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

Permanent residents

Canada – Permanent residents by province or territory and language ability

Number
Language ability 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
English 826 814 951 792 802 1,105 1,301 1,763 1,777 1,955
French 12 14 9 13 24 21 13 22 19 27
Both French and English 49 50 69 58 111 172 192 162 138 202
Neither 708 730 669 556 537 473 423 639 589 467
Nova Scotia 1,595 1,608 1,698 1,419 1,474 1,771 1,929 2,586 2,523 2,651
English 321 341 353 319 350 449 604 1,014 951 1,099
French 45 67 67 46 59 38 58 58 64 90
Both French and English 46 56 77 61 66 129 142 110 129 131
Neither 248 294 301 279 191 179 287 464 499 539
New Brunswick 660 758 798 705 666 795 1,091 1,646 1,643 1,859
English 276 386 284 279 276 506 459 608 725 959
French / Both French and English 19 11 27 23 20 59 43 41 35 69
Neither 264 209 216 210 217 324 325 424 778 1,055
Other Atlantic provinces* 559 606 527 512 513 889 827 1,073 1,538 2,083
English 5,543 6,008 6,013 5,951 6,638 7,842 8,049 8,796 8,283 8,465
French 8,092 8,734 9,554 9,170 8,614 9,732 10,239 10,698 10,759 10,592
Both French and English 4,430 5,969 8,114 9,285 11,488 14,742 14,601 15,098 16,513 16,712
Neither 11,085 11,788 13,916 13,175 12,815 11,929 10,426 10,093 9,646 9,443
Quebec 29,150 32,499 37,597 37,581 39,555 44,245 43,315 44,685 45,201 45,212
English 58,494 71,952 77,704 67,592 62,205 72,329 84,372 78,633 71,413 74,369
French 1,108 1,206 1,385 1,156 1,018 1,148 1,274 1,198 1,350 1,402
Both French and English 2,305 2,889 3,731 3,327 3,399 5,355 5,562 4,748 4,719 4,889
Neither 42,259 57,464 65,821 61,513 53,100 46,262 49,317 41,313 33,833 30,236
Ontario 104,166 133,511 148,641 133,588 119,722 125,094 140,525 125,892 111,315 110,896
English 1,780 2,083 2,117 1,851 2,728 3,788 4,078 5,276 5,809 6,360
French 41 72 50 42 45 57 144 100 182 98
Both French and English 51 78 96 61 114 180 201 164 152 163
Neither 1,853 2,402 2,328 2,661 3,616 3,401 3,673 4,507 4,811 4,600
Manitoba 3,725 4,635 4,591 4,615 6,503 7,426 8,096 10,047 10,954 11,221
English 915 992 837 794 881 1,155 1,198 1,637 1,973 2,856
French / Both French and English 37 31 33 45 52 159 132 90 105 125
Neither 776 859 834 828 735 629 789 997 1,438 1,855
Saskatchewan 1,728 1,882 1,704 1,667 1,668 1,943 2,119 2,724 3,516 4,836
English 6,436 7,525 8,528 7,311 7,743 9,321 10,878 12,354 13,179 16,834
French 80 110 116 85 99 155 176 273 269 285
Both French and English 245 291 360 330 399 688 798 876 904 861
Neither 5,334 6,438 7,401 7,057 7,598 6,311 7,552 7,213 6,509 6,215
Alberta 12,095 14,364 16,405 14,783 15,839 16,475 19,404 20,716 20,861 24,195
English 17,942 17,643 17,964 14,527 15,084 18,120 21,995 22,916 22,920 26,891
French 137 151 139 100 108 118 125 176 145 158
Both French and English 474 545 543 544 585 1,139 1,367 1,376 1,427 1,484
Neither 17,570 19,089 19,836 18,886 19,452 17,651 21,283 17,615 14,465 15,417
British Columbia 36,123 37,428 38,482 34,057 35,229 37,028 44,770 42,083 38,957 43,950
English 85 98 125 81 86 94 103 117 143 215
French / Both French and English 13 5 4 6 15 18 8 29 13 31
Neither 50 52 44 35 63 47 50 29 38 42
Territories** 148 155 173 122 164 159 161 175 194 288
English 92,618 107,842 114,876 99,497 96,793 114,709 133,037 133,114 127,173 140,003
French 9,539 10,367 11,331 10,633 9,972 11,302 12,065 12,562 12,824 12,693
Both French and English 7,645 9,912 13,043 13,719 16,244 22,608 23,010 22,657 24,099 24,626
Neither 80,147 99,325 111,366 105,200 98,324 87,206 94,125 83,294 72,606 69,869
Province or territory not stated 5 12 23 0 15 0 4 16 52 52
