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

Temporary residents

Canada – Total entries of foreign workers by province or territory and urban area

Number
Urban area 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
St. John’s 253 355 318 252 268 185 189 169 226 209
Other Newfoundland and Labrador 893 964 960 1,127 1,346 1,175 1,109 802 1,020 1,095
Newfoundland and Labrador 1,146 1,319 1,278 1,379 1,614 1,360 1,298 971 1,246 1,304
Charlottetown 96 106 93 92 94 72 101 137 109 151
Other Prince Edward Island 45 46 51 42 65 31 76 73 109 292
Prince Edward Island 141 152 144 134 159 103 177 210 218 443
Halifax 2,738 1,155 1,551 1,790 1,106 991 796 958 1,040 1,308
Other Nova Scotia 753 616 765 748 531 714 702 749 630 821
Nova Scotia 3,491 1,771 2,316 2,538 1,637 1,705 1,498 1,707 1,670 2,129
Moncton 156 105 139 113 109 152 190 157 188 234
Saint John 280 253 174 131 142 130 193 204 283 375
Fredericton 132 176 108 94 154 162 164 149 139 200
Other New Brunswick 483 462 447 381 316 305 388 533 682 905
New Brunswick 1,051 996 868 719 721 749 935 1,043 1,292 1,714
Québec 1,214 1,567 1,512 1,250 1,194 1,242 1,358 1,320 1,339 1,597
Sherbrooke 236 256 209 207 214 230 244 231 240 248
Trois-Rivières 95 146 104 88 116 102 130 141 98 121
Montréal 12,035 14,225 15,400 12,984 11,063 12,361 12,605 13,815 15,363 15,687
Ottawa-Gatineau 113 148 224 117 109 127 157 129 142 162
Other Quebec 2,288 1,997 1,954 2,190 3,116 3,633 4,638 4,601 5,280 6,279
Quebec 15,981 18,339 19,403 16,836 15,812 17,695 19,132 20,237 22,462 24,094
Ottawa-Gatineau 3,195 4,823 4,898 3,461 2,588 2,510 2,981 3,041 3,115 3,002
Kingston 87 117 182 86 241 116 121 106 114 162
Belleville 115 102 79 98 124 102 115 153 198 179
Oshawa 374 352 361 493 401 393 414 693 410 572
Toronto 23,023 22,065 20,701 19,336 15,986 16,475 16,738 19,225 22,835 26,496
Hamilton 967 1,076 971 753 714 769 796 841 927 1,048
St. Catharines-Niagara 714 627 644 580 445 416 389 583 481 548
Kitchener 675 814 818 695 614 621 609 709 818 864
Brantford 119 96 157 92 104 77 103 174 131 120
Guelph 401 353 372 288 349 337 302 337 306 378
London 838 892 813 788 805 849 735 832 849 893
Chatham-Kent 101 112 119 139 95 94 77 112 94 94
Windsor 1,530 1,453 1,324 1,482 1,196 931 728 916 1,207 759
Sarnia 378 530 546 466 265 325 683 345 410 401
Barrie 119 161 136 115 94 88 90 119 117 169
Greater Sudbury 86 117 151 132 91 93 94 181 206 193
Thunder Bay 125 185 193 167 125 107 114 138 159 165
Other Ontario 20,134 25,340 27,800 25,877 25,371 27,753 29,031 30,582 31,674 30,591
Ontario 52,981 59,215 60,265 55,048 49,608 52,056 54,120 59,087 64,051 66,634
Winnipeg 1,997 1,881 1,771 1,420 1,240 1,302 1,400 1,761 2,150 2,009
Other Manitoba 797 896 884 871 663 853 1,020 1,237 1,775 2,183
Manitoba 2,794 2,777 2,655 2,291 1,903 2,155 2,420 2,998 3,925 4,192
Regina 375 372 271 334 269 278 335 369 480 775
Saskatoon 366 388 416 364 310 423 544 606 846 1,174
Other Saskatchewan 819 746 682 609 604 599 874 922 1,148 1,697
Saskatchewan 1,560 1,506 1,369 1,307 1,183 1,300 1,753 1,897 2,474 3,646
Medicine Hat 117 170 105 113 83 116 182 150 144 208
Lethbridge 127 99 89 75 93 75 100 211 308 382
Calgary 3,499 3,826 3,878 3,434 3,274 3,918 4,591 6,104 8,797 11,545
Red Deer 244 228 142 90 95 156 307 210 456 435
Edmonton 2,471 2,717 2,921 2,349 2,036 2,137 2,146 3,023 6,122 8,291
Wood Buffalo 138 164 192 135 134 168 337 516 589 1,003
Other Alberta 3,493 3,700 4,068 3,820 3,476 3,980 5,016 8,303 12,940 17,209
Alberta 10,089 10,904 11,395 10,016 9,191 10,550 12,679 18,517 29,356 39,073
Kelowna 153 206 199 177 250 301 307 397 508 869
Abbotsford 120 132 132 106 118 137 188 382 309 295
Vancouver 13,281 13,130 13,487 14,165 14,691 16,456 16,818 18,125 19,561 24,845
Victoria 208 363 366 545 224 537 978 508 538 319
Other British Columbia 3,761 5,345 5,396 5,255 5,254 6,773 9,663 11,664 15,544 20,568
British Columbia 17,523 19,176 19,580 20,248 20,537 24,204 27,954 31,076 36,460 46,896
Whitehorse 67 103 56 74 93 40 66 84 86 108
Other Yukon 44 56 57 38 39 50 64 117 71 127
Yukon 111 159 113 112 132 90 130 201 157 235
Yellowknife 14 55 36 66 44 40 37 72 15 28
Other Northwest Territories 119 107 173 131 128 110 138 189 382 222
Northwest Territories 133 162 209 197 172 150 175 261 397 250
Nunavut 23 13 20 14 20 30 86 88 116 40
Province or territory not stated 115 76 99 76 550 406 366 810 1,081 1,869
Total 107,139 116,565 119,714 110,915 103,239 112,553 122,723 139,103 164,905 192,519
Percentage distribution
Urban area 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
St. John’s 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1
Other Newfoundland and Labrador 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.0 1.3 1.0 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.6
