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

Temporary residents

Canada – Foreign workers present on December 1st by province or territory and urban area

Number
Urban area 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
St. John’s 190 305 271 258 286 224 234 219 228 259
Other Newfoundland and Labrador 573 684 611 772 639 650 707 698 654 806
Newfoundland and Labrador 763 989 882 1,030 925 874 941 917 882 1,065
Charlottetown 94 77 78 91 87 94 84 118 153 173
Other Prince Edward Island 44 50 57 47 59 58 56 94 142 286
Prince Edward Island 138 127 135 138 146 152 140 212 295 459
Halifax 852 630 887 1,069 890 1,062 908 1,037 1,269 1,619
Other Nova Scotia 382 382 388 331 402 612 612 678 758 920
Nova Scotia 1,234 1,012 1,275 1,400 1,292 1,674 1,520 1,715 2,027 2,539
Saint John 155 163 123 94 108 128 153 222 304 359
Fredericton 93 106 118 103 148 213 212 199 195 289
Other New Brunswick 287 315 361 313 367 452 542 706 915 1,383
New Brunswick 535 584 602 510 623 793 907 1,127 1,414 2,031
Québec 586 640 600 691 688 868 888 941 904 1,226
Sherbrooke 122 111 121 164 196 211 240 221 244 272
Montréal 7,859 9,995 11,237 11,003 11,164 12,988 13,986 15,480 16,814 18,232
Other Quebec 1,834 1,845 1,691 2,007 3,331 3,969 5,046 4,988 5,398 6,240
Quebec 10,401 12,591 13,649 13,865 15,379 18,036 20,160 21,630 23,360 25,970
Ottawa-Gatineau 2,328 3,542 3,263 3,088 2,817 2,833 3,398 3,432 3,857 4,085
Kingston 83 94 98 108 128 160 174 186 191 211
Oshawa 343 266 298 468 480 451 490 802 509 737
Toronto 17,775 16,994 17,496 18,212 19,102 21,190 23,288 27,213 33,363 40,454
Hamilton 835 961 1,026 946 1,081 1,287 1,416 1,428 1,579 1,758
St. Catharines-Niagara 523 517 532 529 505 558 620 729 764 857
Kitchener 560 640 730 634 748 837 935 983 1,173 1,310
Guelph 269 282 324 321 395 428 433 439 424 499
London 598 714 704 771 916 978 996 1,097 1,213 1,298
Windsor 1,020 1,083 947 1,181 1,124 1,002 839 1,020 1,200 858
Sarnia 112 124 187 180 128 210 539 200 300 285
Barrie 88 91 87 93 90 109 121 146 190 245
Other Ontario 17,911 21,183 23,856 24,006 25,944 28,930 31,526 34,337 37,711 38,679
Ontario 42,445 46,491 49,548 50,537 53,458 58,973 64,775 72,012 82,474 91,276
Winnipeg 1,112 1,117 1,241 1,274 1,311 1,449 1,608 1,897 2,509 2,695
Other Manitoba 507 594 549 680 753 966 1,059 1,418 2,048 2,662
Manitoba 1,619 1,711 1,790 1,954 2,064 2,415 2,667 3,315 4,557 5,357
Regina 347 332 314 334 335 364 382 421 537 822
Saskatoon 334 361 425 469 510 623 753 769 1,098 1,581
Other Saskatchewan 539 627 600 662 682 735 871 992 1,343 1,947
Saskatchewan 1,220 1,320 1,339 1,465 1,527 1,722 2,006 2,182 2,978 4,350
Medicine Hat 104 141 113 97 121 148 195 173 217 301
Lethbridge 78 90 87 82 112 109 142 259 364 595
Calgary 3,240 3,495 3,905 4,126 4,326 5,084 5,856 7,837 11,886 17,753
Red Deer 171 154 121 120 138 197 357 453 709 918
Edmonton 2,024 2,194 2,361 2,537 2,574 2,829 3,075 4,075 7,927 12,970
Wood Buffalo 90 137 164 166 165 207 405 505 774 1,290
Other Alberta 3,023 3,242 3,634 3,629 3,955 4,593 5,717 8,718 15,251 23,880
Alberta 8,730 9,453 10,385 10,757 11,391 13,167 15,747 22,020 37,128 57,707
Kelowna 161 186 209 191 259 341 327 457 607 1,022
Abbotsford 91 109 103 140 166 203 267 464 421 479
Vancouver 10,995 10,768 11,651 13,816 15,537 18,043 19,444 21,084 24,271 31,123
Victoria 180 231 259 311 320 388 605 462 492 578
Other British Columbia 3,287 3,902 4,353 4,843 5,949 7,820 10,782 12,690 17,564 25,105
British Columbia 14,714 15,196 16,575 19,301 22,231 26,795 31,425 35,157 43,355 58,307
Whitehorse 36 27 23 35 53 44 57 56 93 137
Other Yukon 33 29 26 19 23 53 38 50 64 108
Yukon 69 56 49 54 76 97 95 106 157 245
Yellowknife 60 90 88 92 116 121 138 109 81 77
Other Northwest Territories 89 106 149 107 132 148 146 161 225 225
Northwest Territories 149 196 237 199 248 269 284 270 306 302
Nunavut 16 16 14 25 33 33 44 47 53 31
Province or territory not stated 78 51 45 24 467 367 321 585 956 1,596
Total 82,111 89,793 96,525 101,259 109,860 125,367 141,032 161,295 199,942 251,235
Percentage distribution
Urban area 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
