 15.0 15.8 15.2 12.0
Other immigrants 0.6 0.2 0.1 0.2 1.4 1.8 1.6 2.4 2.6 2.3
Category not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Gender not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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