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

Permanent residents

Canada – Permanent residents by province or territory and source area

Number
Source area 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Africa and the Middle East 517 680 721 546 619 749 730 795 775 881
Asia and Pacific 455 362 352 409 365 404 556 924 903 740
South and Central America 80 64 84 98 70 119 84 135 84 144
United States 106 111 126 101 124 176 159 245 206 289
Europe and the United Kingdom 437 391 415 265 296 322 400 485 555 597
Source area not stated 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0
Nova Scotia 1,595 1,608 1,698 1,419 1,474 1,771 1,929 2,586 2,523 2,651
Africa and the Middle East 217 438 450 385 348 443 390 476 537 539
Asia and Pacific 456 306 332 372 369 649 830 1,419 1,715 2,339
South and Central America 78 83 97 112 101 123 164 162 147 209
United States 88 93 114 107 114 169 172 223 188 245
Europe and the United Kingdom 380 444 331 241 247 298 362 438 594 610
Source area not stated 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0
Other Atlantic provinces* 1,219 1,364 1,325 1,217 1,179 1,684 1,918 2,719 3,181 3,942
Africa and the Middle East 8,087 9,686 12,327 12,265 12,609 14,097 13,845 16,180 16,306 16,197
Asia and Pacific 8,459 9,324 9,767 8,711 8,798 9,260 8,850 8,671 7,205 7,731
South and Central America 3,831 4,195 5,553 5,477 6,833 7,829 8,312 8,201 9,169 9,245
United States 426 493 501 521 701 775 732 1,006 982 1,032
Europe and the United Kingdom 8,347 8,800 9,448 10,601 10,613 12,271 11,551 10,613 11,510 10,984
Source area not stated 0 1 1 6 1 13 25 14 29 23
Quebec 29,150 32,499 37,597 37,581 39,555 44,245 43,315 44,685 45,201 45,212
Africa and the Middle East 18,533 22,850 26,642 25,461 22,202 25,345 25,665 24,176 21,649 22,972
Asia and Pacific 53,060 73,855 83,393 74,361 66,297 65,682 78,899 68,507 57,415 55,874
South and Central America 9,191 10,210 11,785 11,190 10,214 10,924 12,513 12,118 12,218 12,100
United States 3,004 3,286 3,255 2,845 3,099 3,849 5,147 5,698 5,134 5,336
Europe and the United Kingdom 20,377 23,306 23,542 19,727 17,902 19,262 18,234 15,311 14,845 14,566
Source area not stated 1 4 24 4 8 32 67 82 54 48
Ontario 104,166 133,511 148,641 133,588 119,722 125,094 140,525 125,892 111,315 110,896
Africa and the Middle East 626 1,044 1,089 957 1,347 1,671 1,570 1,922 1,764 1,867
Asia and Pacific 1,436 1,731 1,814 2,055 2,696 3,264 3,807 5,090 5,872 5,810
South and Central America 228 263 267 415 614 563 555 433 811 737
United States 152 99 135 107 139 155 207 195 210 237
Europe and the United Kingdom 1,283 1,498 1,286 1,081 1,707 1,771 1,957 2,407 2,294 2,570
Source area not stated 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0
Manitoba 3,725 4,635 4,591 4,615 6,503 7,426 8,096 10,047 10,954 11,221
Africa and the Middle East 327 507 508 509 488 582 558 618 646 904
Asia and Pacific 671 719 702 693 639 735 848 1,053 1,710 2,442
South and Central America 72 53 51 53 99 87 139 206 186 223
United States 94 82 88 106 104 116 124 142 133 170
Europe and the United Kingdom 564 521 355 306 338 423 449 705 841 1,097
Source area not stated 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Saskatchewan 1,728 1,882 1,704 1,667 1,668 1,943 2,119 2,724 3,516 4,836
