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

Permanent residents

Canada – Permanent residents 15 years of age or older by age and category

Number
Category 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Family class 13,297 14,664 15,235 14,018 16,045 15,336 16,282 16,803 15,329 14,361
Economic immigrants – p.a* 1,494 1,497 1,646 1,455 1,107 1,090 1,080 1,288 1,689 1,769
Economic immigrants –
s.d**		 8,409 10,243 11,483 10,250 9,223 11,333 14,886 13,914 12,995 14,772
Refugees 4,709 6,199 5,956 5,365 5,349 7,101 7,361 7,098 6,156 4,859
Other immigrants 215 93 41 519 1,297 1,009 973 1,572 1,712 1,663
Category not stated 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 to 24 years of age 28,124 32,696 34,361 31,607 33,021 35,869 40,582 40,675 37,881 37,425
Family class 21,096 22,334 24,358 20,845 23,156 26,110 27,386 27,856 27,931 28,402
Economic immigrants – p.a.* 40,737 50,411 56,506 50,442 44,636 47,466 51,606 45,718 43,522 49,391
Economic immigrants – s.d.** 23,168 29,643 33,918 29,721 26,552 29,126 33,545 28,273 26,123 29,120
Refugees 10,821 12,421 11,270 10,109 10,886 13,421 15,267 13,058 10,835 8,053
Other immigrants 399 196 81 2,339 5,323 3,634 3,416 5,555 6,289 5,822
Category not stated 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0
25 to 44 years of age 96,221 115,005 126,134 113,456 110,554 119,757 131,221 120,461 114,701 120,788
Family class 9,081 11,225 13,575 13,857 11,856 8,807 9,370 12,901 10,752 10,928
Economic immigrants – p.a.* 4,860 5,985 6,876 6,152 5,395 6,523 8,827 8,572 8,455 9,980
Economic immigrants – s.d.** 2,641 3,164 3,612 3,240 3,092 4,112 5,700 5,599 5,701 6,890
Refugees 1,840 2,567 2,516 2,517 2,818 3,285 3,909 3,715 3,127 2,467
Other immigrants 133 71 35 552 1,289 1,031 966 1,490 1,511 1,508
45 to 64 years of age 18,555 23,012 26,614 26,318 24,450 23,758 28,772 32,277 29,546 31,773
Family class 3,979 4,856 5,592 5,873 5,560 4,406 2,883 5,709 5,132 5,718
Economic immigrants – p.a.* 154 151 190 127 67 66 68 96 116 112
Economic immigrants – s.d.** 34 35 36 35 35 32 45 44 59 93
Refugees 311 510 417 427 407 492 577 512 504 424
Other immigrants 12 10 6 243 620 527 499 549 541 607
65 years of age or more 4,490 5,562 6,241 6,705 6,689 5,523 4,072 6,910 6,352 6,954
Family class 47,453 53,079 58,760 54,593 56,617 54,659 55,921 63,269 59,144 59,409
Economic immigrants – p.a.* 47,245 58,044 65,218 58,176 51,205 55,145 61,581 55,674 53,782 61,252
Economic immigrants – s.d.** 34,252 43,085 49,049 43,246 38,902 44,603 54,176 47,830 44,878 50,875
