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

Temporary residents

Canada – Total entries of foreign workers by source country

Number
Source countries 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
United States 41,911 45,433 42,379 36,190 30,208 29,997 30,804 31,780 31,196 31,399
Mexico 8,118 10,012 11,320 11,520 11,288 11,661 12,948 14,673 17,691 20,900
Philippines 2,225 2,286 4,122 4,668 5,019 5,892 6,226 8,857 16,222 19,253
Australia 4,043 4,543 5,219 6,017 6,393 7,739 7,836 8,510 8,935 12,408
France 5,301 5,931 5,769 5,324 5,360 7,145 8,768 10,065 10,931 12,394
United Kingdom 7,451 7,963 8,535 7,663 7,132 8,811 9,018 9,284 9,817 10,757
Japan 6,175 5,436 5,475 6,512 6,444 6,501 6,842 6,684 6,374 7,599
India 1,688 2,485 2,321 2,239 2,320 2,863 3,602 4,250 6,181 7,475
Jamaica 5,608 5,508 5,959 5,637 5,981 6,008 6,223 6,531 6,745 7,320
Germany 2,747 3,011 3,138 2,702 2,175 2,762 3,156 4,720 5,679 6,439
Korea, Republic of 618 722 837 786 900 1,092 1,588 2,098 2,910 4,763
Guatemala 9 14 33 13 241 355 719 1,281 2,267 3,303
New Zealand 821 829 1,000 1,062 1,234 1,515 1,801 1,861 2,201 2,640
Ireland, Republic of 874 1,118 1,137 1,060 1,103 1,514 1,481 1,969 2,389 2,604
China, People’s Republic of 1,182 1,166 1,196 1,313 1,127 1,288 1,407 1,696 2,655 2,321
Taiwan 313 255 255 171 134 197 366 611 954 1,762
Brazil 388 464 527 403 469 567 668 889 1,174 1,723
Saudi Arabia 119 133 167 199 271 319 432 523 828 1,665
Trinidad and Tobago 1,714 1,873 1,875 1,733 1,684 1,719 1,664 1,580 1,407 1,356
South Africa, Republic of 607 783 769 725 653 659 876 917 1,046 1,255
Israel 402 532 672 584 560 758 758 790 915 1,179
Netherlands 1,038 904 950 792 764 772 806 959 1,034 1,175
Italy 900 1,056 1,327 804 370 477 590 752 1,022 1,163
Ukraine 292 260 204 190 202 231 250 365 908 1,117
United Arab Emirates 24 48 80 93 71 93 153 248 823 1,015
Poland 385 431 468 386 329 356 401 481 921 951
Russia 559 705 631 546 375 379 453 630 730 804
Switzerland 684 676 670 539 479 561 598 722 742 785
Sweden 497 569 529 473 441 415 546 533 654 779
Colombia 104 162 148 142 124 117 136 228 445 721
Romania 156 229 238 381 356 214 215 367 468 700
Portugal 209 188 229 101 90 103 129 300 793 667
Thailand 118 165 179 197 198 226 327 1,011 850 643
Belgium 442 459 486 377 335 266 307 353 485 607
Czech Republic 217 277 262 236 222 195 232 210 234 601
Chile 77 104 109 85 102 163 206 213 345 566
Denmark 252 286 327 270 190 197 301 426 378 537
Singapore 72 81 74 38 151 238 301 446 718 428
Spain 644 328 338 289 229 222 244 338 355 425
Austria 292 308 357 326 221 265 282 356 413 397
Barbados 629 669 702 645 548 582 535 497 473 389
Venezuela 59 119 136 113 135 154 170 325 384 380
Sri Lanka 46 57 65 57 60 96 79 250 343 349
Argentina 137 195 251 327 321 216 227 226 248 346
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 220 258 244 215 208 206 246 285 273 299
Saint Lucia 115 115 135 99 133 135 179 193 268 295
Fiji 15 20 19 6 5 9 16 32 268 293
Norway 276 313 493 550 176 208 221 197 392 290
Lebanon 89 148 181 125 121 127 114 139 354 282
Peru 50 73 83 84 87 116 145 137 220 282
