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Permanent residents

Canada – Permanent residents less than 15 years of age by gender, age and category

Number
Category 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Family class 1,276 1,331 1,565 1,348 1,235 1,446 1,457 1,345 1,285 1,183
Economic immigrants 6,968 6,420 5,362 5,885 6,826 5,868 5,537 6,124 6,081 8,344
Refugees 918 793 711 888 928 894 886 700 744 795
Other immigrants 1 6 76 103 102 123 93 116 92 58
0 to 4 years of age 9,163 8,550 7,714 8,224 9,091 8,331 7,973 8,285 8,202 10,380
Family class 985 909 1,116 914 960 886 784 735 680 673
Economic immigrants 7,677 6,912 5,805 6,425 7,778 6,445 5,961 6,788 7,082 8,954
Refugees 1,513 1,256 1,273 1,690 1,726 1,597 1,374 1,112 1,139 1,197
Other immigrants 6 22 110 154 140 226 201 208 144 145
Category not stated 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0
5 to 9 years of age 10,181 9,099 8,304 9,183 10,605 9,155 8,320 8,843 9,046 10,969
Family class 1,405 1,272 1,246 1,135 1,201 1,193 1,119 984 932 911
Economic immigrants 6,740 5,877 4,941 5,466 6,753 5,986 5,513 6,415 6,357 7,733
Refugees 1,594 1,465 1,394 1,731 1,817 1,750 1,552 1,296 1,251 1,270
Other immigrants 17 41 158 225 209 285 354 231 263 213
10 to 14 years of age 9,756 8,655 7,739 8,557 9,980 9,214 8,538 8,926 8,803 10,127
Family class 3,666 3,512 3,927 3,397 3,396 3,525 3,360 3,064 2,897 2,767
Economic immigrants 21,385 19,209 16,108 17,776 21,357 18,299 17,011 19,327 19,520 25,031
Refugees 4,025 3,514 3,378 4,309 4,471 4,241 3,812 3,108 3,134 3,262
Other immigrants 24 69 344 482 451 634 648 555 499 416
Category not stated 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0
Males 29,100 26,304 23,757 25,964 29,676 26,700 24,831 26,054 26,051 31,476
Family class 1,932 2,027 2,399 2,185 2,062 1,767 1,903 1,425 1,304 1,187
Economic immigrants 6,751 5,866 5,012 5,376 6,172 5,416 5,151 5,794 5,715 7,805
Refugees 875 707 708 857 903 796 801 706 686 746
Other immigrants 0 8 78 101 98 101 96 122 81 58
0 to 4 years of age 9,558 8,608 8,197 8,519 9,235 8,080 7,951 8,047 7,786 9,796
Family class 1,001 904 981 910 919 828 805 694 644 650
Economic immigrants 7,119 6,207 5,428 5,812 6,940 5,894 5,532 6,243 6,505 8,338
Refugees 1,350 1,198 1,172 1,563 1,583 1,483 1,307 1,063 1,048 1,126
Other immigrants 6 24 105 151 158 207 234 220 170 109
5 to 9 years of age 9,476 8,333 7,686 8,436 9,600 8,412 7,878 8,220 8,367 10,223
Family class 1,427 1,251 1,192 1,109 1,066 1,116 1,023 980 886 822
Economic immigrants 6,197 5,158 4,387 5,030 6,083 5,138 4,885 5,580 5,838 6,943
Refugees 1,510 1,279 1,268 1,657 1,707 1,595 1,414 1,181 1,130 1,184
Other immigrants 13 26 148 192 226 275 288 241 229 206
Category not stated 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
10 to 14 years of age 9,147 7,714 6,995 7,988 9,082 8,124 7,610 7,983 8,083 9,155
Family class 4,360 4,182 4,572 4,204 4,047 3,711 3,731 3,099 2,834 2,659
Economic immigrants 20,067 17,231 14,827 16,218 19,195 16,448 15,568 17,617 18,058 23,086
Refugees 3,735 3,184 3,148 4,077 4,193 3,874 3,522 2,950 2,864 3,056
Other immigrants 19 58 331 444 482 583 618 583 480 373
Category not stated 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Females 28,181 24,655 22,878 24,943 27,917 24,616 23,439 24,250 24,236 29,174