Refugees 17,681 21,697 20,159 18,418 19,460 24,299 27,114 24,383 20,622 15,803
Other immigrants 759 370 163 3,653 8,529 6,201 5,854 9,166 10,053 9,600
Category not stated 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1
Age not stated 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 147,390 176,276 193,350 178,086 174,714 184,907 204,647 200,323 188,480 196,940
Percentage distribution
Category 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Family class 47.3 44.8 44.3 44.4 48.6 42.8 40.1 41.3 40.5 38.4
Economic immigrants – p.a.* 5.3 4.6 4.8 4.6 3.4 3.0 2.7 3.2 4.5 4.7
Economic immigrants – s.d.** 29.9 31.3 33.4 32.4 27.9 31.6 36.7 34.2 34.3 39.5
Refugees 16.7 19.0 17.3 17.0 16.2 19.8 18.1 17.5 16.3 13.0
Other immigrants 0.8 0.3 0.1 1.6 3.9 2.8 2.4 3.9 4.5 4.4
Category not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
15 to 24 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 21.9 19.4 19.3 18.4 20.9 21.8 20.9 23.1 24.4 23.5
Economic immigrants – p.a.* 42.3 43.8 44.8 44.5 40.4 39.6 39.3 38.0 37.9 40.9
Economic immigrants – s.d.** 24.1 25.8 26.9 26.2 24.0 24.3 25.6 23.5 22.8 24.1
Refugees 11.2 10.8 8.9 8.9 9.8 11.2 11.6 10.8 9.4 6.7
Other immigrants 0.4 0.2 0.1 2.1 4.8 3.0 2.6 4.6 5.5 4.8
Category not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
25 to 44 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 48.9 48.8 51.0 52.7 48.5 37.1 32.6 40.0 36.4 34.4
Economic immigrants – p.a.* 26.2 26.0 25.8 23.4 22.1 27.5 30.7 26.6 28.6 31.4
Economic immigrants – s.d.** 14.2 13.7 13.6 12.3 12.6 17.3 19.8 17.3 19.3 21.7
Refugees 9.9 11.2 9.5 9.6 11.5 13.8 13.6 11.5 10.6 7.8
Other immigrants 0.7 0.3 0.1 2.1 5.3 4.3 3.4 4.6 5.1 4.7
45 to 64 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 88.6 87.3 89.6 87.6 83.1 79.8 70.8 82.6 80.8 82.2
Economic immigrants – p.a.* 3.4 2.7 3.0 1.9 1.0 1.2 1.7 1.4 1.8 1.6
Economic immigrants – s.d.** 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 1.1 0.6 0.9 1.3
Refugees 6.9 9.2 6.7 6.4 6.1 8.9 14.2 7.4 7.9 6.1
Other immigrants 0.3 0.2 0.1 3.6 9.3 9.5 12.3 7.9 8.5 8.7
65 years of age or more 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Family class 32.2 30.1 30.4 30.7 32.4 29.6 27.3 31.6 31.4 30.2
Economic immigrants – p.a.* 32.1 32.9 33.7 32.7 29.3 29.8 30.1 27.8 28.5 31.1
Economic immigrants – s.d.** 23.2 24.4 25.4 24.3 22.3 24.1 26.5 23.9 23.8 25.8
Refugees 12.0 12.3 10.4 10.3 11.1 13.1 13.2 12.2 10.9 8.0
Other immigrants 0.5 0.2 0.1 2.1 4.9 3.4 2.9 4.6 5.3 4.9
Category not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Age 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