Total 189,954 227,458 250,639 229,049 221,348 235,825 262,241 251,643 236,754 247,243
Percentage distribution
Language ability 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
English 51.8 50.6 56.0 55.8 54.4 62.4 67.4 68.2 70.4 73.7
French 0.8 0.9 0.5 0.9 1.6 1.2 0.7 0.9 0.8 1.0
Both French and English 3.1 3.1 4.1 4.1 7.5 9.7 10.0 6.3 5.5 7.6
Neither 44.4 45.4 39.4 39.2 36.4 26.7 21.9 24.7 23.3 17.6
Nova Scotia 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
English 48.6 45.0 44.2 45.2 52.6 56.5 55.4 61.6 57.9 59.1
French 6.8 8.8 8.4 6.5 8.9 4.8 5.3 3.5 3.9 4.8
Both French and English 7.0 7.4 9.6 8.7 9.9 16.2 13.0 6.7 7.9 7.0
Neither 37.6 38.8 37.7 39.6 28.7 22.5 26.3 28.2 30.4 29.0
New Brunswick 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
English 49.4 63.7 53.9 54.5 53.8 56.9 55.5 56.7 47.1 46.0
French / Both French and English 3.4 1.8 5.1 4.5 3.9 6.6 5.2 3.8 2.3 3.3
Neither 47.2 34.5 41.0 41.0 42.3 36.4 39.3 39.5 50.6 50.6
Other Atlantic provinces* 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
English 19.0 18.5 16.0 15.8 16.8 17.7 18.6 19.7 18.3 18.7
French 27.8 26.9 25.4 24.4 21.8 22.0 23.6 23.9 23.8 23.4
Both French and English 15.2 18.4 21.6 24.7 29.0 33.3 33.7 33.8 36.5 37.0
Neither 38.0 36.3 37.0 35.1 32.4 27.0 24.1 22.6 21.3 20.9
Quebec 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
English 56.2 53.9 52.3 50.6 52.0 57.8 60.0 62.5 64.2 67.1
French 1.1 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.2 1.3
Both French and English 2.2 2.2 2.5 2.5 2.8 4.3 4.0 3.8 4.2 4.4
Neither 40.6 43.0 44.3 46.0 44.4 37.0 35.1 32.8 30.4 27.3
Ontario 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
English 47.8 44.9 46.1 40.1 41.9 51.0 50.4 52.5 53.0 56.7
French 1.1 1.6 1.1 0.9 0.7 0.8 1.8 1.0 1.7 0.9
Both French and English 1.4 1.7 2.1 1.3 1.8 2.4 2.5 1.6 1.4 1.5
Neither 49.7 51.8 50.7 57.7 55.6 45.8 45.4 44.9 43.9 41.0
Manitoba 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
English 53.0 52.7 49.1 47.6 52.8 59.4 56.5 60.1 56.1 59.1
French / Both French and English 2.1 1.6 1.9 2.7 3.1 8.2 6.2 3.3 3.0 2.6
Neither 44.9 45.6 48.9 49.7 44.1 32.4 37.2 36.6 40.9 38.4
Saskatchewan 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
English 53.2 52.4 52.0 49.5 48.9 56.6 56.1 59.6 63.2 69.6
French 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.9 1.3 1.3 1.2
Both French and English 2.0 2.0 2.2 2.2 2.5 4.2 4.1 4.2 4.3 3.6
Neither 44.1 44.8 45.1 47.7 48.0 38.3 38.9 34.8 31.2 25.7
Alberta 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
English 49.7 47.1 46.7 42.7 42.8 48.9 49.1 54.5 58.8 61.2
French 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4
Both French and English 1.3 1.5 1.4 1.6 1.7 3.1 3.1 3.3 3.7 3.4
Neither 48.6 51.0 51.5 55.5 55.2 47.7 47.5 41.9 37.1 35.1
British Columbia 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
English 57.4 63.2 72.3 66.4 52.4 59.1 64.0 66.9 73.7 74.7
French / Both French and English 8.8 3.2 2.3 4.9 9.1 11.3 5.0 16.6 6.7 10.8
Neither 33.8 33.5 25.4 28.7 38.4 29.6 31.1 16.6 19.6 14.6
Territories** 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
English 48.8 47.4 45.8 43.4 43.7 48.6 50.7 52.9 53.7 56.6
French 5.0 4.6 4.5 4.6 4.5 4.8 4.6 5.0 5.4 5.1
Both French and English 4.0 4.4 5.2 6.0 7.3 9.6 8.8 9.0 10.2 10.0
Neither 42.2 43.7 44.4 45.9 44.4 37.0 35.9 33.1 30.7 28.3
Province or territory 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

*Newfoundland and Labrador and Prince Edward Island
**Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut

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Date Modified: 2009-08-25

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