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

Temporary residents

Canada – Humanitarian population present on December 1st by province or territory and urban area

Number
Urban area 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Newfoundland and Labrador 130 147 130 124 133 147 113 77 53 43
Prince Edward Island 40 16 — 7 14 18 19 19 20 19
Halifax 576 262 220 240 242 206 161 143 115 92
Other Nova Scotia 704 95 114 103 101 67 61 58 57 64
Nova Scotia 1,280 357 334 343 343 273 222 201 172 156
Fredericton 22 21 12 23 25 27 15 15 10 7
Other New Brunswick 1,038 83 58 79 85 74 76 58 70 118
New Brunswick 1,060 104 70 102 110 101 91 73 80 125
Québec 65 78 67 110 115 84 51 40 39 38
Montréal 16,640 16,749 19,087 20,016 19,968 18,150 15,805 14,259 14,619 15,304
Ottawa-Gatineau 165 142 170 207 232 265 209 195 179 146
Other Quebec 10,739 10,319 10,908 11,303 10,543 8,054 6,568 6,520 7,860 13,283
Quebec 27,609 27,288 30,232 31,636 30,858 26,553 22,633 21,014 22,697 28,771
Ottawa-Gatineau 2,467 2,479 2,629 2,764 2,743 2,437 2,039 1,819 1,783 1,753
Oshawa 95 131 177 212 224 219 197 187 159 151
Toronto 28,577 34,030 42,248 47,456 52,562 51,713 46,368 41,395 36,693 33,031
Hamilton 1,933 1,975 3,133 3,233 3,055 2,668 1,982 1,635 1,613 1,735
St. Catharines-Niagara 407 659 982 1,408 1,744 1,814 1,669 1,240 948 820
Kitchener 386 426 423 542 756 946 877 764 715 670
London 707 1,043 1,420 1,825 2,104 2,204 1,587 1,099 1,084 1,126
Other Ontario 12,811 12,879 16,589 17,387 18,224 16,694 13,311 11,263 11,388 18,355
Ontario 47,383 53,622 67,601 74,827 81,412 78,695 68,030 59,402 54,383 57,641
Winnipeg 493 617 524 574 570 496 430 352 304 286
Other Manitoba 112 93 102 131 130 128 121 82 80 85
Manitoba 605 710 626 705 700 624 551 434 384 371
Regina 95 82 46 36 40 29 17 25 45 52
Other Saskatchewan 344 358 240 200 156 100 58 61 71 99
Saskatchewan 439 440 286 236 196 129 75 86 116 151
Calgary 1,384 1,447 1,636 1,669 1,629 1,493 1,404 1,414 1,743 2,021
Edmonton 431 508 544 685 681 717 640 797 987 1,108
Other Alberta 287 355 417 494 501 490 405 457 564 991
Alberta 2,102 2,310 2,597 2,848 2,811 2,700 2,449 2,668 3,294 4,120
Vancouver 5,136 5,044 5,302 5,109 4,762 3,678 2,917 2,559 2,413 2,373
Victoria 9 11 14 7 6 14 12 10 9 7
Other British Columbia 4,764 4,295 4,195 3,717 3,098 2,419 1,948 1,687 1,688 2,571
British Columbia 9,909 9,350 9,511 8,833 7,866 6,111 4,877 4,256 4,110 4,951
Territories* 11 12 24 26 33 43 47 55 58 44
Province or territory not stated 6 16 — 19 20 27 29 20 27 35
Total 90,574 94,372 111,428 119,706 124,496 115,421 99,136 88,305 85,394 96,427
Percentage distribution
Urban area 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Newfoundland and Labrador 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0
Prince Edward Island 0.0 0.0 — 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Halifax 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1
Other Nova Scotia 0.8 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Nova Scotia 1.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 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 1.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
New Brunswick 1.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Québec 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Montréal 18.4 17.7 17.1 16.7 16.0 15.7 15.9 16.1 17.1 15.9
Ottawa-Gatineau 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Other Quebec 11.9 10.9 9.8 9.4 8.5 7.0 6.6 7.4 9.2 13.8
Quebec 30.5 28.9 27.1 26.4 24.8 23.0 22.8 23.8 26.6 29.8
Ottawa-Gatineau 2.7 2.6 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 1.8
Oshawa 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Toronto 31.6 36.1 37.9 39.6 42.2 44.8 46.8 46.9 43.0 34.3
Hamilton 2.1 2.1 2.8 2.7 2.5 2.3 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.8
St. Catharines-Niagara 0.4 0.7 0.9 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.7 1.4 1.1 0.9
Kitchener 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.7
London 0.8 1.1 1.3 1.5 1.7 1.9 1.6 1.2 1.3 1.2
Other Ontario 14.1 13.6 14.9 14.5 14.6 14.5 13.4 12.8 13.3 19.0
Ontario 52.3 56.8 60.7 62.5 65.4 68.2 68.6 67.3 63.7 59.8
Winnipeg 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3
Other Manitoba 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Manitoba 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4
Regina 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1
Other Saskatchewan 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Saskatchewan 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2
Calgary 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.6 2.0 2.1
Edmonton 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.9 1.2 1.1
Other Alberta 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.7 1.0
Alberta 2.3 2.4 2.3 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.5 3.0 3.9 4.3
Vancouver 5.7 5.3 4.8 4.3 3.8 3.2 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.5
Victoria 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other British Columbia 5.3 4.6 3.8 3.1 2.5 2.1 2.0 1.9 2.0 2.7
British Columbia 10.9 9.9 8.5 7.4 6.3 5.3 4.9 4.8 4.8 5.1
Territories* 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 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
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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