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

Permanent residents

Canada – Permanent residents by gender and source area

Number
Source area 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Africa and the Middle East 17,498 21,307 25,421 24,623 22,610 25,166 25,120 26,574 24,744 25,724
Asia and Pacific 46,294 59,156 64,699 57,267 53,161 53,864 65,643 59,150 51,962 54,036
South and Central America 7,103 7,779 9,280 9,058 9,458 10,533 11,650 11,652 12,316 12,715
United States 2,555 2,669 2,650 2,414 2,792 3,603 4,424 5,400 5,107 5,509
Europe and the United Kingdom 19,584 21,439 21,542 19,386 18,475 20,974 20,900 19,304 19,786 20,590
Source area not stated 1 4 21 8 3 24 40 48 62 40
Males 93,035 112,354 123,613 112,756 106,499 114,164 127,777 122,128 113,977 118,614
Africa and the Middle East 16,059 19,603 22,816 21,717 21,066 24,365 24,159 25,287 23,820 25,590
Asia and Pacific 50,285 61,582 68,242 61,791 60,567 60,706 72,411 67,327 60,699 63,441
South and Central America 8,176 9,228 10,932 10,414 10,891 11,720 12,990 12,652 13,574 13,780
United States 2,976 3,159 3,259 2,880 3,221 3,904 4,839 5,542 5,342 5,707
Europe and the United Kingdom 19,404 21,521 21,751 19,481 19,095 20,928 20,006 18,641 19,285 20,059
Source area not stated 1 3 17 6 7 33 58 64 57 52
Females 96,901 115,096 127,017 116,289 114,847 121,656 134,463 129,513 122,777 128,629
Africa and the Middle East 33,557 40,910 48,237 46,340 43,676 49,531 49,279 51,861 48,564 51,314
Asia and Pacific 96,579 120,738 132,941 119,058 113,728 114,570 138,054 126,477 112,661 117,477
South and Central America 15,279 17,007 20,212 19,472 20,349 22,253 24,640 24,304 25,890 26,495
United States 5,531 5,828 5,909 5,294 6,013 7,507 9,263 10,942 10,449 11,216
Europe and the United Kingdom 38,988 42,960 43,293 38,867 37,570 41,902 40,906 37,945 39,071 40,649
Source area not stated 2 7 38 14 10 57 98 112 119 92
Gender not stated 18 8 9 4 2 5 1 2 0 0
Total 189,954 227,458 250,639 229,049 221,348 235,825 262,241 251,643 236,754 247,243
Percentage distribution
Source area 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Africa and the Middle East 18.8 19.0 20.6 21.8 21.2 22.0 19.7 21.8 21.7 21.7
Asia and Pacific 49.8 52.7 52.3 50.8 49.9 47.2 51.4 48.4 45.6 45.6
South and Central America 7.6 6.9 7.5 8.0 8.9 9.2 9.1 9.5 10.8 10.7
United States 2.7 2.4 2.1 2.1 2.6 3.2 3.5 4.4 4.5 4.6
Europe and the United Kingdom 21.1 19.1 17.4 17.2 17.3 18.4 16.4 15.8 17.4 17.4
Source area not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0
Males 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Africa and the Middle East 16.6 17.0 18.0 18.7 18.3 20.0 18.0 19.5 19.4 19.9
Asia and Pacific 51.9 53.5 53.7 53.1 52.7 49.9 53.9 52.0 49.4 49.3
South and Central America 8.4 8.0 8.6 9.0 9.5 9.6 9.7 9.8 11.1 10.7
United States 3.1 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.8 3.2 3.6 4.3 4.4 4.4
Europe and the United Kingdom 20.0 18.7 17.1 16.8 16.6 17.2 14.9 14.4 15.7 15.6
Source area 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
Africa and the Middle East 17.7 18.0 19.2 20.2 19.7 21.0 18.8 20.6 20.5 20.8
Asia and Pacific 50.8 53.1 53.0 52.0 51.4 48.6 52.6 50.3 47.6 47.5
South and Central America 8.0 7.5 8.1 8.5 9.2 9.4 9.4 9.7 10.9 10.7
United States 2.9 2.6 2.4 2.3 2.7 3.2 3.5 4.3 4.4 4.5
Europe and the United Kingdom 20.5 18.9 17.3 17.0 17.0 17.8 15.6 15.1 16.5 16.4
Source area not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 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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