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

Temporary residents

Canada – Total entries of humanitarian population by province or territory and urban area

Number
Urban area 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Newfoundland and Labrador 32 53 38 27 33 15 12 15 8 16
Prince Edward Island — — 0 — 8 — — 10 21 11
Halifax 492 67 74 84 58 34 32 41 35 20
Other Nova Scotia 636 37 42 41 39 20 20 23 18 38
Nova Scotia 1,128 104 116 125 97 54 52 64 53 58
Fredericton 19 7 8 9 8 10 7 5 8 8
Other New Brunswick 1,083 15 17 22 36 24 32 23 32 82
New Brunswick 1,102 22 25 31 44 34 39 28 40 90
Québec 29 17 22 37 40 33 21 25 20 13
Montréal 5,657 6,046 7,092 5,438 4,422 3,967 2,956 3,986 5,744 3,876
Other Quebec 5,695 4,568 5,256 4,254 2,927 2,068 1,941 3,162 4,556 9,282
Quebec 11,381 10,631 12,370 9,729 7,389 6,068 4,918 7,173 10,320 13,171
Ottawa-Gatineau 749 790 904 602 449 342 286 403 510 372
Toronto 10,117 13,774 16,019 12,669 12,959 10,333 8,239 8,708 8,569 5,950
Hamilton 1,111 952 1,630 649 506 429 254 337 634 507
St. Catharines-Niagara 241 361 527 628 563 567 768 291 265 167
Kitchener 144 123 178 202 297 353 153 141 268 140
London 319 508 757 701 678 682 202 265 466 331
Other Ontario 6,890 6,807 8,615 6,300 7,059 5,379 3,932 4,517 5,957 13,169
Ontario 19,571 23,315 28,630 21,751 22,511 18,085 13,834 14,662 16,669 20,636
Winnipeg 158 148 164 159 139 89 76 56 94 75
Other Manitoba 55 31 46 50 45 45 36 30 28 71
Manitoba 213 179 210 209 184 134 112 86 122 146
Regina 16 18 21 13 9 8 — 15 15 8
Other Saskatchewan 175 54 30 33 26 27 — 12 22 41
Saskatchewan 191 72 51 46 35 35 16 27 37 49
Calgary 481 426 523 358 312 259 212 252 351 366
Edmonton 153 135 183 170 174 150 97 195 223 242
Other Alberta 117 117 170 192 146 122 90 162 214 740
Alberta 751 678 876 720 632 531 399 609 788 1,348
Vancouver 1,689 1,301 1,498 1,085 839 554 493 571 682 609
Other British Columbia 1,988 1,601 1,516 1,028 896 692 569 563 788 1,634
British Columbia 3,677 2,902 3,014 2,113 1,735 1,246 1,062 1,134 1,470 2,243
Territories* 3 7 5 8 13 6 4 11 10 9
Province or territory not stated — — 5 — 7 — — 5 14 19
Total 38,052 37,966 45,340 34,768 32,688 26,213 20,457 23,824 29,552 37,796
Percentage distribution
Urban area 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Newfoundland and Labrador 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
Prince Edward Island — — 0.0 — 0.0 — — 0.0 0.1 0.0
Halifax 1.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1
Other Nova Scotia 1.7 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Nova Scotia 3.0 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2
Fredericton 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other New Brunswick 2.8 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2
New Brunswick 2.9 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2
Québec 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0
Montréal 14.9 15.9 15.6 15.6 13.5 15.1 14.4 16.7 19.4 10.3
Other Quebec 15.0 12.0 11.6 12.2 9.0 7.9 9.5 13.3 15.4 24.6
Quebec 29.9 28.0 27.3 28.0 22.6 23.1 24.0 30.1 34.9 34.8
Ottawa-Gatineau 2.0 2.1 2.0 1.7 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.7 1.7 1.0
Toronto 26.6 36.3 35.3 36.4 39.6 39.4 40.3 36.6 29.0 15.7
Hamilton 2.9 2.5 3.6 1.9 1.5 1.6 1.2 1.4 2.1 1.3
St. Catharines-Niagara 0.6 1.0 1.2 1.8 1.7 2.2 3.8 1.2 0.9 0.4
Kitchener 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.9 1.3 0.7 0.6 0.9 0.4
London 0.8 1.3 1.7 2.0 2.1 2.6 1.0 1.1 1.6 0.9
Other Ontario 18.1 17.9 19.0 18.1 21.6 20.5 19.2 19.0 20.2 34.8
Ontario 51.4 61.4 63.1 62.6 68.9 69.0 67.6 61.5 56.4 54.6
Winnipeg 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.2
Other Manitoba 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2
Manitoba 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4
Regina 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 — 0.1 0.1 0.0
Other Saskatchewan 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 — 0.1 0.1 0.1
Saskatchewan 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Calgary 1.3 1.1 1.2 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.0
Edmonton 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.8 0.8 0.6
Other Alberta 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.7 0.7 2.0
Alberta 2.0 1.8 1.9 2.1 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.6 2.7 3.6
Vancouver 4.4 3.4 3.3 3.1 2.6 2.1 2.4 2.4 2.3 1.6
Other British Columbia 5.2 4.2 3.3 3.0 2.7 2.6 2.8 2.4 2.7 4.3
British Columbia 9.7 7.6 6.6 6.1 5.3 4.8 5.2 4.8 5.0 5.9
Territories* 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 — — 0.0 — 0.0 — — 0.0 0.0 0.1
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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