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

Temporary residents

Canada – Refugee claimants 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 107 122 121 107 123 136 103 67 43 33
Prince Edward Island — — — 5 12 14 16 16 16 18
Halifax 169 183 200 213 225 196 150 125 106 82
Other Nova Scotia 82 79 99 81 84 57 42 41 40 55
Nova Scotia 251 262 299 294 309 253 192 166 146 137
Fredericton 9 10 9 20 20 22 11 12 7 6
Other New Brunswick 85 52 49 58 71 70 66 46 57 105
New Brunswick 94 62 58 78 91 92 77 58 64 111
Québec 56 50 57 83 76 74 45 38 37 36
Montréal 16,017 16,152 18,542 19,384 19,421 17,629 15,375 13,825 14,256 14,993
Ottawa-Gatineau 154 138 158 184 214 242 190 175 162 141
Other Quebec 9,902 9,945 10,729 11,087 10,379 7,882 6,398 6,373 7,738 13,143
Quebec 26,129 26,285 29,486 30,738 30,090 25,827 22,008 20,411 22,193 28,313
Ottawa-Gatineau 2,301 2,299 2,513 2,626 2,617 2,296 1,904 1,680 1,662 1,657
Oshawa 86 118 159 189 209 205 182 169 137 137
Toronto 26,785 32,619 40,955 45,868 51,209 50,413 45,073 40,213 35,575 32,300
Hamilton 1,233 1,760 3,052 3,114 2,961 2,576 1,896 1,572 1,561 1,688
St. Catharines-Niagara 389 607 950 1,372 1,723 1,795 1,645 1,214 929 807
Kitchener 319 297 376 508 714 913 848 731 685 654
London 564 863 1,362 1,779 2,074 2,177 1,561 1,069 1,055 1,100
Other Ontario 10,294 12,414 16,303 16,995 17,919 16,408 13,072 11,033 11,141 18,149
Ontario 41,971 50,977 65,670 72,451 79,426 76,783 66,181 57,681 52,745 56,492
Winnipeg 392 424 432 484 500 445 383 300 249 244
Other Manitoba 69 68 72 90 93 96 90 63 58 75
Manitoba 461 492 504 574 593 541 473 363 307 319
Regina 19 33 28 23 27 23 10 23 42 45
Other Saskatchewan 290 281 213 158 131 77 40 39 46 70
Saskatchewan 309 314 241 181 158 100 50 62 88 115
Calgary 1,257 1,331 1,542 1,539 1,531 1,400 1,314 1,334 1,625 1,912
Edmonton 343 381 470 559 604 658 592 729 913 1,044
Other Alberta 228 252 342 402 442 438 364 393 490 912
Alberta 1,828 1,964 2,354 2,500 2,577 2,496 2,270 2,456 3,028 3,868
Vancouver 4,777 4,773 5,082 4,842 4,524 3,525 2,774 2,422 2,252 2,245
Victoria 8 8 12 6 6 12 11 7 7 7
Other British Columbia 4,463 4,044 4,042 3,496 2,929 2,311 1,822 1,562 1,526 2,420
British Columbia 9,248 8,825 9,136 8,344 7,459 5,848 4,607 3,991 3,785 4,672
Territories* 9 4 13 12 23 33 40 45 49 40
Province or territory not stated — — — 10 16 21 24 15 24 26
Total 80,415 89,324 107,897 115,294 120,877 112,144 96,041 85,331 82,488 94,144
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 0.1 0.0
Prince Edward Island — — — 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Halifax 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1
Other Nova Scotia 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
Nova Scotia 0.3 0.3 0.3 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 0.0
Other New Brunswick 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
New Brunswick 0.1 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 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Montréal 19.9 18.1 17.2 16.8 16.1 15.7 16.0 16.2 17.3 15.9
Ottawa-Gatineau 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1
Other Quebec 12.3 11.1 9.9 9.6 8.6 7.0 6.7 7.5 9.4 14.0
Quebec 32.5 29.4 27.3 26.7 24.9 23.0 22.9 23.9 26.9 30.1
Ottawa-Gatineau 2.9 2.6 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.8
Oshawa 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1
Toronto 33.3 36.5 38.0 39.8 42.4 45.0 46.9 47.1 43.1 34.3
Hamilton 1.5 2.0 2.8 2.7 2.4 2.3 2.0 1.8 1.9 1.8
St. Catharines-Niagara 0.5 0.7 0.9 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.7 1.4 1.1 0.9
Kitchener 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.7
London 0.7 1.0 1.3 1.5 1.7 1.9 1.6 1.3 1.3 1.2
Other Ontario 12.8 13.9 15.1 14.7 14.8 14.6 13.6 12.9 13.5 19.3
Ontario 52.2 57.1 60.9 62.8 65.7 68.5 68.9 67.6 63.9 60.0
Winnipeg 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 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 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3
Regina 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0
Other Saskatchewan 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1
Saskatchewan 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Calgary 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.4 1.6 2.0 2.0
Edmonton 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.9 1.1 1.1
Other Alberta 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.6 1.0
Alberta 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.4 2.9 3.7 4.1
Vancouver 5.9 5.3 4.7 4.2 3.7 3.1 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.4
Victoria 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other British Columbia 5.5 4.5 3.7 3.0 2.4 2.1 1.9 1.8 1.8 2.6
British Columbia 11.5 9.9 8.5 7.2 6.2 5.2 4.8 4.7 4.6 5.0
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
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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