Turkey 82 87 112 94 82 135 149 132 161 254
Egypt 126 94 109 70 89 155 150 185 245 248
Vietnam, Socialist Republic of 79 66 88 62 49 60 62 87 91 244
Pakistan 155 176 165 91 140 124 133 100 163 229
Finland 294 240 279 215 148 149 252 188 283 212
Cyprus 9 17 7 10 14 12 27 57 147 199
Malaysia 111 103 81 73 203 130 121 107 136 195
Slovak Republic 162 208 186 197 160 123 168 181 158 192
Hungary 159 187 226 142 125 95 122 159 145 191
Ecuador 64 80 51 28 22 46 38 39 100 185
Mauritius 9 5 16 8 17 10 12 14 14 175
Nicaragua 23 32 30 31 32 35 50 76 116 173
Tunisia 118 205 130 152 88 77 78 66 112 172
Indonesia 90 69 181 97 100 90 89 131 104 169
Hong Kong 148 152 149 105 117 128 121 146 170 167
Iran 301 244 258 334 288 383 332 145 163 157
Kuwait 25 35 33 43 32 30 56 58 87 157
Morocco 108 102 137 85 68 50 70 56 232 148
Costa Rica 24 43 34 51 35 27 50 102 109 145
Greece 129 155 215 179 135 89 115 82 146 133
Ghana 71 78 60 27 23 37 41 40 65 132
Nigeria 48 80 66 47 58 66 60 66 98 122
Dominica 96 116 125 102 111 130 176 102 104 109
Kenya 59 55 58 46 58 34 84 86 75 105
El Salvador 69 46 91 92 56 103 358 241 157 104
Bangladesh 19 40 47 22 32 39 46 46 84 99
Croatia 124 83 79 89 64 67 42 49 175 95
Cuba 241 290 191 171 95 92 121 104 127 94
Grenada 123 118 93 83 70 77 90 79 98 89
Dominican Republic 47 52 50 40 78 29 87 65 60 89
Nepal 28 18 17 15 18 25 23 38 50 84
Guyana 114 143 145 67 45 64 49 29 60 78
Jordan 28 35 35 22 16 21 41 46 43 73
Moldova 7 10 6 11 6 8 11 30 41 71
Uruguay 29 34 33 38 63 66 50 72 58 62
Algeria 14 18 57 13 26 23 23 31 36 58
Belarus 17 24 34 22 22 18 12 34 51 52
Bulgaria 45 49 49 59 67 42 29 45 61 51
Haiti 89 101 102 105 64 98 103 80 78 49
Bolivia 8 12 25 11 11 14 17 26 41 48
Libya 10 14 51 26 37 34 32 51 73 45
Latvia 13 11 33 19 19 16 32 35 37 44
Macedonia 9 11 23 9 8 7 7 6 20 35
Iceland 48 89 73 51 29 51 35 33 33 35
Ethiopia 12 18 15 19 15 17 12 16 24 35
Syria 15 38 21 28 36 24 39 29 27 35
Slovenia 17 17 29 16 17 8 17 13 25 33
Oman 9 16 21 21 29 33 26 32 19 30
Bahrain 8 8 9 9 14 7 15 28 33 29
Saint Kitts and Nevis 29 24 31 28 20 19 33 27 31 29
Zimbabwe 37 31 39 35 14 18 18 23 29 26
Lithuania 26 30 20 28 28 8 7 21 12 24
Bahamas, The 10 14 9 6 7 7 5 9 10 22
Tanzania, United Republic of 10 14 21 10 26 31 53 39 6 21
Côte-d’Ivoire, Republic of 49 13 23 10 8 7 10 13 12 20
Mali 27 32 32 33 28 27 12 13 29 19
Paraguay 18 12 12 8 11 18 9 9 22 18
Bermuda 7 10 10 7 5 6 8 10 5 17
Senegal 21 18 53 13 9 21 33 16 11 12
Estonia 38 106 17 15 10 6 39 9 12 11
Luxembourg 5 6 9 5 6 6 14 6 10 10
Armenia 9 19 24 34 16 10 23 12 14 6
Burkina Faso 25 30 42 27 26 23 19 8 7 6
Yugoslavia (former) 97 173 126 71 73 84 14 17 12 5
Country not stated 1,885 2,096 2,082 1,951 1,760 1,976 2,539 3,855 4,877 7,464
Other countries 301 313 419 280 322 387 422 565 1,013 1,278
Total 107,139 116,565 119,714 110,915 103,239 112,553 122,723 139,103 164,905 192,519
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Canada – Total entries of foreign workers by top 10 source countries, 2006-2008
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