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

Temporary residents

Canada – Foreign students 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 290 263 278 298 393 428 459 478 578 614
Other Newfoundland and Labrador 376 393 403 472 507 487 590 725 804 910
Newfoundland and Labrador 666 656 681 770 900 915 1,049 1,203 1,382 1,524
Charlottetown 151 170 206 197 229 258 295 344 405 439
Other Prince Edward Island 49 58 66 69 60 51 50 61 71 82
Prince Edward Island 200 228 272 266 289 309 345 405 476 521
Halifax 1,945 2,085 2,552 3,006 3,441 3,734 3,612 3,642 3,705 3,997
Other Nova Scotia 805 1,005 1,173 1,443 1,691 1,730 1,849 1,833 1,739 1,805
Nova Scotia 2,750 3,090 3,725 4,449 5,132 5,464 5,461 5,475 5,444 5,802
Moncton 214 276 343 353 372 381 380 510 651 799
Saint John 133 241 441 554 586 478 412 404 409 385
Fredericton 535 680 809 945 1,024 1,055 1,006 1,001 1,009 953
Other New Brunswick 469 569 672 900 1,065 1,279 1,444 1,266 1,159 1,126
New Brunswick 1,351 1,766 2,265 2,752 3,047 3,193 3,242 3,181 3,228 3,263
Rimouski 149 170 162 161 144 168 185 237 274 238
Chicoutimi-Jonquière 117 120 115 112 146 154 196 214 270 311
Québec 1,612 1,598 1,694 1,517 1,474 1,456 1,414 1,472 1,390 1,432
Sherbrooke 791 892 898 870 896 864 928 1,018 1,062 1,109
Trois-Rivières 250 291 309 358 440 461 526 549 512 502
Montréal 14,636 16,538 18,555 19,048 19,630 19,962 19,566 19,752 20,778 21,501
Ottawa-Gatineau 181 219 279 332 358 392 338 370 357 344
Other Quebec 1,821 2,014 2,106 2,149 2,017 2,015 2,053 2,302 2,452 2,573
Quebec 19,557 21,842 24,118 24,547 25,105 25,472 25,206 25,914 27,095 28,010
Ottawa-Gatineau 3,135 3,696 4,512 4,957 5,472 5,801 5,848 5,977 6,021 5,825
Kingston 531 604 649 661 686 658 710 707 716 722
Belleville 119 137 139 157 187 214 252 291 307 285
Port Hope and Hope 84 97 100 110 99 102 87 89 104 94
Peterborough 348 471 628 683 702 710 674 671 697 714
Oshawa 156 183 231 266 281 301 334 416 469 489
Toronto 18,498 22,985 28,587 32,786 34,852 35,548 35,027 34,807 35,886 35,797
Hamilton 2,244 2,716 3,515 4,227 4,551 4,650 4,522 4,262 4,205 4,209
St. Catharines-Niagara 886 1,089 1,321 1,468 1,439 1,578 1,771 1,911 1,895 1,934
Kitchener 850 968 1,146 1,346 1,466 1,608 1,745 1,852 1,982 2,034
Guelph 580 668 784 937 927 844 830 841 823 802
London 1,454 1,714 1,942 2,261 2,470 2,672 2,816 3,012 3,347 3,704
Windsor 518 762 899 986 1,260 1,298 1,400 1,514 1,563 1,549
Barrie 165 228 272 372 391 397 457 498 507 473
Greater Sudbury 104 122 146 303 392 440 493 491 438 471
Thunder Bay 192 181 190 161 202 204 208 204 150 157
Other Ontario 3,087 3,521 4,125 4,554 4,896 5,241 5,660 6,272 6,407 6,574
Ontario 32,951 40,142 49,186 56,235 60,273 62,266 62,834 63,815 65,517 65,833
Winnipeg 1,864 2,157 2,541 3,018 3,562 3,849 3,903 4,358 4,596 4,264
Brandon 125 128 125 143 156 159 162 163 195 201
Other Manitoba 368 410 461 472 487 754 907 626 465 408
Manitoba 2,357 2,695 3,127 3,633 4,205 4,762 4,972 5,147 5,256 4,873
Regina 851 902 1,061 1,202 1,313 1,441 1,515 1,330 1,318 1,391
Saskatoon 1,106 1,157 1,346 1,464 1,518 1,577 1,587 1,585 1,709 1,776
Other Saskatchewan 542 570 625 632 693 612 632 578 508 488
Saskatchewan 2,499 2,629 3,032 3,298 3,524 3,630 3,734 3,493 3,535 3,655
Medicine Hat 183 216 191 172 143 104 152 154 159 166
Lethbridge 419 434 424 488 705 806 807 794 719 614
Calgary 3,207 3,540 4,317 4,482 4,596 4,821 4,943 5,337 5,747 5,823
Edmonton 3,006 3,475 3,911 4,242 4,597 4,706 4,870 4,954 5,588 6,076
Other Alberta 1,503 1,692 1,826 1,819 1,723 1,586 1,659 1,726 1,633 1,754
Alberta 8,318 9,357 10,669 11,203 11,764 12,023 12,431 12,965 13,846 14,433
Kelowna 293 405 476 509 540 565 621 648 622 664
Kamloops 612 713 948 994 1,019 966 1,007 930 1,059 1,045
Chilliwack 103 121 146 141 185 167 111 169 134 137
Abbotsford 415 602 646 818 971 992 1,004 1,138 1,099 1,029
Vancouver 19,031 22,455 28,737 31,117 32,314 33,161 33,615 33,788 35,300 35,059
Victoria 683 842 937 971 1,131 1,165 1,118 1,065 999 960
Nanaimo 438 688 894 1,238 1,414 1,346 1,283 1,083 1,006 985
Prince George 114 142 177 254 312 337 366 359 353 375
Other British Columbia 4,916 5,635 6,643 7,265 7,498 8,008 8,652 9,283 9,626 9,967
British Columbia 26,605 31,603 39,604 43,307 45,384 46,707 47,777 48,463 50,198 50,221
Territories* 76 86 52 81 88 97 111 85 93 87
Province or territory not stated 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 5
Total 97,336 114,098 136,732 150,541 159,711 164,838 167,162 170,146 176,077 178,227
Percentage distribution
Urban area 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
St. John’s 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Other Newfoundland and Labrador 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5