Family class 3,208 3,358 3,964 3,533 3,297 3,213 3,360 2,770 2,589 2,370
Economic immigrants 13,719 12,286 10,374 11,261 12,998 11,284 10,688 11,918 11,796 16,149
Refugees 1,793 1,500 1,419 1,745 1,831 1,690 1,687 1,406 1,430 1,541
Other immigrants 1 14 154 204 200 224 189 238 173 116
0 to 4 years of age 18,721 17,158 15,911 16,743 18,326 16,411 15,924 16,332 15,988 20,176
Family class 1,986 1,813 2,097 1,824 1,879 1,714 1,589 1,429 1,324 1,323
Economic immigrants 14,796 13,119 11,233 12,237 14,718 12,339 11,493 13,031 13,587 17,292
Refugees 2,863 2,454 2,445 3,253 3,309 3,080 2,681 2,175 2,187 2,323
Other immigrants 12 46 215 305 298 433 435 428 314 254
Category not stated 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0
5 to 9 years of age 19,657 17,432 15,990 17,619 20,205 17,567 16,198 17,063 17,413 21,192
Family class 2,832 2,523 2,438 2,244 2,267 2,309 2,142 1,964 1,818 1,733
Economic immigrants 12,937 11,035 9,328 10,496 12,836 11,124 10,398 11,995 12,195 14,676
Refugees 3,104 2,744 2,662 3,388 3,524 3,345 2,966 2,477 2,381 2,454
Other immigrants 30 67 306 417 435 560 642 472 492 419
Category not stated 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
10 to 14 years of age 18,903 16,369 14,734 16,545 19,062 17,338 16,148 16,909 16,886 19,282
Family class 8,026 7,694 8,499 7,601 7,443 7,236 7,091 6,163 5,731 5,426
Economic immigrants 41,452 36,440 30,935 33,994 40,552 34,747 32,579 36,944 37,578 48,117
Refugees 7,760 6,698 6,526 8,386 8,664 8,115 7,334 6,058 5,998 6,318
Other immigrants 43 127 675 926 933 1,217 1,266 1,138 979 789
Category not stated 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
Gender not stated 9 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
Total 57,290 50,962 46,636 50,909 57,593 51,318 48,270 50,304 50,287 60,650
Percentage distribution
Category 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Family class 13.9 15.6 20.3 16.4 13.6 17.4 18.3 16.2 15.7 11.4
Economic immigrants 76.0 75.1 69.5 71.6 75.1 70.4 69.4 73.9 74.1 80.4
Refugees 10.0 9.3 9.2 10.8 10.2 10.7 11.1 8.4 9.1 7.7
Other immigrants 0.0 0.1 1.0 1.3 1.1 1.5 1.2 1.4 1.1 0.6
0 to 4 years of age 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Family class 9.7 10.0 13.4 10.0 9.1 9.7 9.4 8.3 7.5 6.1
Economic immigrants 75.4 76.0 69.9 70.0 73.3 70.4 71.6 76.8 78.3 81.6
Refugees 14.9 13.8 15.3 18.4 16.3 17.4 16.5 12.6 12.6 10.9
Other immigrants 0.1 0.2 1.3 1.7 1.3 2.5 2.4 2.4 1.6 1.3
Category not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
5 to 9 years of age 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Family class 14.4 14.7 16.1 13.3 12.0 12.9 13.1 11.0 10.6 9.0
Economic immigrants 69.1 67.9 63.8 63.9 67.7 65.0 64.6 71.9 72.2 76.4
Refugees 16.3 16.9 18.0 20.2 18.2 19.0 18.2 14.5 14.2 12.5
Other immigrants 0.2 0.5 2.0 2.6 2.1 3.1 4.1 2.6 3.0 2.1
10 to 14 years of age 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Family class 12.6 13.4 16.5 13.1 11.4 13.2 13.5 11.8 11.1 8.8
Economic immigrants 73.5 73.0 67.8 68.5 72.0 68.5 68.5 74.2 74.9 79.5
Refugees 13.8 13.4 14.2 16.6 15.1 15.9 15.4 11.9 12.0 10.4
Other immigrants 0.1 0.3 1.4 1.9 1.5 2.4 2.6 2.1 1.9 1.3
