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

Number
Source countries*	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Mexico	2,715	3,006	3,640	4,649	5,876	6,874	7,928	9,916	13,238	17,937
Haiti	746	916	897	872	837	831	936	1,404	4,448	9,139
Colombia	878	1,764	2,887	4,732	5,949	7,540	6,110	4,042	4,396	6,254
China, People’s Republic of	5,788	5,918	6,802	7,171	7,024	6,827	6,390	6,168	5,821	6,223
India	4,499	4,833	5,177	5,153	5,015	4,686	4,385	3,963	3,439	3,132
Sri Lanka	6,552	6,612	7,234	6,812	6,325	5,539	4,286	3,829	3,427	3,101
Pakistan	4,995	6,781	7,971	9,262	11,573	9,554	7,047	5,126	3,587	2,852
Nigeria	1,622	2,054	2,341	2,437	2,638	2,632	2,464	2,378	2,429	2,705
United States	200	235	292	416	649	688	653	741	1,399	1,965
Congo, Democratic Republic of	2,495	2,716	3,297	3,196	3,062	2,657	2,332	2,140	1,800	1,798
Zimbabwe	49	210	2,850	2,960	2,461	1,313	1,458	1,840	1,538	1,508
Somalia, Democratic Republic of	4,438	3,633	3,291	2,869	2,367	1,933	1,553	1,188	962	1,158
Guyana	405	565	917	1,327	1,790	1,852	1,690	1,638	1,389	1,152
Iran	3,063	2,837	2,813	2,432	2,163	1,858	1,664	1,423	1,128	1,054
Turkey	780	1,426	2,670	3,162	2,940	2,307	1,498	1,192	888	791
Hungary	2,025	3,563	6,400	5,284	3,400	2,402	1,504	984	556	529
Algeria	1,771	1,518	1,689	1,550	1,352	893	605	473	423	389
Costa Rica	644	738	977	2,193	3,447	3,109	1,901	993	511	244
Top 10 source countries	38,341	41,953	49,549	52,381	54,611	51,820	44,533	41,040	44,123	55,106
Other countries	42,074	47,371	58,348	62,913	66,266	60,324	51,508	44,291	38,365	39,038
Total	80,415	89,324	107,897	115,294	120,877	112,144	96,041	85,331	82,488	94,144

Percentage distribution
Source countries*	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Mexico	3.4	3.4	3.4	4.0	4.9	6.1	8.3	11.6	16.0	19.1
Haiti	0.9	1.0	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.7	1.0	1.6	5.4	9.7
Colombia	1.1	2.0	2.7	4.1	4.9	6.7	6.4	4.7	5.3	6.6
China, People’s Republic of	7.2	6.6	6.3	6.2	5.8	6.1	6.7	7.2	7.1	6.6
India	5.6	5.4	4.8	4.5	4.1	4.2	4.6	4.6	4.2	3.3
Sri Lanka	8.1	7.4	6.7	5.9	5.2	4.9	4.5	4.5	4.2	3.3
Pakistan	6.2	7.6	7.4	8.0	9.6	8.5	7.3	6.0	4.3	3.0
Nigeria	2.0	2.3	2.2	2.1	2.2	2.3	2.6	2.8	2.9	2.9
United States	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.9	1.7	2.1
Congo, Democratic Republic of	3.1	3.0	3.1	2.8	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.2	1.9
Zimbabwe	0.1	0.2	2.6	2.6	2.0	1.2	1.5	2.2	1.9	1.6
Somalia, Democratic Republic of	5.5	4.1	3.1	2.5	2.0	1.7	1.6	1.4	1.2	1.2
Guyana	0.5	0.6	0.8	1.2	1.5	1.7	1.8	1.9	1.7	1.2
Iran	3.8	3.2	2.6	2.1	1.8	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.4	1.1
Turkey	1.0	1.6	2.5	2.7	2.4	2.1	1.6	1.4	1.1	0.8
Hungary	2.5	4.0	5.9	4.6	2.8	2.1	1.6	1.2	0.7	0.6
Algeria	2.2	1.7	1.6	1.3	1.1	0.8	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.4
Costa Rica	0.8	0.8	0.9	1.9	2.9	2.8	2.0	1.2	0.6	0.3
Top 10 source countries	47.7	47.0	45.9	45.4	45.2	46.2	46.4	48.1	53.5	58.5
Other countries	52.3	53.0	54.1	54.6	54.8	53.8	53.6	51.9	46.5	41.5
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

* For refugee claimants, source country refers to the principal country of alleged persecution