*p.a. = principal applicants
**s.d. = spouses and dependants

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Canada – Male permanent residents 15 years of age or older by age and category

Number
Category 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Family class 4,498 4,853 5,362 4,897 5,478 5,021 5,523 6,060 5,218 4,919
Economic immigrants – p.a.* 878 915 945 831 671 611 555 713 881 885
Economic immigrants – s.d.** 3,986 4,835 5,476 4,920 4,476 5,552 7,407 6,961 6,638 7,487
Refugees 2,608 3,410 3,270 2,865 2,866 3,705 3,808 3,733 3,240 2,514
Other immigrants 109 45 22 179 514 487 488 734 792 774
15 to 24 years of age 12,079 14,058 15,075 13,692 14,005 15,376 17,781 18,201 16,769 16,579
Family class 8,316 8,672 9,353 7,721 8,420 9,863 10,757 11,014 11,104 11,756
Economic immigrants – p.a.* 29,412 37,385 41,660 36,902 31,606 32,580 34,913 30,359 27,945 29,738
Economic immigrants – s.d.** 4,309 5,225 6,230 5,644 5,709 6,841 7,792 6,964 6,847 8,256
Refugees 5,976 6,810 6,172 5,479 5,921 7,052 8,094 6,698 5,497 4,040
Other immigrants 203 120 39 1,025 2,336 1,829 1,775 2,848 3,113 2,950
Category not stated 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
25 to 44 years of age 48,216 58,212 63,455 56,771 53,992 58,165 63,331 57,883 54,507 56,740
Family class 3,410 4,248 5,183 5,454 4,481 3,386 3,920 5,156 4,284 4,290
Economic immigrants – p.a.* 3,816 4,823 5,539 5,005 4,227 5,141 6,712 6,402 6,244 7,202
Economic immigrants – s.d.** 889 1,030 1,205 1,081 1,084 1,506 2,078 2,077 2,155 2,710
Refugees 973 1,362 1,303 1,216 1,475 1,685 1,974 1,817 1,521 1,174
Other immigrants 82 41 20 216 520 437 417 658 660 718
45 to 64 years of age 9,170 11,504 13,250 12,972 11,787 12,155 15,101 16,110 14,864 16,094
Family class 1,608 2,098 2,480 2,713 2,566 2,058 1,452 2,760 2,499 2,678
Economic immigrants – p.a.* 74 63 80 56 47 48 54 81 98 92
Economic immigrants – s.d.** 16 20 16 18 18 22 34 30 27 52
Refugees 117 199 153 159 152 216 217 197 214 171
Other immigrants 8 4 2 70 173 151 130 163 165 148
65 years of age or more 1,823 2,384 2,731 3,016 2,956 2,495 1,887 3,231 3,003 3,141
Family class 17,832 19,871 22,378 20,785 20,945 20,328 21,652 24,990 23,105 23,643
Economic immigrants – p.a.* 34,180 43,186 48,224 42,794 36,551 38,380 42,234 37,555 35,168 37,917
Economic immigrants – s.d.** 9,200 11,110 12,927 11,663 11,287 13,921 17,311 16,032 15,667 18,505
Refugees 9,674 11,781 10,898 9,719 10,414 12,658 14,093 12,445 10,472 7,899