Newfoundland and Labrador 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9
Charlottetown 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Other Prince Edward Island 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Prince Edward Island 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3
Halifax 2.0 1.8 1.9 2.0 2.2 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.2
Other Nova Scotia 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0
Nova Scotia 2.8 2.7 2.7 3.0 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.3
Moncton 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.4
Saint John 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Fredericton 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5
Other New Brunswick 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.6
New Brunswick 1.4 1.5 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.8
Rimouski 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1
Chicoutimi-Jonquière 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2
Québec 1.7 1.4 1.2 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8
Sherbrooke 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
Trois-Rivières 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Montréal 15.0 14.5 13.6 12.7 12.3 12.1 11.7 11.6 11.8 12.1
Ottawa-Gatineau 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Other Quebec 1.9 1.8 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.4 1.4 1.4
Quebec 20.1 19.1 17.6 16.3 15.7 15.5 15.1 15.2 15.4 15.7
Ottawa-Gatineau 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.3
Kingston 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Belleville 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Port Hope and Hope 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Peterborough 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Oshawa 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3
Toronto 19.0 20.1 20.9 21.8 21.8 21.6 21.0 20.5 20.4 20.1
Hamilton 2.3 2.4 2.6 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.5 2.4 2.4
St. Catharines-Niagara 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1
Kitchener 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1
Guelph 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4
London 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 2.1
Windsor 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9
Barrie 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Greater Sudbury 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3
Thunder Bay 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Other Ontario 3.2 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.4 3.7 3.6 3.7
Ontario 33.9 35.2 36.0 37.4 37.7 37.8 37.6 37.5 37.2 36.9
Winnipeg 1.9 1.9 1.9 2.0 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.6 2.6 2.4
Brandon 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Other Manitoba 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2
Manitoba 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.4 2.6 2.9 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.7
Regina 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.8
Saskatoon 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0
Other Saskatchewan 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3
Saskatchewan 2.6 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.0 2.1
Medicine Hat 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Lethbridge 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3
Calgary 3.3 3.1 3.2 3.0 2.9 2.9 3.0 3.1 3.3 3.3
Edmonton 3.1 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 3.2 3.4
Other Alberta 1.5 1.5 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.0
Alberta 8.5 8.2 7.8 7.4 7.4 7.3 7.4 7.6 7.9 8.1
Kelowna 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Kamloops 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6
Chilliwack 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Abbotsford 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6
Vancouver 19.6 19.7 21.0 20.7 20.2 20.1 20.1 19.9 20.0 19.7
Victoria 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5
Nanaimo 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.6
Prince George 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Other British Columbia 5.1 4.9 4.9 4.8 4.7 4.9 5.2 5.5 5.5 5.6
British Columbia 27.3 27.7 29.0 28.8 28.4 28.3 28.6 28.5 28.5 28.2
Territories* 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 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

* Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut

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Date Modified: 2009-08-25

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