Africa and the Middle East 1,787 2,155 2,863 2,755 2,734 2,972 3,025 3,760 3,527 4,175
Asia and Pacific 6,128 7,463 8,624 7,781 8,792 8,644 11,024 11,244 11,213 12,256
South and Central America 607 774 1,008 933 1,155 1,164 1,356 1,545 1,782 2,198
United States 548 549 581 474 555 759 758 980 938 1,225
Europe and the United Kingdom 3,025 3,423 3,325 2,840 2,603 2,932 3,241 3,179 3,384 4,328
Source area not stated 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 8 17 13
Alberta 12,095 14,364 16,405 14,783 15,839 16,475 19,404 20,716 20,861 24,195
Africa and the Middle East 3,460 3,539 3,628 3,441 3,307 3,655 3,475 3,903 3,338 3,740
Asia and Pacific 25,853 26,904 27,845 24,630 25,683 25,861 33,161 29,476 26,504 30,121
South and Central America 1,191 1,357 1,362 1,187 1,252 1,430 1,504 1,499 1,477 1,619
United States 1,104 1,090 1,083 1,020 1,162 1,496 1,954 2,436 2,632 2,655
Europe and the United Kingdom 4,514 4,536 4,556 3,775 3,824 4,583 4,671 4,764 4,990 5,807
Source area not stated 1 2 8 4 1 3 5 5 16 8
British Columbia 36,123 37,428 38,482 34,057 35,229 37,028 44,770 42,083 38,957 43,950
Africa and the Middle East 3 9 10 21 18 17 22 31 21 29
Asia and Pacific 69 75 96 49 85 76 75 85 93 140
South and Central America 4 9 4 7 9 14 13 5 16 19
United States 11 25 25 13 15 12 10 11 18 20
Europe and the United Kingdom 61 37 38 32 37 40 41 43 46 80
Territories** 148 155 173 122 164 159 161 175 194 288
Africa and the Middle East 33,557 40,908 48,238 46,340 43,672 49,531 49,280 51,861 48,563 51,304
Asia and Pacific 96,587 120,739 132,925 119,061 113,724 114,575 138,050 126,469 112,630 117,453
South and Central America 15,282 17,008 20,211 19,472 20,347 22,253 24,640 24,304 25,890 26,494
United States 5,533 5,828 5,908 5,294 6,013 7,507 9,263 10,936 10,441 11,209
Europe and the United Kingdom 38,988 42,956 43,296 38,868 37,567 41,902 40,906 37,945 39,059 40,639
Source area not stated 2 7 38 14 10 57 98 112 119 92
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
Source area 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Africa and the Middle East 32.4 42.3 42.5 38.5 42.0 42.3 37.8 30.7 30.7 33.2
Asia and Pacific 28.5 22.5 20.7 28.8 24.8 22.8 28.8 35.7 35.8 27.9
South and Central America 5.0 4.0 4.9 6.9 4.7 6.7 4.4 5.2 3.3 5.4
United States 6.6 6.9 7.4 7.1 8.4 9.9 8.2 9.5 8.2 10.9
Europe and the United Kingdom 27.4 24.3 24.4 18.7 20.1 18.2 20.7 18.8 22.0 22.5
Source area not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
Nova Scotia 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 17.8 32.1 34.0 31.6 29.5 26.3 20.3 17.5 16.9 13.7
Asia and Pacific 37.4 22.4 25.1 30.6 31.3 38.5 43.3 52.2 53.9 59.3
South and Central America 6.4 6.1 7.3 9.2 8.6 7.3 8.6 6.0 4.6 5.3
United States 7.2 6.8 8.6 8.8 9.7 10.0 9.0 8.2 5.9 6.2
Europe and the United Kingdom 31.2 32.6 25.0 19.8 20.9 17.7 18.9 16.1 18.7 15.5
Source area not stated 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other Atlantic provinces* 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 27.7 29.8 32.8 32.6 31.9 31.9 32.0 36.2 36.1 35.8
Asia and Pacific 29.0 28.7 26.0 23.2 22.2 20.9 20.4 19.4 15.9 17.1
South and Central America 13.1 12.9 14.8 14.6 17.3 17.7 19.2 18.4 20.3 20.4