Category not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Males 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Family class 20.2 23.5 29.3 25.6 22.3 21.9 23.9 17.7 16.7 12.1
Economic immigrants 70.6 68.1 61.1 63.1 66.8 67.0 64.8 72.0 73.4 79.7
Refugees 9.2 8.2 8.6 10.1 9.8 9.9 10.1 8.8 8.8 7.6
Other immigrants 0.0 0.1 1.0 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.2 1.5 1.0 0.6
0 to 4 years of age 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Family class 10.6 10.8 12.8 10.8 9.6 9.8 10.2 8.4 7.7 6.4
Economic immigrants 75.1 74.5 70.6 68.9 72.3 70.1 70.2 75.9 77.7 81.6
Refugees 14.2 14.4 15.2 18.5 16.5 17.6 16.6 12.9 12.5 11.0
Other immigrants 0.1 0.3 1.4 1.8 1.6 2.5 3.0 2.7 2.0 1.1
5 to 9 years of age 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Family class 15.6 16.2 17.0 13.9 11.7 13.7 13.4 12.3 11.0 9.0
Economic immigrants 67.7 66.9 62.7 63.0 67.0 63.2 64.2 69.9 72.2 75.8
Refugees 16.5 16.6 18.1 20.7 18.8 19.6 18.6 14.8 14.0 12.9
Other immigrants 0.1 0.3 2.1 2.4 2.5 3.4 3.8 3.0 2.8 2.3
Category not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
10 to 14 years of age 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Family class 15.5 17.0 20.0 16.9 14.5 15.1 15.9 12.8 11.7 9.1
Economic immigrants 71.2 69.9 64.8 65.0 68.8 66.8 66.4 72.6 74.5 79.1
Refugees 13.3 12.9 13.8 16.3 15.0 15.7 15.0 12.2 11.8 10.5
Other immigrants 0.1 0.2 1.4 1.8 1.7 2.4 2.6 2.4 2.0 1.3
Category not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Females 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Family class 17.1 19.6 24.9 21.1 18.0 19.6 21.1 17.0 16.2 11.7
Economic immigrants 73.3 71.6 65.2 67.3 70.9 68.8 67.1 73.0 73.8 80.0
Refugees 9.6 8.7 8.9 10.4 10.0 10.3 10.6 8.6 8.9 7.6
Other immigrants 0.0 0.1 1.0 1.2 1.1 1.4 1.2 1.5 1.1 0.6
0 to 4 years of age 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Family class 10.1 10.4 13.1 10.4 9.3 9.8 9.8 8.4 7.6 6.2
Economic immigrants 75.3 75.3 70.3 69.5 72.8 70.2 71.0 76.4 78.0 81.6
Refugees 14.6 14.1 15.3 18.5 16.4 17.5 16.6 12.7 12.6 11.0
Other immigrants 0.1 0.3 1.3 1.7 1.5 2.5 2.7 2.5 1.8 1.2
Category not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
5 to 9 years of age 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Family class 15.0 15.4 16.5 13.6 11.9 13.3 13.3 11.6 10.8 9.0
Economic immigrants 68.4 67.4 63.3 63.4 67.3 64.2 64.4 70.9 72.2 76.1
Refugees 16.4 16.8 18.1 20.5 18.5 19.3 18.4 14.6 14.1 12.7
Other immigrants 0.2 0.4 2.1 2.5 2.3 3.2 4.0 2.8 2.9 2.2
Category not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
10 to 14 years of age 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Family class 14.0 15.1 18.2 14.9 12.9 14.1 14.7 12.3 11.4 8.9
Economic immigrants 72.4 71.5 66.3 66.8 70.4 67.7 67.5 73.4 74.7 79.3
Refugees 13.5 13.1 14.0 16.5 15.0 15.8 15.2 12.0 11.9 10.4
Other immigrants 0.1 0.2 1.4 1.8 1.6 2.4 2.6 2.3 1.9 1.3
Category not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Gender not stated 0.0 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
Canada – Permanent residents by gender and age, 2010
Image Representing Canada – Permanent residents by gender and age, 2010 as describe above

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