St. John’s 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1
Other Newfoundland and Labrador 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3
Newfoundland and Labrador 0.9 1.1 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.4
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 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1
Prince Edward Island 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2
Halifax 1.0 0.7 0.9 1.1 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
Other Nova Scotia 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Nova Scotia 1.5 1.1 1.3 1.4 1.2 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0
Saint John 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1
Fredericton 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1
Other New Brunswick 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.6
New Brunswick 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8
Québec 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5
Sherbrooke 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1
Montréal 9.6 11.1 11.6 10.9 10.2 10.4 9.9 9.6 8.4 7.3
Other Quebec 2.2 2.1 1.8 2.0 3.0 3.2 3.6 3.1 2.7 2.5
Quebec 12.7 14.0 14.1 13.7 14.0 14.4 14.3 13.4 11.7 10.3
Ottawa-Gatineau 2.8 3.9 3.4 3.0 2.6 2.3 2.4 2.1 1.9 1.6
Kingston 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Oshawa 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.3
Toronto 21.6 18.9 18.1 18.0 17.4 16.9 16.5 16.9 16.7 16.1
Hamilton 1.0 1.1 1.1 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.7
St. Catharines-Niagara 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.3
Kitchener 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5
Guelph 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2
London 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.5
Windsor 1.2 1.2 1.0 1.2 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.3
Sarnia 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.1
Barrie 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Other Ontario 21.8 23.6 24.7 23.7 23.6 23.1 22.4 21.3 18.9 15.4
Ontario 51.7 51.8 51.3 49.9 48.7 47.0 45.9 44.6 41.2 36.3
Winnipeg 1.4 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.1
Other Manitoba 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.1
Manitoba 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 2.1 2.3 2.1
Regina 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Saskatoon 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6
Other Saskatchewan 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.8
Saskatchewan 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.7
Medicine Hat 0.1 0.2 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 3.9 3.9 4.0 4.1 3.9 4.1 4.2 4.9 5.9 7.1
Red Deer 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4
Edmonton 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.5 4.0 5.2
Wood Buffalo 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5
Other Alberta 3.7 3.6 3.8 3.6 3.6 3.7 4.1 5.4 7.6 9.5
Alberta 10.6 10.5 10.8 10.6 10.4 10.5 11.2 13.7 18.6 23.0
Kelowna 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4
Abbotsford 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2
Vancouver 13.4 12.0 12.1 13.6 14.1 14.4 13.8 13.1 12.1 12.4
Victoria 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2
Other British Columbia 4.0 4.3 4.5 4.8 5.4 6.2 7.6 7.9 8.8 10.0
British Columbia 17.9 16.9 17.2 19.1 20.2 21.4 22.3 21.8 21.7 23.2
Whitehorse 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
Other Yukon 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Yukon 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Yellowknife 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
Other Northwest Territories 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Northwest Territories 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1
Nunavut 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Province or territory not stated 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.6
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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