United States 1.5 1.5 1.3 1.4 1.8 1.8 1.7 2.3 2.2 2.3
Europe and the United Kingdom 28.6 27.1 25.1 28.2 26.8 27.7 26.7 23.8 25.5 24.3
Source area not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1
Quebec 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 17.8 17.1 17.9 19.1 18.5 20.3 18.3 19.2 19.4 20.7
Asia and Pacific 50.9 55.3 56.1 55.7 55.4 52.5 56.1 54.4 51.6 50.4
South and Central America 8.8 7.6 7.9 8.4 8.5 8.7 8.9 9.6 11.0 10.9
United States 2.9 2.5 2.2 2.1 2.6 3.1 3.7 4.5 4.6 4.8
Europe and the United Kingdom 19.6 17.5 15.8 14.8 15.0 15.4 13.0 12.2 13.3 13.1
Source area not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
Ontario 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 16.8 22.5 23.7 20.7 20.7 22.5 19.4 19.1 16.1 16.6
Asia and Pacific 38.6 37.3 39.5 44.5 41.5 44.0 47.0 50.7 53.6 51.8
South and Central America 6.1 5.7 5.8 9.0 9.4 7.6 6.9 4.3 7.4 6.6
United States 4.1 2.1 2.9 2.3 2.1 2.1 2.6 1.9 1.9 2.1
Europe and the United Kingdom 34.4 32.3 28.0 23.4 26.2 23.8 24.2 24.0 20.9 22.9
Source area not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Manitoba 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 18.9 26.9 29.8 30.5 29.3 30.0 26.3 22.7 18.4 18.7
Asia and Pacific 38.8 38.2 41.2 41.6 38.3 37.8 40.0 38.7 48.6 50.5
South and Central America 4.2 2.8 3.0 3.2 5.9 4.5 6.6 7.6 5.3 4.6
United States 5.4 4.4 5.2 6.4 6.2 6.0 5.9 5.2 3.8 3.5
Europe and the United Kingdom 32.6 27.7 20.8 18.4 20.3 21.8 21.2 25.9 23.9 22.7
Source area not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Saskatchewan 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 14.8 15.0 17.5 18.6 17.3 18.0 15.6 18.2 16.9 17.3
Asia and Pacific 50.7 52.0 52.6 52.6 55.5 52.5 56.8 54.3 53.8 50.7
South and Central America 5.0 5.4 6.1 6.3 7.3 7.1 7.0 7.5 8.5 9.1
United States 4.5 3.8 3.5 3.2 3.5 4.6 3.9 4.7 4.5 5.1
Europe and the United Kingdom 25.0 23.8 20.3 19.2 16.4 17.8 16.7 15.3 16.2 17.9
Source area not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1
Alberta 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 9.6 9.5 9.4 10.1 9.4 9.9 7.8 9.3 8.6 8.5
Asia and Pacific 71.6 71.9 72.4 72.3 72.9 69.8 74.1 70.0 68.0 68.5
South and Central America 3.3 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.9 3.4 3.6 3.8 3.7
United States 3.1 2.9 2.8 3.0 3.3 4.0 4.4 5.8 6.8 6.0
Europe and the United Kingdom 12.5 12.1 11.8 11.1 10.9 12.4 10.4 11.3 12.8 13.2
Source area not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
British Columbia 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 2.0 5.8 5.8 17.2 11.0 10.7 13.7 17.7 10.8 10.1
Asia and Pacific 46.6 48.4 55.5 40.2 51.8 47.8 46.6 48.6 47.9 48.6
South and Central America 2.7 5.8 2.3 5.7 5.5 8.8 8.1 2.9 8.2 6.6
United States 7.4 16.1 14.5 10.7 9.1 7.5 6.2 6.3 9.3 6.9
Europe and the United Kingdom 41.2 23.9 22.0 26.2 22.6 25.2 25.5 24.6 23.7 27.8
Territories** 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
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, Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick
**Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut

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Date Modified: 2009-08-25

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