Other immigrants 402 210 83 1,490 3,543 2,904 2,810 4,403 4,730 4,590
Category not stated 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Age not stated 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Males 71,288 86,159 94,511 86,451 82,740 88,191 98,100 95,425 89,143 92,554
Percentage distribution
Category 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Family class 37.2 34.5 35.6 35.8 39.1 32.7 31.1 33.3 31.1 29.7
Economic immigrants – p.a.* 7.3 6.5 6.3 6.1 4.8 4.0 3.1 3.9 5.3 5.3
Economic immigrants – s.d.** 33.0 34.4 36.3 35.9 32.0 36.1 41.7 38.2 39.6 45.2
Refugees 21.6 24.3 21.7 20.9 20.5 24.1 21.4 20.5 19.3 15.2
Other immigrants 0.9 0.3 0.1 1.3 3.7 3.2 2.7 4.0 4.7 4.7
15 to 24 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 17.2 14.9 14.7 13.6 15.6 17.0 17.0 19.0 20.4 20.7
Economic immigrants – p.a.* 61.0 64.2 65.7 65.0 58.5 56.0 55.1 52.4 51.3 52.4
Economic immigrants – s.d.** 8.9 9.0 9.8 9.9 10.6 11.8 12.3 12.0 12.6 14.6
Refugees 12.4 11.7 9.7 9.7 11.0 12.1 12.8 11.6 10.1 7.1
Other immigrants 0.4 0.2 0.1 1.8 4.3 3.1 2.8 4.9 5.7 5.2
Category not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
25 to 44 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 37.2 36.9 39.1 42.0 38.0 27.9 26.0 32.0 28.8 26.7
Economic immigrants – p.a.* 41.6 41.9 41.8 38.6 35.9 42.3 44.4 39.7 42.0 44.7
Economic immigrants – s.d.** 9.7 9.0 9.1 8.3 9.2 12.4 13.8 12.9 14.5 16.8
Refugees 10.6 11.8 9.8 9.4 12.5 13.9 13.1 11.3 10.2 7.3
Other immigrants 0.9 0.4 0.2 1.7 4.4 3.6 2.8 4.1 4.4 4.5
45 to 64 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 88.2 88.0 90.8 90.0 86.8 82.5 76.9 85.4 83.2 85.3
Economic immigrants – p.a.* 4.1 2.6 2.9 1.9 1.6 1.9 2.9 2.5 3.3 2.9
Economic immigrants – s.d.** 0.9 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.9 1.8 0.9 0.9 1.7
Refugees 6.4 8.3 5.6 5.3 5.1 8.7 11.5 6.1 7.1 5.4
Other immigrants 0.4 0.2 0.1 2.3 5.9 6.1 6.9 5.0 5.5 4.7
65 years of age or more 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Family class 25.0 23.1 23.7 24.0 25.3 23.0 22.1 26.2 25.9 25.5
Economic immigrants – p.a.* 47.9 50.1 51.0 49.5 44.2 43.5 43.1 39.4 39.5 41.0
Economic immigrants – s.d.** 12.9 12.9 13.7 13.5 13.6 15.8 17.6 16.8 17.6 20.0
Refugees 13.6 13.7 11.5 11.2 12.6 14.4 14.4 13.0 11.7 8.5
Other immigrants 0.6 0.2 0.1 1.7 4.3 3.3 2.9 4.6 5.3 5.0
Category not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Age 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