Newfoundland and Labrador 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.6 1.2 1.1 0.7 0.8 0.7
Charlottetown 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Other Prince Edward Island 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2
Prince Edward Island 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2
Halifax 2.6 1.0 1.3 1.6 1.1 0.9 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7
Other Nova Scotia 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4
Nova Scotia 3.3 1.5 1.9 2.3 1.6 1.5 1.2 1.2 1.0 1.1
Moncton 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1
Saint John 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2
Fredericton 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Other New Brunswick 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5
New Brunswick 1.0 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.9
Québec 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.8
Sherbrooke 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1
Trois-Rivières 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Montréal 11.2 12.2 12.9 11.7 10.7 11.0 10.3 9.9 9.3 8.1
Ottawa-Gatineau 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Other Quebec 2.1 1.7 1.6 2.0 3.0 3.2 3.8 3.3 3.2 3.3
Quebec 14.9 15.7 16.2 15.2 15.3 15.7 15.6 14.5 13.6 12.5
Ottawa-Gatineau 3.0 4.1 4.1 3.1 2.5 2.2 2.4 2.2 1.9 1.6
Kingston 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Belleville 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Oshawa 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.3
Toronto 21.5 18.9 17.3 17.4 15.5 14.6 13.6 13.8 13.8 13.8
Hamilton 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5
St. Catharines-Niagara 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3
Kitchener 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4
Brantford 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Guelph 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
London 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5
Chatham-Kent 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0
Windsor 1.4 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.2 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.4
Sarnia 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.2
Barrie 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Greater Sudbury 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Thunder Bay 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Other Ontario 18.8 21.7 23.2 23.3 24.6 24.7 23.7 22.0 19.2 15.9
Ontario 49.5 50.8 50.3 49.6 48.1 46.3 44.1 42.5 38.8 34.6
Winnipeg 1.9 1.6 1.5 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.0
Other Manitoba 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.1
Manitoba 2.6 2.4 2.2 2.1 1.8 1.9 2.0 2.2 2.4 2.2
Regina 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4
Saskatoon 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.6
Other Saskatchewan 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.9
Saskatchewan 1.5 1.3 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.9
Medicine Hat 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Lethbridge 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2
Calgary 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.2 3.5 3.7 4.4 5.3 6.0
Red Deer 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2
Edmonton 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.1 2.0 1.9 1.7 2.2 3.7 4.3
Wood Buffalo 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5
Other Alberta 3.3 3.2 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.5 4.1 6.0 7.8 8.9
Alberta 9.4 9.4 9.5 9.0 8.9 9.4 10.3 13.3 17.8 20.3
Kelowna 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.5
Abbotsford 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2
Vancouver 12.4 11.3 11.3 12.8 14.2 14.6 13.7 13.0 11.9 12.9
Victoria 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.5 0.8 0.4 0.3 0.2
Other British Columbia 3.5 4.6 4.5 4.7 5.1 6.0 7.9 8.4 9.4 10.7
British Columbia 16.4 16.5 16.4 18.3 19.9 21.5 22.8 22.3 22.1 24.4
Whitehorse 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Other Yukon 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1
Yukon 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Yellowknife 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
Other Northwest Territories 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1
Northwest Territories 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1
Nunavut 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0
Province or territory not stated 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.6 0.7 1.0
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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Date Modified: 2009-08-25

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