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

Temporary residents

Canada – Total entries of refugee claimants by province or territory and urban area

Number
Urban area 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Newfoundland and Labrador 29 46 33 20 31 14 10 14 6 10
Prince Edward Island 0 — 0 — 8 — — 9 18 9
Halifax 58 61 69 71 53 34 29 33 31 15
Other Nova Scotia 27 36 41 31 36 16 15 15 13 30
Nova Scotia 85 97 110 102 89 50 44 48 44 45
Fredericton 6 5 8 9 7 7 5 — 6 7
Other New Brunswick 33 13 15 16 32 21 28 — 31 72
New Brunswick 39 18 23 25 39 28 33 24 37 79
Québec 21 14 19 29 28 27 17 23 20 13
Montréal 5,375 5,918 6,974 5,251 4,292 3,836 2,859 3,853 5,613 3,752
Other Quebec 4,923 4,542 5,214 4,181 2,891 2,026 1,912 3,100 4,517 9,251
Quebec 10,319 10,474 12,207 9,461 7,211 5,889 4,788 6,976 10,150 13,016
Ottawa-Gatineau 686 772 880 554 421 321 265 387 489 346
Toronto 9,099 13,479 15,721 12,213 12,615 10,045 7,937 8,324 8,135 5,646
Hamilton 499 918 1,618 624 492 416 240 324 616 493
St. Catharines-Niagara 236 350 522 622 562 563 680 285 259 164
Kitchener 100 115 162 186 285 344 147 134 259 134
London 282 499 752 680 673 676 200 255 461 325
Other Ontario 4,308 6,758 8,528 6,153 6,968 5,299 3,865 4,426 5,872 13,081
Ontario 15,210 22,891 28,183 21,032 22,016 17,664 13,334 14,135 16,091 20,189
Winnipeg 106 113 135 124 121 82 70 45 65 60
Other Manitoba 27 17 37 34 41 40 34 28 23 64
Manitoba 133 130 172 158 162 122 104 73 88 124
Regina — 17 7 8 6 6 — 14 12 —
Other Saskatchewan — 47 23 19 21 19 — 7 11 —
Saskatchewan 151 64 30 27 27 25 13 21 23 29
Calgary 403 409 491 313 272 239 187 231 321 313
Edmonton 121 122 170 133 155 139 87 159 187 220
Other Alberta 99 104 149 161 137 97 71 117 150 649
Alberta 623 635 810 607 564 475 345 507 658 1,182
Vancouver 1,430 1,237 1,428 958 786 523 471 528 603 567
Other British Columbia 1,892 1,570 1,458 946 855 668 539 530 712 1,580
British Columbia 3,322 2,807 2,886 1,904 1,641 1,191 1,010 1,058 1,315 2,147
Territories* 0 — 2 2 9 — 3 7 8 7
Province or territory not stated 1 0 1 — 3 0 — 2 9 14
Total 29,912 37,166 44,457 33,343 31,800 25,465 19,691 22,874 28,447 36,851
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 — — 0.0 0.1 0.0
Halifax 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0
Other Nova Scotia 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1
Nova Scotia 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1
Fredericton 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 — 0.0 0.0
Other New Brunswick 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 — 0.1 0.2
New Brunswick 0.1 0.0 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 18.0 15.9 15.7 15.7 13.5 15.1 14.5 16.8 19.7 10.2
Other Quebec 16.5 12.2 11.7 12.5 9.1 8.0 9.7 13.6 15.9 25.1
Quebec 34.5 28.2 27.5 28.4 22.7 23.1 24.3 30.5 35.7 35.3
Ottawa-Gatineau 2.3 2.1 2.0 1.7 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.7 1.7 0.9
Toronto 30.4 36.3 35.4 36.6 39.7 39.4 40.3 36.4 28.6 15.3
Hamilton 1.7 2.5 3.6 1.9 1.5 1.6 1.2 1.4 2.2 1.3
St. Catharines-Niagara 0.8 0.9 1.2 1.9 1.8 2.2 3.5 1.2 0.9 0.4
Kitchener 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.9 1.4 0.7 0.6 0.9 0.4
London 0.9 1.3 1.7 2.0 2.1 2.7 1.0 1.1 1.6 0.9
Other Ontario 14.4 18.2 19.2 18.5 21.9 20.8 19.6 19.3 20.6 35.5
Ontario 50.8 61.6 63.4 63.1 69.2 69.4 67.7 61.8 56.6 54.8
Winnipeg 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2
Other Manitoba 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2
Manitoba 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.3
Regina — 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 — 0.1 0.0 —
Other Saskatchewan — 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 — 0.0 0.0 —
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 1.1 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.1 0.8
Edmonton 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.7 0.7 0.6
Other Alberta 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 1.8
Alberta 2.1 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.8 2.2 2.3 3.2
Vancouver 4.8 3.3 3.2 2.9 2.5 2.1 2.4 2.3 2.1 1.5
Other British Columbia 6.3 4.2 3.3 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.7 2.3 2.5 4.3
British Columbia 11.1 7.6 6.5 5.7 5.2 4.7 5.1 4.6 4.6 5.8
Territories* 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 0.0 — 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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