*p.a. = principal applicants
**s.d. = spouses and dependants

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Canada – Female permanent residents 15 years of age or older by age and category

Number
Category 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Family class 8,795 9,810 9,873 9,121 10,567 10,314 10,759 10,743 10,111 9,442
Economic immigrants – p.a.* 616 582 701 624 436 479 525 575 808 884
Economic immigrants – s.d.** 4,420 5,408 6,007 5,330 4,747 5,781 7,479 6,953 6,357 7,285
Refugees 2,101 2,788 2,686 2,500 2,483 3,396 3,553 3,365 2,916 2,345
Other immigrants 106 48 19 340 783 522 485 838 920 889
Category not stated 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 to 24 years of age 16,038 18,636 19,286 17,915 19,016 20,492 22,801 22,474 21,112 20,846
Family class 12,778 13,662 15,005 13,123 14,736 16,246 16,629 16,842 16,827 16,646
Economic immigrants – p.a.* 11,325 13,026 14,846 13,540 13,029 14,886 16,693 15,359 15,577 19,653
Economic immigrants – s.d.** 18,858 24,417 27,688 24,077 20,843 22,285 25,753 21,309 19,276 20,864
Refugees 4,845 5,611 5,097 4,630 4,965 6,368 7,172 6,360 5,338 4,013
Other immigrants 196 76 42 1,314 2,987 1,805 1,641 2,707 3,176 2,872
Category not stated 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0
25 to 44 years of age 48,002 56,792 62,678 56,684 56,561 61,590 67,889 62,578 60,194 64,048
Family class 5,671 6,977 8,392 8,403 7,375 5,421 5,450 7,745 6,468 6,638
Economic immigrants – p.a.* 1,044 1,162 1,337 1,147 1,168 1,382 2,115 2,170 2,211 2,778
Economic immigrants – s.d.** 1,752 2,134 2,407 2,159 2,008 2,606 3,622 3,522 3,546 4,180
Refugees 867 1,205 1,213 1,301 1,343 1,600 1,935 1,898 1,606 1,293
Other immigrants 51 30 15 336 769 594 549 832 851 790
45 to 64 years of age 9,385 11,508 13,364 13,346 12,663 11,603 13,671 16,167 14,682 15,679
Family class 2,369 2,758 3,112 3,160 2,994 2,348 1,431 2,949 2,633 3,040
Economic immigrants – p.a.* 80 88 110 71 20 18 14 15 18 20
Economic immigrants – s.d.** 18 15 20 17 17 10 11 14 32 41
Refugees 194 311 264 268 255 276 360 315 290 253
Other immigrants 4 6 4 173 447 376 369 386 376 459
65 years of age or more 2,665 3,178 3,510 3,689 3,733 3,028 2,185 3,679 3,349 3,813
Family class 29,613 33,207 36,382 33,807 35,672 34,329 34,269 38,279 36,039 35,766
Economic immigrants – p.a.* 13,065 14,858 16,994 15,382 14,653 16,765 19,347 18,119 18,614 23,335
Economic immigrants – s.d.** 25,048 31,974 36,122 31,583 27,615 30,682 36,865 31,798 29,211 32,370
Refugees 8,007 9,915 9,260 8,699 9,046 11,640 13,020 11,938 10,150 7,904
Other immigrants 357 160 80 2,163 4,986 3,297 3,044 4,763 5,323 5,010
Category not stated 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
Females 76,090 90,114 98,838 91,634 91,973 96,713 106,546 104,898 99,337 104,386
Percentage distribution
Category 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Family class 54.8 52.6 51.2 50.9 55.6 50.3 47.2 47.8 47.9 45.3
Economic immigrants – p.a.* 3.8 3.1 3.6 3.5 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.6 3.8 4.2
Economic immigrants – s.d.** 27.6 29.0 31.1 29.8 25.0 28.2 32.8 30.9 30.1 34.9
Refugees 13.1 15.0 13.9 14.0 13.1 16.6 15.6 15.0 13.8 11.2
Other immigrants 0.7 0.3 0.1 1.9 4.1 2.5 2.1 3.7 4.4 4.3
Category not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
15 to 24 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 26.6 24.1 23.9 23.2 26.1 26.4 24.5 26.9 28.0 26.0
Economic immigrants – p.a.* 23.6 22.9 23.7 23.9 23.0 24.2 24.6 24.5 25.9 30.7
Economic immigrants – s.d.** 39.3 43.0 44.2 42.5 36.9 36.2 37.9 34.1 32.0 32.6
Refugees 10.1 9.9 8.1 8.2 8.8 10.3 10.6 10.2 8.9 6.3
Other immigrants 0.4 0.1 0.1 2.3 5.3 2.9 2.4 4.3 5.3 4.5
Category not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
25 to 44 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 60.4 60.6 62.8 63.0 58.2 46.7 39.9 47.9 44.1 42.3
Economic immigrants – p.a.* 11.1 10.1 10.0 8.6 9.2 11.9 15.5 13.4 15.1 17.7
Economic immigrants – s.d.** 18.7 18.5 18.0 16.2 15.9 22.5 26.5 21.8 24.2 26.7
Refugees 9.2 10.5 9.1 9.7 10.6 13.8 14.2 11.7 10.9 8.2
Other immigrants 0.5 0.3 0.1 2.5 6.1 5.1 4.0 5.1 5.8 5.0
45 to 64 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 88.9 86.8 88.7 85.7 80.2 77.5 65.5 80.2 78.6 79.7
Economic immigrants – p.a.* 3.0 2.8 3.1 1.9 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.5
Economic immigrants – s.d.** 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.5 0.4 1.0 1.1
Refugees 7.3 9.8 7.5 7.3 6.8 9.1 16.5 8.6 8.7 6.6
Other immigrants 0.2 0.2 0.1 4.7 12.0 12.4 16.9 10.5 11.2 12.0
65 years of age or more 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Family class 38.9 36.8 36.8 36.9 38.8 35.5 32.2 36.5 36.3 34.3
Economic immigrants – p.a.* 17.2 16.5 17.2 16.8 15.9 17.3 18.2 17.3 18.7 22.4
Economic immigrants – s.d.** 32.9 35.5 36.5 34.5 30.0 31.7 34.6 30.3 29.4 31.0
Refugees 10.5 11.0 9.4 9.5 9.8 12.0 12.2 11.4 10.2 7.6
Other immigrants 0.5 0.2 0.1 2.4 5.4 3.4 2.9 4.5 5.4 4.8
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

*p.a. = principal applicants
**s.d. = spouses and dependants

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